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N A N C Y M c G R AT H
G R A P H I C D E S I G N E R
Aurora, CO (Street Address ) 217-2504 EMAIL AVAILABLE portfolio: http://bit.ly/3RY2K0m
http://bit.ly/3nuSnpX
High-end, award-winning graphic designer with significant professional experience. Highly accomplished.
E xcellent management skills and expertise in driving a wide variety of business, including relationship
management, business development, and conflict resolution
D
eep foundation in graphic design, typography, layout, digital tools and photography.
Ability to build rapport with key stakeholders and succeed in high-pressure, challenging, deadline-driven
environments
SKILLS WORK EXPERIENCE
MATTEL
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator
Senior Packaging Designer | El Segundo, CA
Adobe Photoshop, Animate
Mattel is a Fortune 100 company, It is also the worldwide leader in the design,
Adobe Acrobat Pro
manufacturing and marketing of toy products.
Adobe Dreamweaver One of only two out of 75 selected designers that designed and developed
Adobe Premier Pro packaging concepts for the exclusive adult collector series of Barbie dolls with
price points ranging from $70 to over $1,500
HTML5/CSS Planned and art-directed all photography and illustrations
Microsoft Office Negotiate prices for all outsourced vendors, photographers, and illustrators, etc.
Designed The Barbara Millicent Roberts (Barbie s real name) Collection, Speigel s
Visual Studio Code, BBEdit
Shopping Chic, My Fair Lady Collection, Ghanan Barbie, and Glamour Classique
Collaborated with copywriter, packaging engineer, comp artist, photographers,
graphics department, technical illustrator, and pre-press department
E D U C AT I O N LANDS END
Art Director | Dodgeville, WI
Master of Science Lands End is an American clothing and home decor retailer founded in 1963 and based
in Dodgeville,Wisconsin.
University of North Dakota, GPA 3.91
Created, planned, budgeted, and directed all location and studio photography
for quilt, tabletop, and blanket product lines
Bachelor of Arts
Designed assigned catalog pages in designated product areas
University of North Dakota, GPA 3.86
Served as Art Director for designated pages of Coming Home and Lands End
catalog
Web Design Certificate
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Only Art Director chosen to go on long-distance
Arapahoe Community College, GPA 3.93
photo shoots to San Francisco and Chicago
(In progress)
SOCIAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LinkedIn MEREDITH CORP., Better Homes & Gardens
https://bit.ly/nmcgra-LinkedIn Associate Art Director | Des Moines, IA
Meredith Corporation is a Fortune 500 company and media conglomerate based in Des
Facebook
Moines, Iowa.
https://bit.ly/mcgrath-Facebook
Facilitated use of first Macintosh desktop publishing system for magazines
Instagram Conducted training sessions for staff on desktop publishing applications
https://bit.ly/mcgrath-Instagram Maintained art production budget of $ 2.1 million a year for 31 magazines
Designed editorial magazine pages and covers, conceptualized and art directed
Twitter photography, and proofed all phases of production
https://bit.ly/mcgrath-Twitter
Approved all layouts and covers, fine-tuned production techniques, and managed
magazine schedules
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Established 140 page Macintosh Handbook used as
a design reference | Won 5 Art Director s awards for magazine design.
AWA R D S
CURRENT INC.
ART DIRECTOR S ASSOC. DENVER Digital Design Studio Manager | Co. Springs, CO
3 x Award of Excellence Current is a multi-brand direct marketing company with more than 2,000 products and
millions of customers.
ART DIRECTOR S ASSOC. OF IOWA Managed Digital Design Studio which was responsible for all design and
5 x Award of Excellence production work for all products manufactured by Current
Conceived, planned, and art directed all photography and trained designers
UCDA, University & College Planned and designed projects including books, posters, compact disc jackets,
Designer s Assoc., | National Award die-cut products, correspondence seals, cookbooks, wrapping papers, postcards,
5 x Award of Excellence paper mobiles, packaging, calendars, and other products
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won 2 Denver Art Director s awards for two car
CASE, Council for Advancement of calendar designs
Education | National Award
3 x Award of Excellence
MAGNA CUM LAUDE GRADUATE McGRATH CREATIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN LLC
Owner/Graphic Designer | Aurora, CO
BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION
SCHOLARSHIP McGrath Creative Graphic Design is a B2B small business established in 2014
Conceive, design, and execute a wide range of award-winning projects for a
NSLS, National Society of Leadership
variety of clients including Northwest Airlines Magazine, Florida Tourism Council,
and Success
Connecticut Tourism Council, Decorating Den, Meredith Publishing and Better
Homes & Gardens Books
PRESIDENT S LIST & DEAN S LIST
Contracted as Interim Art Director for Memory Makers magazine to redesign
magazine 9 months
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Served as Advertising Art Director for Tucson Lifestyle magazine 1 year
NEIL C. McDONALD SCHOLARSHIP Designed Midwest Living magazine s first website
Most Coveted Award at Univ. of ND
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