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Graphic Designer
Brad Kelley
Beaufort, SC
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About
Graphic Designer with 14+ years of production and design experience. Proficient with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Acrobat on Macintosh OSX. Bold, conceptual design sense; creative integration of typographic, photographic, illustrative and graphic elements to create a distinctive vision. Accustomed to creating the highest quality production and design in an intense, deadline-driven environment.
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Education
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Painting and DrawingWinthrop University1993 - 1996
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Experience
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Creative DirectorSands PublishingBeaufort, SC2013 - Present (11 years)Art direct and oversee production of Homes of Beaufort, Homes of Savannah and Homes of Hilton Head real estate magazines, Sea Island Scene lifestyle magazine and the Lowcountry Guide Book travel guide.
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Contract Graphic DesignerCreateSpace2009 - 2015 (6 years)Designed book covers and interiors for Amazon’s on-demand publishing division.
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Freelance Graphic DesignerMansfield Plumbing2009 - 2015 (6 years)Designed marketing materials, signage, displays, catalogs and POP materials.
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Production DirectorFreyMedia and Trio PublicationsHilton Head Island, SC2012 - 2012Art directed Golfer’s Guide regional, national lifestyle and digital magazines. Designed facebook, e-newsletter and web ads for Golfer’s Guide and TeeTimeSavings.com, a discounted tee time and golf package purchasing website. Designed Hilton Head Island Restaurant Guide, Bluffton Restaurant Guide and Vacation Guide magazines. Coordinated freelance writers, proofreaders and graphic designers.
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Art DirectorRandall-Reilly2007 - 2011 (4 years)Art directed Aggregates Manager and Better Roads, national business-to-business magazines. Redesigned Aggregates Manager. Designed ads, promotional pieces and special projects for multiple national magazines.
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Production ManagerMonthly Media GroupHilton Head Island, SC2004 - 2007 (3 years)Designed, proofed and pdfed two local monthly magazines, Hilton Head Monthly and Lowcountry Monthly, as well as art directed Home ResourceBook, a quarterly Michigan magazine. Redesigned Home ResourceBook. Built ads and promotional pieces. Budgeted and implemented the upgrade from classic Mac OS to OSX and the conversion from Quark to InDesign.
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Graphic DesignerLowcountry Newspaper GroupBluffton, SC2003 - 2004 (1 year)Designed automotive, real estate and retail ads for The Beaufort Gazette and The Lowcountry Shopper. Coordinated editorial, sales and production staff to consistently meet deadlines and requirements.
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Graphic DesignerCox CustomMediaGreenville, SC2000 - 2003 (3 years)Designed four-color newsletters, templates, magazines, brochures, surveys, holiday cards, marketing materials and sales pieces for national customers.
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Skills
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On Coroflot@bradkelley, member since 2009
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