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Graphic Designer - Mountain-Northwest Property Marketing Studio
CBRE INC.
Seattle, WA
Sep 2004 - Present (20 years 3 months)
Developed and designed bespoke property marketing and business development materials for high performing commercial real estate producers at 14 CBRE offices in the Greater Seattle, Portland, Denver, Reno and San Francisco Bay areas.
Created original custom branding, moodboards / logos used in high-end brochures, sales presentations, digital ads and banners, email marketing, open house event swag, wine tags, marketing boards, posters and signage.
Followed instructions from design briefs, asked clarifying questions, and proactively proofed work to insure project accuracy and error-free deliverables; presented drafts to internal clients for review, collected feedback, and made necessary updates/edits until final approval.
Excellent time management skills, and proven ability to meet and exceed deadlines in a high volume producing marketing team including frequent quick turnaround requests
Ability to work independently or collaborating with a team, own the full life cycle of a project using critical thinking skills and proactively asking clarifying questions as needed.
Participated in design reviews and brainstorming sessions with internal stakeholders, provided design direction and training to junior designers, client services staff on best practices and branding adherence.
Coordinated with external vendors and prepared files for print production, reviewed soft and hard proofs.
Researched and applied the latest design industry trends to keep marketing deliverables fresh and visually engaging.
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Graphic Designer
BOEING
Renton, United States
Created a variety of technical illustrations, pie charts, tables, graphs and organizational charts used for proposal documents and for internal stakeholder PowerPoint presentations. Designed and produced posters, flyers and signs for internal stakeholders. LOCKHEED-MARTIN MISSILES AND SPACE
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Production Designer
Verizon
Everett, WA
Jun 2004 - Sep 2004 (3 months)
3-month contract production artist position responsible for creating new ads and edited existing artwork for publication in the local Superpages directory books.
Demonstrated the ability to work quickly to meet tight daily quota deadlines.
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Graphic Artist
TETRATECH
Bellevue, WA
2001 - 2002 (1 year)
Architectural and Engineering A/E firm: created various graphics including flyers, posters, data analytic infographics, financial tables and PowerPoint presentations for RFP marketing proposals, interviews, and trade shows.
Coordinated with outside print vendors gathering cost estimates, prepared art files for pre-press and approve final press checks.
Created web graphics and updated company website