Sharif Williams

Résumé

Confidential

Sharif D. Ffrench-Williams

**** ****** **** **., *******, GA 30034

C 678-***-**** • H 678-***-**** • acumlc@r.postjobfree.com

www.HireTheBest.SharifWilliams.com

HIGHLIGHTS

• Commercial ran for +1700 Spots on WADL TV 38 Detroit starting in December 2013. Animated, rendered, and exported a hybrid whiteboard commercial with a 1 week deadline.

• Won 1st place in two animation competitions held at ITT Technical Institute in 2009 & 2010 under the supervision of Visual Communications co-chair, Ms. Stephanie Voltolin.

• Created an interactive website and photo gallery using HTML, and served as Freelance Graphic Designer for ANIZ and the Step-up-for Hunger organizations.

• As sole Graphic Designer responsible for the entire ad layout of the newspaper, played a key role in helping CrossRoadsNews earn multiple community service awards.

• According to The Sulton Pediatric Group’s Practice Manager, “As far as marketing, CrossRoadsNews has been the diamond in our advertising strategy. It has generated more business for us than any other marketing tool that we use. Period.”

• According to the President and CEO of Come Cruise With Us & Tours, “CrossRoadsNews is our preferred means of advertising. Without a doubt, it has been instrumental in our growth, and even though it’s a local publication, we have done bookings from out of state because of it. It’s a key part of our marketing.”

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Program, Media Arts & Animation, The Art Institute of Atlanta,

Decatur, GA, 2011

A.S. Applied Science Degree,Visual Communications, ITT Technical Institute,

Atlanta, GA, June 12th, 2011

B.A. Program, Graphic Design, Georgia State University,

Atlanta, GA, 2003

SOFTWARE

InDesign CC, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, ImageReady, Dreamweaver CC, HTML, BbEdit, Premiere Pro CC, Encore, Acrobat, iMovie, iDVD, Macintosh OS X, Autodesk 3ds Max, After Effects, Soundbooth, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Corel Draw, Quark Xpress,

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AFFILIATIONS

Website Designer, SharifWilliams.com

Website/Photo Gallery Designer, Aniz, OEC HTML Program

Freelance Graphic Designer, UMAY Foundation, Step-Up-For-Hunger, AABJ,

CrossRoadsNews of South DeKalb

REFERENCES

Available upon request

Sharif D. Ffrench-Williams

2817 Autumn Lake Ln., Decatur, GA 30034

C 678-***-**** • H 678-***-**** • acumlc@r.postjobfree.com

www.HireTheBest.SharifWilliams.com

OBJECTIVE

A creative & talented Graphic Designer seeking new opportunities to showcase training and expertise in videography, multimedia documents, newspaper layout, advertising creation, 3-D modeling & animation, HTML website editing, photography correction & gallery creation, customer relations, and business operations.

EXPERIENCE

2015 – Present Freelance Graphic Designer, WizArt, Decatur, GA

• Filmed interviews, edited footage, authored DVDs, and posted videos to social media

• Produced & presented honoree videos at the CrossRoadsNews Community Kudos Awards Gala

• Designed, illustrated, and paginated a 40 page survey booklet for a local nonprofit organization

• Updated & resized logo styles for clients and color-corrected all images for print & digital export

2015 – 2015 Marketing Assistant, Retail Capital via TCG, Troy, MI

• Made landing page mock-ups in Adobe Photoshop CC

• Created vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator CC for social media posts

• Made PNG alpha-channel images for PPT presentations

• Handled updates to the Funding Applications and exported with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro

• Designed, formatted, & exported Business Loan Agreements with Adobe InDesign CC

• Managed & laid out Email Marketing campaigns in MailChimp, Pardot, & TrustPilot

• Temporary / contract position

2013 – 2015 Graphic Designer, Wireox, Ferndale, MI

• Designed marketing text & ads for email blasts and website banners

• Managed & laid out 3 catalogs & price list totaling +80 pages

• Produced PowerPoint documents for sales presentations

• Designed product sell sheets, brochures, and price lists

• Created 3D models for logos, products and packaging

• Styled products, took pictures, edited graphics, and uploaded to website

• Made display stickers for product racks and assembled samples

• Rendered 3D graphics and 2D illustrations for AfterEffects commercials

• Managed daily email marketing on 3 or more B2B lead databases

• Managed 3 different barcode languages to meet distributor needs for stickers

2009 – 2013 Freelance Graphic Designer, WizArt, Decatur, GA

• Designed multiple logo styles for clients

• Created ads for community expos and graduation special sections

• Created websites and managed content

• Conducted & filmed interviews, edited footage, animated 3d logos, and posted videos to social media

2004 – 2009 Graphic Designer, CrossRoadsNews, Decatur, GA

• Ensured that all ads were created according to client specifications and 100% satisfaction as sole Graphic Designer

• Edited and uploaded HTML documents, and made and sent PDF files to the printer

• Laid out the entire newspaper, ensured color quality, and 10 extra special sections

• Greatly increased monthly revenues of this award-winning newspaper from $50,000 in monthly advertising sales in January 2005 to $70,000 in December 2005

• Began employment in March, 2004, which saw the year’s largest monthly increase in advertising revenues, from $43,000 to $78,000

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