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| Kumi Okada | [email protected] | 206.784.5683 | 13535 23rd Pl NE, Seattle, WA 98125 | |
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| WORK EXPERIENCES | ||
| July 2005�| Current |
• Manage all kinds of design projects and productions: develope concepts, design, make presentations, and prepare digital files for final productions. • Oversee international projects and localization process of product branding, design, and production. Projects include, branding/look&feels, logos, packages, displays, print ads, event graphics, brochures, posters, t-shirts, Web, banners, sell sheets, and marketing materials. |
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| September 2003 - June 2005 |
• Provided branding design and marketing solutions: Projects include: brand marks, studio movie titles, custom types, collateral design, packages, posters, brochures, web site, and environmental design. • Designed and prepared company's marketing books and presentation materials. • Assisted international marketing: translated and edited English & Japanese documents, and assisted communication with Japanese clients. |
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April 1991 �| March 2001 1996 �| 2001 |
Creative Design Center (in-house design department) Project Leader / Director / PR Manager • Organized and produced design related events, exhibitions, and live talk shows, with international professinals, such as graphic designers, art directors, creative directors, artists, and photographers. • Managed schedules and budgets for various projects, negothiated with venders and sponsers. • Created newsletters and press-releases, maintained public/media relations. • Organized international charity projects, and assisted international artists with event promotion, design and productions. Projects include: The ADC Annual Award Exhibitions, JAGDA New Designers Award Exhibitions, Tokyo ADC Annual Award Exhibitions, Tokyo Illustrators Society exhibitions, Charity Exhibitions for UNICEF, and solo exhibitions: Kozue Hibino, Roger Pfund, Makoto Wada, Hiromi Tsuchida, Skolos & Wedell �\2D&3D, etc. Graphic Designer/ Corp. ID & Brand Manager • Designed and managed productions of company's advertisements and collateral materials, such as business cards, letterheads, calendars, and signages. • Maintained corporate visual identity design manuals and advised in-house designers on various collateral applications. Web Master / Web Director & Designer • Designed and maintained gallery's web site, including artist data base, and responded to e-mail inquiries. • Originated a biweekly e-mail magazine that increased both the web site and gallery visitors, and developed artists & gallery network. |
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| 1993 �| 1995 |
Voice Network Marketing Team / Network Integration Division Marketing Planner/ Account Manager / Graphic Designer • Maintained client contacts, improved sales and customer service communications. • Created marketing materials, presentation and instruction graphics (print, video, PowerPoint, etc.), assisited sales with visual communication tools. • Re-designed manuals and forms, and process systems. • Lead a project team, designed and edited annual report of the division. |
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| 1991 �| 1993 |
SJ Division (HR Magazine Advertising & Consulting) Administrator / Assistant Account Manager / Assistant Designer • Created letterforms, custom types, and illustrations for magazine advertisements. • Managed schedules and budgets of magazine ad sales and production. • Prepared presentation documents for sales and creative teams. • Edited daily and monthly newsletters and sales reports, and charts. • Assisted department managers in presentations, schedules, and accounting. |
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| SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE |
17+ years of experience in strategic marketing, branding design and productions. Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, QuarkXPress, FreeHand, Acrobat, ImageReady, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, FileMaker Pro., HTML, Flash, Dreamweaver, Animation Gif, basic JavaScript & CGI, FTP programs OS: Macintosh (OS7.5-10, CS-CS3), Windows | |
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| EDUCATION | ||
| October 2001 - September 2003 |
The Art Institute of Seattle Graphic Design, Associate of Applied Arts Degree | |
| June 1997 - January 2000 |
Florida International University ESL, Intensive Business English Program | |
| April 1998 - March 1991 |
Aoyama Gakuin W.J. College (Tokyo/Japan) English/Language, Associate of Applied Arts Degree | |
| ACHIEVEMENT |
Dean's Lists and President's Lists at The Art Institute of Seattle. | |
| LANGUAGES | Japanese (native), English (fluent), French (basic/limited) | |
| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION | JAGDA (participated as corporate member, 1996�|2001), AIGA (Seattle Chapter, since 2001) | |
| Portfolio book and references available upon reqest. | ||