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Graphic Artist & Designer
John Theurer
Kennesaw, GA
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About
Graphic Artist and Designer with real-world and practical experience who utilizes creative skills and abilities designing/illustrating for print, presentations and multimedia. Majority of experience is within in-house creative and marketing communication departments . Thrives on challenges and solving creative problems. Enjoys and is stimulated by the collaboration process and working together with other creative(s) on projects.
Key competencies:
• Software: Adobe CS1/CC2020: PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, MS Office: Word, PowerPoint, Keynote (familiar with), Prezi (familiar with) Excel, Quark XPress
• Print Design: logo & Identity, marketing Collateral, Brochures, magazine layout, ad creation, Large format and trade show graphics, charts & info-graphics
• Print Production: create from templates, take artistic direction, reproduce pieces following specs and brand style guides, preflight/prepress, color correction, separations for print and screen printing for apparel and other substrates, 508 Compliance
• Illustration: Photo illustration, photo retouching and image manipulation, vector, traditional mediums, technical illustration
• Web & Multimedia: some HTML editing, some video editing, visual content creation, website maintenance/CMS, email marketing, banners, clean/professional animated presentation design. -
Education
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Diploma Graphic DesignPlatt College1991 - 19932 year vocational Graphic Design program.
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Experience
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Graphic DesignerUpswellJan 2018 - Mar 2020 (2 years 2 months)Team member involved with high volume design and print production of direct mail advertising pieces in a fast-paced environment. Daily use of InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator and preflight tools creating high impact direct mail marketing pieces for the automotive, dental, HVAC and other business sectors. Frequent recreation of vector based logos, image color correction. Productivity and project management tools including Salesforce and Hubspot. Daily interaction with sales and account managers.
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Lead Graphic DesignerImpact Mailers, LLCJan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)Joined Impact Mailers during a high-growth period in order to head up and expand creative department. Challenged with improving the quality of direct mail advertising design and help grow the business and client base. Direct 3 freelance designers and 1 in-house production artist while overseeing the high-volume of client projects to completion.
- Design and produce high-end advertising and marketing initiatives for a variety of laminated plastic mailers
- Art direct small team of designers and production artist(s)
- Successfully design advertising concepts for a variety of new clients
- Direct daily interaction with clients and vendors
- Planning the growth of the creative team to be added in the near future -
GRAPHIC DESIGNER / PRODUCTION ARTIST / PRESENTATION DESIGNERFreelance/ContractorDec 2009 - Nov 2016 (6 years 11 months)Clients: Exide Technologies, LG Hausys, Elekta, Inc., Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint,
Tropical Smoothie Café, Tin Drum, Shaw Industries, H.D. Supply, Bellish Creative, R.R. Donnelly, Int'l Republican Institute, Compass Creative. Agencies: The Creative Group, The Boss Group, Onward Search, TEK Systems, Adecco
-Designed and produced; Illustrations, marketing collateral, sales sheets, social media visual content, presentations, retail marketing initiatives, update/edit catalog pages, POP, window clings, brochures, direct mail, eBooks, info-graphics, trade show graphics, logos, icons, sales ads, posters and among other print initiatives
-Photo editing, image manipulation and color correction
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Visual Information Specialist/ Graphic ArtistNorthrop Grumman contract to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)May 2015 - Nov 2015 (6 months)Assigned to: The Division of Communication Services (DCS). CDC DCS offers a variety of communication services and consultation in visual communications, broadcast, communication planning, audience analysis, campaign planning, and multilingual translation.
-- Designed and produce; presentations, brochures and posters
-- Illustrate info-graphics and charts for various customers throughout the CDC
-- Implemented 508 compliance and remediated PDF documents
-- Designed logos and other branding materials for a variety of initiatives
-- Consulted with CDC staff and lead creative design process for graphics projects -
Graphic ArtistArtistic Designs SportswearAug 2014 - Feb 2015 (6 months)• Designed & illustrated art pieces and logos for screen printing
• Color seperation of artwork for film output and screen printing -
Visual Information Specialist/ Graphic ArtistNorthrop Grumman contract to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Apr 2014 - Jun 2014 (2 months)Assigned to: The Division of Communication Services (DCS). CDC DCS offers a variety of communication services and consultation in visual communications, broadcast, communication planning, audience analysis, campaign planning, and multilingual translation.
-- Designed and produce; presentations, brochures and posters
-- Illustrate info-graphics and charts for various customers throughout the CDC
-- Implemented 508 compliance and remediated PDF documents
-- Designed logos and other branding materials for a variety of initiatives
-- Consulted with CDC staff and lead creative design process for graphics projects -
Graphic Artist & DesignerTropical Smoothie Franchise Development CorporationJul 2011 - Dec 2012 (1 year 5 months)• Worked early on with Creative Director in comping ideas and brain storming new menu panel designs for stores. Hired full-time 2 months later and played a role in rolling out new menu look for franchisee stores
• Produced deliverables for advertising and franchisee promotions such as; POP/POS, posters, window clings, menu panels, banners, and other large format pieces, brochures, counter cards, handout menus, direct mail, ads for magazine and newspaper, package design, marketing collateral
• Extensive use of hi-end photography, manipulate images and masking -
Graphic Designer / Production ArtistFoot Solutions HQSep 2009 - May 2011 (1 year 8 months)• Applied design and production skills for in-house sales and retail franchisee print initiatives such as POS/POP/POR, direct mail, and one off marketing pieces
• Established corporate presentation templates, designed sales and information oriented presentations & edited video for meetings and webinars
• Designed eMarketing campaigns and front-end web content, managed e-commerce site and product images
• Organized and managed digital files for print and web; logos, images, video, and print -
Graphic Artist & DesignerFreelanc/contract -variousDec 2006 - Sep 2009 (2 years 9 months)Creative Group, Centaur Marketing Group, Jennifer Rotondo, Bellish Creative
Created and produced:
• Brochures, marketing collateral, fliers, direct mail pieces, catalogs, magazine feature layouts and POP displays, large format pieces
• Content and template design for hi end executive PowerPoint Presentations
• Designed front-end visual content for web sites
• Logo design and branding
• Photo illustration/image manipulation/color correction -
Graphic Artist & DesignerWilflex (Polyone) contractMar 2008 - Nov 2008 (8 months)• Partnered with Marketing Director in redesigning and establishing new branding template for all of Wilflex Inks 120 product specification & material safety sheets. The end result brought a fresh clean and professional look.
• Established guidelines for the use of the ‘Wilflex’ logo/brand by producing style guide
• Designed presentations for trade shows, brochures, product sheets and collateral
• Assisted with photo shoots of screen printing techniques for use in training
and product literature
• Created illustrations for Wilflex’s promotional apparel which was produced in-house
• Worked closely with on site screen printing lab in producing complex color separations and film
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