Resume

Body of Experience

Graphic designer with ten years experience in the automotive, healthcare, real estate, and engineering sectors. Comfortable with the breakneck pace of agency culture, the pressures of freelance work, and the logistical demands of a global marketing corporation. Grounded in strong print fundamentals, skilled in modern web practices, passionate about motion graphics, trade shows, and technology.

Experience

October 2014 - Present

Epsilon, Southfield, MI: Art Director

• Direct mail marketing
• Image retouching
• Concept development

October 2011-September 2014

Minacs Marketing Solutions, Farmington Hills, MI: Interactive Art Director
Directed service marketing materials for Honda, Mazda, Ford, Hyundai, and BMW. Projects include email marketing, direct mail, and motion graphics.

• Maintained knowledge base on responsive design practices as applied to email marketing; tasked with updating email campaigns to modern design standards
• Mentored and managed a small team of production artists as well as tracking project milestones and monitoring output for creative consistency
• Tasked with validating and testing digital creative for cross-platform viability

November 2010-February 2011

Jackson-Dawson Communications, Allen Park, MI: Front-End Web Designer (Represented by Aquent)
Contracted to help complete 2011 Ford website at www.driveonezone.com [decommissioned]. Responsible for front-end design, including adaptation of existing scripts in .ASP and Javascript. Image retouching was also required. Tasked with maintaining site consistency across desktop and mobile platforms.

September 2009-2012

Kaboom! Marketing, Brighton, MI: Freelance Graphic Designer
Projects included large-format roadside signage, digital illustration, newsletter layouts, direct mail, ads and signage, and product kiosk design.

October 2004-2008

AMPM, Inc., Midland, MI: Graphic Designer
Began as a production artist, retouching images and refining rough concepts into final art. Learned CSS and modern web design practices. Eventually began taking on jobs at their inception and creating concepts for trade shows, magazine illustrations, brochures, motion graphics, and websites. Clients included Dow Corning, Mid-Michigan Innovation Center, Viktor LifeSecure, and IMARK group.

• Developed 3D renderings to facilitate planning of numerous trade show booths for Dow Corning, including trade show presence at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference in 2007 and 2008, as well as the design of the Solar Array Education Center at their corporate headquarters
• Produced motion graphics and final art for feature presentation of the “Mid-Michigan Innovators: Heading for the Big Leagues” Event at Dow Diamond, 2009
• Created concepts and final art for LifeSecure “Pack Your Trunks” BreakAway Club campaign, 2008. Campaign won a Gold Addy award for best B2B/Consumer Direct Marketing at the 30th Annual Addy Awards

2001-2003

College of Communication and Fine Arts, Mt. Pleasant, MI:Computer Lab Assistant
Helped students with assignments and technical problems. Further developed multitasking abilities and maintained lab computer hardware.

March 2000-January 2002

CMLife, Mt. Pleasant, MI: Freelance Reporter
Wrote articles for the official campus newspaper of Central Michigan University. Developed interviewing, writing, and proofreading skills while composing stories under tight time constraints. Speed, accuracy and integrity were of paramount importance.

1999-2003

Meijer, Mt. Pleasant, MI: One-Hour Photo Lab Associate
Operated and maintained photo lab processing equipment. Worked directly with customers in a high-speed retail environment while performing stock and register duties.

Education

Central Michigan University

Major: B.A.A. in Graphic Design
Minor: Journalism

software proficiency