Over 31,000 hours of graphic design experience for Fortune 500 companies such as; Target, Kmart, Walmart, Sears, Yamaha (Line-6), Autodesk, and Avid juggling multiple projects while maintaining the highest aesthetic standards.
Skills
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, QuarkXPress, After Effects, Premiere, HTML5, CSS3, Pro Tools, PowerPoint, Keynote, Sketch, and InVision.
Work History
October 2003 – Present | Freelance Graphic Designer
• Autodesk, Redshift, Line-6 (Yamaha), TalentWave, Sotheby’s, Potential Energy, SolarCity, Digidesign (Avid), The Fairy’s Garden, Gnomenculture Inc.
December 2011 – July 2014 | Graphic Designer, RichRelevance
• Designed custom ads for Target.com which increased user engagement and increased overall sales lift
• Designed native ads for various retailers including; Kmart, Walmart, Kohl’s, and Sears which increased user engagement and increased overall sales lift
• Collaborated with 8 account managers and 12 sales managers to create native ads spanning 100 brands and over 300 campaigns from 2011-2014 resulting in more than $87 million in revenue
• Developed new ad products, which enabled advertisers to wrap their branding around our company’s recommendation technology resulting in a 10% increase in ad placement
• Contributed to the company’s strong non-profit cause by producing marketing material for PotentialEnergy.org; nominated by the CEO of RichRelevance for a 2014 WYA Award
• Transcribed over 120 videos for closed-captioning, and edited over 200 videos to online retailer’s specs improving customer accessibility
• Coordinated with account managers, sales managers, retailers, brands, and agencies to ensure creative adheres to style guides
March 2006 – March 2009 | Art Director, Penton Media
• Art directed and redesigned Electronic Musician magazine (2008 – 2009) increasing circulation from 27,254 to 33,732
• On a tight ten-day deadline, redesigned Live Design magazine for the LDI 2007 show in Vegas, and was awarded a Penton Media Entrepreneur Award
• Art directed online special projects for Remix magazine (2006) increasing the magazine online presence by 11% in one year
• Created marketing collateral, trade show signage, and swag for various trade shows including NAMM, Remix Hotel, and LDI increasing brand recognition and repeat business
October 2000 – September 2003 | Senior Designer, CMP Media, LLC
March 1997 – September 2000 | Graphic Designer, CMP Media, LLC
• Art-directed cover designs for Network Magazine increasing circulation by 13% in 12 issues; won a CMP Media award for best cover designs of 2000
• Supported 6 account managers producing marketing collateral from trade show signage to media kits for Network Magazine; nominated for a 1999 Maggie Award for Best Media Kit
• Art directed the IBM-sponsored magazine DB2 while managing several artists per issue, production deadlines, and $2,500 art budget per issue
• Designed magazine layouts and illustrations for the trade magazine NetworkVar; awarded a 1998 Maggie Award for Best Trade Magazine
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California State University at Long Beach
Certification
April 2016 | Front-End Web Development Course, General Assembly SF