Medical Device Project

douglas sutherland

***** **** ****** ** *******, Wa 98146

206-***-**** **********.********@*****.***

www.krop.com/douglasjsutherland/

suMMarY oF QualIFICatIons

Masterful visual communications professional with extensive experience conceptualizing

and designing publications for print and Web advertising. Versatile in state-of-the-art software

applications, possessing a keen sense of detail and exceptional organizational and communication

skills. award-winning, impeccably dependable and flexible, produced notable designs for clients

such as at&t, Carnival Cruises and aaa. Creatively solve problems and produce reliably with

short deadlines and tight budgets.

• Concept development • direct Marketing • advertising design

• Client Consultation • Catalog Production • Printing Process

• Web design • e-mail Promotions • Project Management

CoMPuter sKIlls

• adobe Indesign • adobe Illustrator • Microsoft Word

• adobe Photoshop • QuarkXpress • Mac os8 - osX

releVant eXPerIenCe

HACKER GROUP, Seattle, WA (1997–2010) Senior Designer

designed a wide assortment of strategic pieces to adhere to brand values, including: e-mail promotions,

micro web sites, web landing pages, direct mail envelopes and letters, sell sheets, lift notes, brochures,

self mailers and postcards. Coordinated with account executives, project managers, copywriters, art

directors and production artists to conceptualize and design direct response advertising. art directed

product photography photo shoots. Preformed pre-press checks and pre-flight duties and attended

press checks.

Achievement Highlights:

• Collectively conceptualized and designed direct marketing for at&t comprising

1.95 million pieces and accounting for as much as 30 percent of company’s

cell phone sales.

• designed multiple promotional packages under tight, one and two-day

deadlines for Fortune 500 companies.

• Mastered artistic process of transforming raw, unappealing drawings and copy

into visually beautiful designs, persuasively explaining vision in meetings

with art director and clients.

mUltiPlE zOnES intERnAtiOnAl, Renton, WA (1996) Graphic Designer

designed and produced display advertising as a consultant for a firm that created international

mail-order catalogs. Coordinated with designers, art directors, project managers, copywriters and

visual and traffic coordinators to collect and assimilate components for advertising strategy.

Achievement Highlights:

• updated quarterly catalog publications in fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Mastered technique of designing detail-rich art and visually appealing content

for small ad spaces.

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GRizzlY imPORtS, Bellingham, WA (1994 - 1996) Graphic Designer

Conceptualized, designed and produced mail-order catalogs for woodworking, metalworking and

outdoor gear importer in collaboration with art director, copywriters, and designers. Provided

expertise in traditional illustration and computer-based desktop publishing in QuarkXpress, Illustrator

and adobe Photoshop. Managed projects and coordinated schedules with staff for on-time and

on-budget delivery.

Achievement Highlights:

• successfully competed to win placement of catalog covers in contests with up

to 8 designers: gorilla and sons Christmas 1995, Metalworking Catalog

1996 and the outdoor Catalog 1995.

PRintSOURCE, Seattle, WA (1990 - 1994) Graphic Designer

as sole designer in print shop, researched, designed, and illustrated promotional items and advertising

materials for printing of sell sheets, posters, documentation, law briefs, and brochures. operated stat

camera to shoot film from camera-ready artwork. Created corporate identity documents such as

logos, letterheads, and business cards using aldus Pagemaker.

Achievement Highlights:

• Coordinated and scheduled projects, including supervision and training of staff.

• Planned and implemented the reorganization of workspace for graphics and

pre-press department for optimum efficiency.

SPACElABS, Redmond, WA (1989) Graphic Designer

Created page-layout designs for technical and operations manuals in the medical device industry

using Ventura Publisher. Consulted with an art director, managers and a staff of technical writers

on illustrations and page layout.

Achievement Highlights:

• reorganized and managed corporate documentation archives comprising over

1,000 manuals to save time in finding important archival information.

• ensured a high standard of artwork quality in final documentation by

coordinating proof approval with print vendors during press checks.

mERCURY PRESS, tacoma, WA (1988 - 1989) Graphic Artist

Prepared mechanicals for catalogs, brochures, posters, and sell sheets for corporate clients such

as roman Meal and Brown & haley in fast-paced print shop environment. Conceptualized and

designed point-of-purchase print advertising for clients. secondarily, performed plate making

and other pre-press duties in collaboration with primary graphic artist.

Achievement Highlights:

• reorganized physical layout of print shop art department for improved

efficiency of workflow.

• trained in the use of the stat camera to shoot film from camera-ready artwork.

eduCatIon and traInIng

Web design for Print designers, Intermediate Illustrator and Intermediate Photoshop,

school of Visual Concepts, seattle Wa, 2010

Web and e-mail design and Introduction to Cs4, luminous Works, seattle Wa, 2009-2010

associate degree, Commercial art and advertising design,

st. louis Community College, st. louis, Mo 1988

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