Articulate designer and creative leader with strong conceptual and technical abilities, knowledge of current digital trends and standards, and a robust development skill set.
Assignments include vehicle graphics, event signage, retail point-of-purchase, architectural signage, as well as trade show graphics. Manage and direct work of production within creative department. Communicate with different departments regularly to ensure quality and strategic alignment of creative. Present initial and developed work to client contacts.
Responsible for developing and executing the creative and print¬ready files for spot color press and CMYK Canon printers for all assigned projects including presentations, digital imaging of photography and scans, file management, mailers, logo creation, brochures, postcards, catalogs and stationary. Established visual tone and character that communicated with clients in design and project objectives.
Delegated seven auto dealership ads, fourteen real estate books and managed four designers. Handled all negative film outputs for press production and imposition. Other assignments included weekly TV guide, numerous booklet/magazine layout and covers. Developed rough for newspaper layout (Adforce). Coordinated with other departments to design/layout pages in order to meet deadlines. .
Adobe Suite: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Premier Pro, Lightroom; Composer, HTML, CSS, Microsoft Office Suite.