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Stationery Designer & Owner
CO
Aug 2008 - Present (16 years 4 months)
Design invitations, stationery and greeting cards for sale on thespottedolive.com.
Personalize invitations and stationery items with customer’s details, proofread, and provide digital proofs to customers.
Coordinate printing. Provide print-ready and/or web obtimized files.
Create simple illustrations and lettering in Procreate and Illustrator for invitation, stationery and greeting card designs.
Create product mock-up graphics and other branded graphics for website, blog, social media platforms, Pinterest, advertising, marketing, and email campaigns.
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Graphic Designer & Owner
CO
Aug 2008 - Present (16 years 4 months)
Design logos, business cards, collateral materials, flyers, print ads, book layouts, simple Wordpress websites, and more for freelance clients.
Online, phone and in-person meetings with freelance clients to determine design direction, scopes of work, budgets, and deliverable timeframes.
Coordinate printing. Provide print-ready and/or web optimized files.
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Graphic Designer/Creative Manager
Waterstone Resorts & Vacation Homes
Destin, FL
Jul 2006 - Aug 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Designed logos and developed brand identities for Waterstone Resorts & Vacation Homes, its multiple divisions, and individual properties.
Collaborated with VP of Sales & Marketing as well as with members of other departments on design direction of various advertising and marketing projects.
Designed all printed and online collateral, advertising and marketing materials.
Coordinated with publications and print vendors.
Created artwork for corporate branded signage.
Designed internal documents and forms in the brand standard.
Maintained production schedule for all projects in order to meet deadlines.
Coordinated and provided art direction for property and lifestyle photo shoots.
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Senior Graphic Designer
Abbott Resorts/ResortQuest
Destin, FL
Jul 1997 - Jan 2005 (7 years 6 months)
Solely designed, laid out, and coordinated large projects such as the annual resort vacation guides (128+ pages) and periodic magazine-style real estate buyer’s guides.
Designed direct mailers, logos, billboards, brochures, office forms, business cards, collateral materials, and print ads for magazines, newspapers, and publications.
Coordinated with publications and print vendors.
Coordinated and collaborated with small design team, advertising agency and department heads on design direction and assignment of printed advertising and marketing materials.
Coordinated and provided art direction for property and lifestyle photo shoots.
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Graphic Designer/Advertising Manager
Destin Development Company
Destin, FL
Nov 1996 - Jul 1997 (8 months)
Designed advertising and marketing printed materials including newspaper ads, magazine ads, billboards, brochures, menus, and other collateral materials for seven restaurants, two bars and one golf/recreation center.
Coordinated with media vendors, publications, and printing vendors.
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Graphic Designer/Advertising Manager
Fudpucker's, Inc.
Destin, FL
Nov 1994 - Nov 1996 (2 years)
Designed advertising and marketing printed materials including newspaper ads, magazine ads, billboards, brochures, menus, and other collateral materials for two restaurant /bar/retail businesses.
Coordinated with media vendors, publications, and printing vendors.