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Brand Manager/Graphic Designer
New Orleans, LA
Jul 2023 - Present (1 year 5 months)
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SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
New Orleans Pelicans/Saints
New Orleans, LA
Aug 2007 - Mar 2023 (15 years 7 months)
• Direct the advertising and marketing creative for all Benson properties
including but not limited to the New Orleans Pelicans and New Orleans Saints
• Develop, execute, and ensure all corporate design and brand standards through style guides, manuals, and Adobe Creative Cloud libraries.
• Create yearly branding/marketing campaigns for both NBA and NFL teams
• Lead a team of designers, providing direction and assistance as needed
• Interview, hire, supervise and mentor a chosen individual for a yearly associate program
• Design print, digital, web and environmental graphics - including arena graphics, marketing & sales collateral, billboards, logos, promotional items, magazines, yearbooks, media guides and annual reports
• Oversee and maintain the management of a vast photographic library
• Collaborate with copywriters, photographers, videographers, social media team and web designers
• Liaison between freelance photographers, designers and outside vendors
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SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Touchpoints Marketing
New Orleans, LA
Jan 2006 - Aug 2007 (1 year 7 months)
• Led a design team including copywriters, photographers and production artists
• Designed branding campaigns for new and existing clients, logos, posters and billboards
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GRAPHIC DESIGNER
New Orleans Hornets
New Orleans, LA
Jan 2003 - Sep 2005 (2 years 8 months)
• Designed ads, marketing + sales collateral, billboards, stationery + logos
• Designed monthly magazine “The Buzz”
• Assisted with yearly branding campaign concept + design
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CORPORATE MARKETING ARTIST
Randa Corporation
New Orleans, LA
Oct 2000 - Jan 2003 (2 years 3 months)
• Designed neckties, logos, marketing collateral, sales sheets + stationery
• Created + maintained archival system for all printed material
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PRODUCTION ARTIST
Gambit Communications
New Orleans, LA
Aug 1999 - Sep 2000 (1 year 1 month)
• Created and developed print advertising and marketing materials for company sponsored events including logos, brochures, t-shirts and direct mail pieces
• Collaborated with writers and photographers to design editorial layouts for both a weekly newspaper and a monthly magazine