EXPERIENCE

Freelance Sr. Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Project Manager

Clients include: 601 Design Inc., Barefoot Proximity, Bartha, Cincinnati Children’s, Cintas, Creatives On Call, Creative Circle, DigitalGlobe/Earthwatch, Inc., Exxon Mobil, Fifth Third Bank, IBM Watson, Mills James, Ohio Casualty Group, Oracle, Procter & Gamble, Publish America, Rockfish Digital, Salesforce, SoZo Hair Care, StorageTek Fifth Third Bank Cincinnati, OH (2019 - 2021)

Project Manager / Designer

• Managed and produced, static and animated, social media posts for LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Collaborated with copywriters on designs, headlines and content.

Redbeard Communications Hollister, CA (2015-2016) Senior Designer

• Designed and created collateral for First Entertainment, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Horizon Credit Union and local businesses including updating landing pages, creating digital ads, print ads, print and mount signs for in-store Procter & Gamble Cincinnati, OH (2013 - 2015)

Graphic Designer / Project Manager

• Created collateral for Meetings 360, on behalf of Procter & Gamble-Beauty Care including PowerPoint slides, printed materials and video

WDTN-TV Channel 2 & Dayton CW Dayton, OH (2012 - 2013) Art Director

• Designed graphics for Living Dayton, 5pm, 5:30pm and 6pm news

• Created collateral in support of WDTN and Dayton CW including t-shirts, billboards, opens and print ads WLWT-TV Channel 5 Cincinnati, OH (2012)

Art Director

• Redesigned new weather graphics for on air broadcast, designed graphics for 5pm, 5:30pm and 6pm news. Created

“stingers” and commercial spots for news segment openings Summit Business Media Erlanger, KY (2007 - 2010) Art Director

• Produced monthly issues of Treasury & Risk magazine with editors, ad coordinators, photographers and illustrators EDUCATION

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Bachelor of Fine Arts DAAP

College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning Associate of Arts (Pre-Art)

University College

SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite 2024: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, InCopy, After Effects, Premiere, Acrobat Pro, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Keynote, Prezi, WordPress, Final Cut Pro, Workfront, Logic Pro and Digital Performer, proficient in both Mac and Windows operating systems

SUMMARY

Experienced Sr. Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Project Manager specializing in conceptualizing and executing innovative design solutions for a diverse range of clients. Competent in a wide range of design and project management software. Agency experience in graphic design, project management, concept creation, animation, and visual conceptualization from the gathering phase through to completion. ph: 513-***-****

email: ad4r9c@r.postjobfree.com

portfolio: www.behance.net/djkiser

DEREK J. KISER

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