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Abilities
Web and Print Design focusing on concept development, design, and structural layout including simultaneous project
management for both forms of media.
Worked side by side with creative directors and marketing managers to ensure initiatives were fulfilled.
Array of market experience includes branding/identity, retail, industrial, imaging, and trade show.
Mac and PC platforms including CS4 and CS5. Software: Acrobat, Corel Draw, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator,
InDesign, PageMaker, Photoshop, Power Point, and Quark XPress.
XHTML, CSS and User Experience integration.
Print and web color utilization. Process, spot, and hexadecimal.
Content writing for technical applications, web, and print media.
Prepress file preparation and press check experience.
Illustration and photographic retouching.
Experience
Web Design, Print Design, and Illustration (2011 - Current) Self employed.
Web design utilizing XHTML and CSS, visual layout, and FTP management. Print design includes various media.
Buschs Corporate Headquarters - Print and Web Design (Saline, MI - 2012) Contracted through agency.
Projects included designing email headers, banners, and html revisions using Dreamweaver CS5.
Accomplishments:
Learned Buschs system of file preparation and production implementation quickly in order to meet deadlines in a
short period of time in order to take on various projects.
Art Van Corporate Headquarters - Web Design (Warren, MI - 2011) Contracted through agency.
Design for web media included home page slides and links, emails, and landing pages.
Borders Corporate Headquarters - Graphic Design (Ann Arbor, MI - 2010 to 2011) Contracted through agency.
Design for print media included insert ads for The NY Times and LA Times. Aided with the design and production of store signs.
Accomplishments:
Created effective retail ads within narrow deadlines.
University of Michigan - Information and Technology Services - Graphic Design (Ann Arbor, MI - 2010)
Contracted through agency.
Design for print media included postcards, coupons, signs, and posters. Also: Web graphic optimization.
Photo Marketing Association - Graphic Design (Jackson, MI - 2007 to 2009) Contracted through agency.
Design and layout for PMA corporate and exposition identity for North America and international through print and web
graphics. Brochures, application forms and web design. Also, the layout of French, Spanish, and Russian text into business
forms and brochures.
Continued
Accomplishments:
Quickly adapted to exposition preparation and marketing initiatives while revitalizing the design of PMA 2008 and 2009
trade show material.
Conceptualized and designed a marketing initiative into a widely recognized visual identity for a specialized market for
the PMA Australia Photo Exposition 2009.
Freelance Print Design (2005 to 2007)
Print design included brochures, logo design, and various graphic media.
J&L Industrial Supply - Graphic Designer (Southfield, MI - 1999 to 2005)
Executed projects for the J&L corporate headquarters and J&L UK marketing. Catalogs, direct mail, newsletters, brochures,
web, and email banners. Worked closely with production to ensure that the layout and design directives are in place and
on time.
Accomplishments:
Initiated custom direct mail cover templates to drastically reduce constraints of monthly deadlines between the
headquarters and abroad.
Managed overlapping deadlines of direct mail and catalogs between corporate and UK marketing while executing
and maintaining standard projects for the offices and showrooms.
Programmed Products - Graphic design and production (Novi, MI - 1997 to 1999)
Designed and produced interior retail graphics and signs along with client presentations with emphasis on decor.
R. E. Launs Advertising - Art Director (Southfield, MI - 1996 to 1997)
Concept, design, and layout for clients such as the Michigan Bureau of State Lottery, and Pulte. Project management from
concept to finish. Worked closely with the creative director to implement concepts for client approval.
Accomplishments:
Covered budget constraints by learning how to utilize a high end drum scanner for all 4/C high resolution image production.
Facilitated image manipulation needs in place of outsourcing.
Brophy Engraving - Illustrator and Film Output Technician (Detroit, MI - 1993 to 1995)
Prepress file preparation and press checks along with imagesetter operation, calibration, color and b&w output. Automotive
illustrations for newspaper ads. Clients included J. Walter Thompson, BBDO, and Ross Roy.
Accomplishments:
Implemented a manual backup system for a set of automotive illustrations before a server system crash. Project ongoing
for approximately 4 months and nearing client presentation, thus leading to a new process of defining file care
and management.
Education
Center for Creative Studies - Bachelor of Fine Art Degree - Graphic Communication (Detroit, MI)
Studies: Art direction, graphic design, illustration, keylining, perspective drawing, and typography.
Washtenaw Community College - Web Design Certificate Program - (Ann Arbor, MI)
Studies: XHTML, CSS, UX and Web Graphics (Ann Arbor, MI)
Included in studies are W3C validation, browser compatibility and FTP management. Projects included website interface
redesign, website deconstruction, and the principles of visual perception.
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