AUGUSTINE AYALA JR.

**** *. ********** ***.

Lansing, MI 48911

517-***-****

zs8kol@r.postjobfree.com

Goals:

My goal is to attain a regular and steady flow of projects in the role of Graphic Designer. I will utilize my background and experience to contribute to marketing campaigns and serve in any capacity that a marketing department sees fit.

Study:

Hill Vocational

Architectural Drafting 1988-1991

Lansing Community College

Architectural Drafting 1998

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh (Online)

Graphic Design Diploma- 2008

Skills & Abilities:

• Able to create, maintain and distribute presentation materials for business development and other marketing opportunities

• Able to synthesize data and concepts into clear, understandable and useable written and electronic information that can be distributed to customers, prospects

• Can effectively prioritize, plan and manage time to meet project deadlines

• Able to produce copy and contribute to design process for print marketing materials

• Can bring new design and marketing ideas to the table

• Can translate ideas and copy into visuals that drive response

• Work with overall marketing team to understand key positioning and priorities

• Can develop sales tools and collateral including product catalogs and brochures

• Work with communications department and customers in writing success stories and case studies

• Able to work with subject matter experts to write and edit interesting copy

• Can interface with the appropriate third-parties in creation of marketing materials

• Can write white papers describing key technical capabilities

• Able to manage and maintain brand and corporate identity

• Understanding of typography, color theory and print production process

• Experience working with Adobe Creative Suite and other design software

Software:

Adobe Master Suite

Acrobat

After Effects

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Flash

Dreamweaver

Premiere

Microsoft Office

Word

Excel

Power Point

Outlook

CRM

Project

SharePoint

Windows XP Pro, Windows 7, Apple OS9 and OSX

History:

GreenStone Farm Credit Service

2009 – Present

Service Desk Support Associate

Support by phone, walk-up and remote to approx. 500

Solve, escalate, and document end-user issues

*Assisted with video presentation/animation for Summer Conference 2009

*Created non-linear video for the Grand Opening presentation 2010

Dawn Food Products, Inc

2007 – 2008

PC Support Technician/Help Desk

Provided customer support for internal end users and remote Sales Reps throughout the country

Worked independently and with team driven projects

Completed PC roll-out and deployment

Cisco IP phone roll-out

*Worked on video conversion and file compression for DVD at conference display booth

MSU Federal Credit Union

2004 – 2006

Help Desk/Network Support Technician

Created network topography drawings

Project Lead on APC UPS

Project Lead on Microsoft Project research

*Created 2D animation for “East Meets West” campaign

*Created non-linear video presentation for the “We’re Making It Happen” advertising campaign

AmeriPro Restoration, llc

2008 – 2009

Graphic Designer

*Designed 2 - page ads, 1 full-page ad, 1 spine ad (mini), and 1 cover ad for Grand Rapids area Yellow Pages phone book. Redesigned corporate logo for collateral media.

Cology Inc.,

2007

PC Support Technician/Help Desk

PC roll-out and deployment

Conducted daily backups

Completed hardware research and installation

*Assisted with creation of video display wall for Education Expo.

Notes:

* Denotes employment situations where I was able to lend my creative skill-set to the appropriate team

Online web portfolio:

https://picasaweb.google.com/114574302631429389947

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