Owner/Designer/Screenprinter at Shirts Like Mine

Gawain Atwater

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- Self starting graphic designer with over 15 years of commercial design experience

- Proficient with Adobe CS: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator with experience in Adobe XD, Figma, and Webflow as well.

- Extensive customer relations and pre-press coordination experience

- Knowledgeable with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Education
- Certificate HTML
  
  Middle Georgia Technical College
  
  2003 - 2003
  
  Summer 2003 - Fall 2003 Courses included: Web Site Design, HTML, Web Site Layout, and Networking
- BFA Commercial Design
  
  Fort Valley State University
  
  1998 - 2003
  
  •ADDY Award, Myrtle Beach, SC. 2007 Rabun County Newcomers Guide •FVSU Fine Arts Cultural Exchange, Nassau, Bahamas 2002 Exhibit Invite One pencil, one block print, and one pen and ink accepted. •FVSU In-Residence Art Contest 2001 Second Place. One pencil portrait accepted. •FVSU/UGA Black History Cultural Exchange, Griffin, GA. 2001 Exhibit Invite. One pencil, and one block print accepted. •FVSU President’s Day Art Contest 2000 Honorable Mention and 5th Place One pencil, and one block print accepted.
Experience
- Creative Director / Graphic Designer
  
  Shirts Like Mine
  
  Jul 2009 - Present (15 years 4 months)
  
  Managed production and design of screen printed t-shirts while maintaining production schedule and customer relations.
  Designed websites, flyers, social media assets, magazines, and other marketing materials for both customers and in-house use.
  Proficient in social media marketing, designed and managed multiple website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages.
- Production Manager / Graphic Designer
  
  Great Southern Publishers
  
  Mar 2006 - Jul 2009 (3 years 4 months)
  
  Production management, advertising design, magazine layout, logo design, brochure design, layout coordination of printed materials, publication theme coordination, customer consulting, pre-press coordination, file scanning and conversion and web page design.
- Graphic Design
  
  Freelance
  
  2008 - 2009 (1 year)
  
  Creative Director/Designer
- Graphic Designer
  
  Citizen & Georgian
  
  May 2004 - Mar 2006 (1 year 10 months)
  
  Advertising design, page layout, logo design, layout coordination, client/customer assistance and consultation, pre-press coordination, photography and ad sales
Awards

• ADDY Award, Myrtle Beach, SC. 2008

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