Erin Stuart, Graphic Design Professional in Seattle, WA

About

Graphic Designer

Specialties: Branding and identity development; typography, hierarchy and organization; HTML email creation and campaign management; web design with working knowledge of HTML/CSS; book and magazine design; print production; film and digital photography; photo editing/retouching; copy writing and content creation; drawing and illustration; printmaking; book binding

Applications: Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Dreamweaver and Flash; Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access

Platforms: Equally comfortable working with Mac and PC platforms; currently working in Windows 7 and Mac OSX.

Education

AAS Graphic Design

Seattle Central Community College

2007 - 2009

3.80 Cumulative Grade Point Average Dean’s List and President’s List
BFA Fine Arts

Western Washington University

1996 - 2001

concentration in Printmaking/Mixed Media, minor in Art History 3.62 Cumulative Grade Point Average

Experience

Senior Graphic Designer

Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce Real Estate Solutions

Sep 2010 - Present (14 years 2 months)

Duties include providing design and marketing support for commercial real estate brokerage, including designing brochures, advertisements, proposals, offering memorandums, presentations and other collateral, designing and managing HTML email campaigns, creating maps and infographics, as well as writing and editing content and shooting and editing photos for marketing materials. Sole responsibility for graphic design in Seattle office.
Graphic Design & Illustration

Freelance

2008 - Present (16 years)

Projects include logos, identity and stationery, informational brochures, HTML emails, wedding and event invitations, posters, advertisements and other collateral

Clients include Sasquatch Books, Keith Cottrill Photography, University of Washington Foster School of Business, and MarMason Consulting
Account Technician

Rogers & Norman

Apr 2008 - Aug 2010 (2 years 4 months)

Duties included design and copy writing projects, data entry and word processing, management and archiving of client data, creating Word and Excel documents as needed, and assisting with special projects
Design & Production Intern

Sasquatch Books

Nov 2009 - May 2010 (6 months)

Duties included designing marketing collateral for new publications, designing covers for publications, creating maps for publication, file management and organization, preparing files for e-book format, participation in design concept meetings, and creating dummies of upcoming books for marketing purposes
Account Manager

Kibble & Prentice

May 2006 - Feb 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Worked in a team environment to provide client service via telephone, email and in person; participation in meetings with current and prospective clients; management of client data
Technical Assistant

Fullerton & Company

Jun 2003 - Apr 2006 (2 years 10 months)

Worked as part of a team to service clients; full responsibility for the training of new Technical Assistants; participated in the selection and hiring of new Technical Assistants; proactive in devising, proposing and implementing new operating procedures for department

Affiliations

AIGA

Skills

Elsewhere on the Web

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On Coroflot

@erinstuart, member since 2008

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Erin Stuart

Director and Associate/Full Professor, Myron E. Ullman Jr. School of Design, College of DAAP

Director, Industrial Design