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Sr. Designer
Norcross, GA
May 2014 - Present (10 years 7 months)
Senior member of a small trade show and interior design consultancy focused on custom corporate display and face-to-face marketing strategies. Depth of experience is instrumental in growing business opportunities in a highly competitive marketplace. The creative process ranges from initial client meetings to design, material selection, cost estimation through to management of final production.
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Sr. Designer
Czarnowski
Sep 2010 - Jan 2014 (3 years 4 months)
Corporate environment and trade show design with a specialization in custom architecture, rental integration and permanent installations. Responsibilities include conceptualization, visual presentation, graphic enhancement, engineering and final production models.
Lead Designer on projects with budgets ranging from $40K to $2M+
Coordination of all aspects of design including implementation, audio/visual integration and installation
Success achieved with direct client interaction throughout creative process
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Design Manager
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Oct 2002 - Aug 2010 (7 years 10 months)
Responsible for the development and execution of brand identity and restaurant operations for all new domestic store openings and reinvestments. Maintained an evolving network of vendors and consultants to deliver targeted, timely and cost-effective plans. Promoted strong overall brand positioning through layout concepts, site plans and rendered architectures. Reviewed and communicated brand requirements for the global franchise market.
Implemented new brand image including materials, signage and architectural elements for modern target audience
Same-store sales in reinvestment restaurants saw sales gains of 5-10% on average
Developed measures to use advancing technologies for a reduction in materials, maintenance cost and utilities to produce an ROI approaching 25%
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Designer
Private Consulting
Jun 2001 - Oct 2005 (4 years 4 months)
Partnered with small to medium businesses to define marketing objectives and design effective solutions for promotion through electronic media. Transform corporate 2D graphic content into 3D structures and digital models with full material detail, lighting and walkthrough animation.
Clients consistently reported customer response above predicted expectations
Effectively communicated corporate identity messaging through 3D architectures and interactive media
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Lead Developer
Millennium Designs
Oct 1999 - Oct 2001 (2 years)
Coordinated input from management and external consultants to create unique and friendly graphic user interface in the field of health content and electronic medical records (EMR). Innovated solutions for retrieving and formatting data for delivery within the EMR framework.
On the forefront of technology with one of the first on-line content management systems (CMS) and predictive text
NoteLogix system increased medical record accuracy and decreased costs associated with transcription services
Compliant with all applicable HIPAA regulations
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Designer / Project Manager
Design South
Oct 1995 - Oct 1999 (4 years)
Tasked to design, engineer and manage large-scale corporate exhibits, environments and retail interiors. Evaluated project complexity, estimated project costs / timeline and supervised build team from inception to completion. Integrated corporate marketing strategy into interactive digital media format for distribution on the emerging internet.
Collaborated with client contacts, internal team and external vendors to produce exhibitions for global companies
Implemented first web-based platform for three sister corporate entities