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Graphic Designer
The Salvation Army Northwest
Seattle, WA
Jan 2008 - Present (16 years)
Graphic Design 2008-2018
Delivered a variety of projects across various departments:
Fundraising Department
Fundraising materials such as brochures
Annual Reports & Newsletters
Annual meeting materials, look and feel, unique, all material from invites, video presentations, signage, donation forms, & programs
Photographed events, edited photos and presented slide shows and web galleries
Ensured all materials followed Salvation Army national creative guidelines & standards while maintaining a unique look and feel
Christmas Toy Drive
Redesigned Christmas Toy Drive materials, including tags, posters, promotional material, tee shirts, signs, and other printed material for toy distribution to maintain a consistent look and feel among salvation army locations and between toy gathering and distribution.
Program Department
Created material and concepts aimed at a wide variety of audiences, including seniors, young children, teens, men, women, older women and families.
Designed posters, presentations, tee shirts, programs, videos & other supporting material for 10-12 events & camps per year
Photography
Photographed live events, people, & staged photos
Edited photos using Lightroom & Photoshop
Curated appropriate photos for web & presentations
Kept an organized photo library for all departments
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Web-Master
The Salvation Army Northwest
Seattle, WA
Jan 2008 - Jul 2013 (5 years 6 months)
Web-master 2008-2013
Directed Salvation Army’s Web presence. Transitioned web sites from mostly hard coded to fully CMS. Established and managed Twitter & Facebook presence
2008 Developed & Maintained the website for the Northwest Salvation Army
2010 - redeveloped site using HTML5 & CSS3
Increased ease of updating for content creators
2012 - redesigned site & moved to a internal CMS
Developed mini-sites for local Salvation Army units
Editorial oversight of site, Curated posts to align with company objectives
Kept up with web standards, learned new concepts, applied current web trends in a non-profit setting