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Art Director/Business Owner
JosieK Design
2009 - Present (15 years)
• Logos, signage and branding for local businesses and committees.
• Trade show graphics
• Presentation Design
• Photography Consulting
• Fine Art Prints
• Swag products and clothing
• Social Media
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Bowhead, UIC
Graphic Artist/Business Analyst
Aug 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 1 month)
Working as a government contractor in support of the United States Army/Program Manager Combat
Ammunition Systems which requires a Secret Level Clearance.
• Preparing documents, images, and presentations for public release
• Planning and preparing the staff for meetings and events
• Design and produce presentations, business cards, booklets, posters, graphics, and collateral materials.
• Leading and executing a rebranding effort to modernize assets and align with current design trends.
• Coordinate events, meetings, and summits for staff and upper management.
• Organize and execute military ceremonies and plan staff parties and outings.
• Employee of the month July 2023
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Freelance Designer
WWE
Feb 2021 - Apr 2022 (1 year 2 months)
Reformatting files for various media, retouching. WWE had licensed their programs to the Peacock Network so retouching, cropping and resizing had to be done for their catalog of programs and episodes in a short period of time.
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Senior Art Director (Freelance)
Hawkeye
Dec 2021 - Feb 2022 (2 months)
Creating assets for event marketing, sampling experiences, e-com experiences, digital experiences, and social media while engaging audiences across all media and all platforms for a diverse portfolio of alcohol beverage brands.
• Events and parties for the Grammy Awards/Grey Goose
• Social media stories for Pyrat Rum
• Tasting Events/Grey Goose
• Internal Newsletters – Grey Goose and D’USSE.
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Senior Graphic Designer
Sep 2006 - Jul 2020 (13 years 10 months)
• Conceptualize, collaborate, and implement design solutions that meet brand strategies while adhering to creative briefs from concept to completion.
• Trade show exhibits, pop up stores, traveling consumer experiences, corporate environments, and RFPs.
• Lead roles on several projects, supervising other designers and freelancers in creating concepts, layouts, presentations, and final art.
• Prepare final graphic elevations using CAD tools.
• Creative design and production management of several high-profile projects totaling several million
dollars in revenue.
• Building relationships with clients. Clients include: The Hershey Company, Motorola, RAI Trade Marketing Services, Caterpillar, Samsung, Toyota, Canon.
• Responsible for graphics on one of the largest booths at CES (Samsung).
• Improved processes for archiving and workflow.
• We had a flood in our booth the day before show opening, we removed and replaced everything
ahead of schedule.
• Over 100 projects a year ranging from a few thousand dollars to several million.
• Traveling to show site or client office to present or execute/manage installation of designs.
• Solution provider and problem solver
• A 2D designer that understands a 3D world
• Training junior staff
• Researching and implementing computer and IT solutions for the Graphics Department