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Graphic Designer
CH2M HILL
Portland, OR
Jan 2000 - May 2015 (15 years 4 months)
Industrial & Advanced Technology Business Group (formerly known as IDC), Portland, Oregon, an international A/E/C firm specializing in providing turnkey solutions (encompassing advanced planning, site selection, master planning, architectural and engineering design, and construction management services) to manufacturing clients from a wide range of industries including electronics and semiconductors, consumer products and beauty care, metals and mining, aerospace, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, data centers, and research and development facilities. As the graphic leader of the Industrial and Advanced Technology (I&AT) division of a Fortune 500 firm, oversaw workflow and coordinate the graphic design discipline within a fast-paced business development and marketing group. Collaborating with associates at all levels of and many locations worldwide, perform the duties of a graphic designer in support of marketing and opportunity pursuits. Responsible for developing and updating marketing collateral pieces and creating illustrations and information graphics for proposals, presentations, and other documents. Concepting and design of opportunity-specific documents including covers, dividers and templated interior pages. Creative design and layout of brochures, posters, project display boards, datasheets, tradeshow and event displays, marketing ephemera, documents, forms, and corporate emails. Occasional design support for client project deliverables. Template development in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign. Image scanning, color correction, and manipulation. Production vendor qualification, selection and coordination, both on site and with service bureaus. Text editing and proofreading quality control for marketing collateral. Duties also included image and document database population and maintenance, updating and formatting of marketing support documen...