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Creative Designer
Hillsdale Furniture
Feb 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 5 months)
Developed all branded communications including logos, brand guidelines, print collateral, digital media, websites, social media, e-mail marketing, presentations/slide decks, print and electronic advertisements, video, environmental graphics, magazine design, social media, POP planning, and implementation
• Coordinated creative projects with a marketing manager, department managers, and copywriter
• Produced imagery utilizing AI, photo retouching, and color correction
• Teamed with e-commerce channels to create online storefronts and product visuals
• Liaise with internal and external sales staff to create print collateral and POP for retail furniture stores
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Senior Graphic Designer
FSA Management Group
Feb 2013 - Feb 2023 (10 years)
Managed all visual communications including; branding programs, conference graphics and implementation, print collateral, websites, email marketing, print and electronic advertisements, environmental graphics, magazine design, social media advertising and visual communications, digital photography, video direction, and client pitches/presentations
Directed creative projects with freelance designers, web programmers, copywriters, and video technicians
Coordinated with account and event teams to establish deliverables, budgets and timelines
Initiated and maintained creative for a client base primarily made up of professional associations. Other clients include pharmaceutical distributor and an internationally recognized week-long bourbon experience
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Senior Graphic Designer
Black & White
Nov 1996 - Sep 2013 (16 years 10 months)
Involved in all aspects of the creative process including the design and production of annual reports, corporate social responsibility reports, corporate identity programs, catalogs, brochures, web and e-mail advertising, web site design, computer generated animation, client presentations, photography direction, and print supervision
Clients included Fortune 500 companies as well as companies based in transportation, architecture, and manufacturing industries
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Graphic Designer
Baach Creative Services
Feb 1992 - Oct 1996 (4 years 8 months)
Designed and produced corporate branding programs, annual reports, brochures, newsletters, advertisements, and photo direction, client presentations, and print supervision
Clients included tourism, hospitality, healthcare and trade show industries