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Graphic Designer / Project Manager / Brand Management
Powertex Group
Mar 2012 - Present (12 years 8 months)
• Designing work for company use in textile applications such as screen print, hats, and embroidery items
• Assisting company as a valued liaison in offset printing work, based upon previous experience in field
• Project manager for a variety of clients, including Target and General Motors
• Development of new processes for scheduling and production needs in order to increase productivity
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Freelance Designer
Logomotion Design Services
Sep 1998 - Present (26 years 2 months)
Freelance graphic designer offering a variety of marketing supplements, focusing mainly on corporate identity creation or revamping existing identities to help increase the market awareness of each client's business.
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Graphic Designer / Project Manager
Documation LLC
Mar 2009 - Nov 2010 (1 year 8 months)
Graphic design technician specializing in troubleshooting submitted print project files from various national clients and ensuring project sent to print is accurate and fits the customer's conceived end-result. Position is quite reliant upon customer interaction, working with the customers to understand their vision of the project, or to guide them into a different but more visually exciting way to achieve their project goal. Also primary designer for bi-monthly magazine account, working with the established design aesthetic of the magazine and incorporating new elements not previously used.
Projects include: Sell sheets, brochures, mail pieces, pamphlets, newsletters, bulletins and magazines from various national customers.
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Lead Graphic Designer / Copywriter / Marketing Associate
Realityworks
Sep 2007 - Dec 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Primary graphic designer charged with creating new look for product lines, from simple and minimal color to multicolored, eye-catching graphics for curricula, trade show graphics, sell sheets, sales pamphlets, brochures and web graphics (done in concert with multimedia designer) in one cohesive company identity. Aligned individual product lines into unique and separate design ideations which incorporated overall company brand aesthetic. Tailored individual product branding looks into designs that emulate the purpose of the product for the consumer.
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Art Director / Graphic Designer / Project Coordinator
Menards
Mar 2001 - Sep 2007 (6 years 6 months)
Began career as art technician within Menards Printed advertising department (within General Office complex in Eau Claire, WI) and for beginning three years primarily handled product photography and sale logo creation, with position evolving to include several new tasks such as broadcast advertising logos, POP displays, racing graphics merchandise, merchandising logos, graphics (poster and in-store), sports star autograph cards. Elevated to position of graphic designer June 2006 with responsibilities covering five departments (Print ad, Merchandising, Broadcast Advertising, Store signage, and web/email). At end of Menards career, was involved in decision-making process for future graphics and advised Advertising management. Was replaced by five separate designers upon leaving position, a testament to efficiency with an enormous workload. Moved on to assume Graphic designer title at Realityworks.