Brian Das
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OBJECTIVE:
As an experienced design professional, I am seeking a rewarding and
challenging position in which I can utilize my expertise to facilitate in
the dissemination of companies message and to project their image to
resonate with prospective clients and customers.
PROFILE:
4+ years of design experience in both agency and corporate environments.
Creative Graphic Designer with extensive experience in print and website
design.
Experience designing brochures, logos, websites, and other advertising
materials.
Talent for bringing fresh perspective to brands without losing original
intent.
Passion for design and willingness to go above and beyond the expected
effort to complete work on time.
Highly organized improved procedures, processes and time tracking in every
position.
Positive and energetic approach to creative problem solving.
Excellent verbal, written, and conceptual skills.
Self-motivated team player and eager to work in challenging and cross-
platform environments.
Strong analytical skills and broad range of computer expertise.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
ADOBE TECHNOLOGIES: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,
Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash.
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGIES: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook.
SOFTWARE TOOLS: QuarkXPress, iMovie, Tridain.
LANGUAGES: HTML, Flex 4.0, ActionScript 3.0.
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 2007/2003, Windows Vista/XP,
MAC.
DESIGN SKILLS: Corporate Branding, Logo design,
Corporate web & UI Design, Page Layout
Design, Graphic Design, Desktop
Publishing, Web & Print Design
EXPERIENCE:
Various Clients
Present
Freelance Designer
Handled various freelance projects for clients. Projects included design of
print collateral and packaging for various companies, web production, photo
retouching and store graphics for the retailer, design and layout of
monthly e-mail newsletter for local non-profit organization.
Envoy Financial, Denver, CO
Dec 2009 - Nov 2010
Graphic Design
Responsible for design and user interface of Envoy Financial Group business
online travel and reservation product. In charge of innovating the purchase
process for Expedia corporate and leisure users.
Quickly earned credibility with senior executives by winning internal
design contest to create packaging for new holiday season product line.
Helped create new brand that contributed to 100% increase in sales over 18
months period.
Designed catalog after senior designer quick on short notice. Completed
high quality product on time, earning rave reviews from executives, Board
of Directors and sales team.
Conceived and created high end branded packaging for internal sales awards.
Designed Logos using software program Illustrator.
Communicated with the client to develop the best design.
Designed, oversaw creation and sold innovative, non-traditional marketing
programs to key decision makers.
Explored consumer trends, drew implications, and identified new marketing
opportunities.
Kreymedia Colorodo Springs, CO
Jan 2008 - Nov 2009
Graphic Designer.
Responsible for total needs of the client including management of technical
and creative resources to deliver complete corporate-quality branding and
web solutions. Services include branding, logo design, web design and
creation, Flex work and web optimization.
Selected Accomplishments:
Managed creation of brochure distribution site including CSS layout and
custom administration functionality.
Positive and energetic approach to creative problem solving.
Pre-press and formatting files for print.
Advertisement designing, recreating Brochure, and recreating photo
manipulation.
Disk processing, and redrawing poor quality images and getting best results
in Illustrator.
MDC Holdings, Denver, CO
Nov 2006 - Sept 2007
Graphic Design
Responsible for assisting the Creative Director in design efforts for MDC
Holdings.
Updating MDC Holdings websites by using Tridain program.
Making sure all the information for the houses are accurate.
Worked in illustrator and Photoshop to co-produce the printed User Guide.
Designed book cover and corporate-quality branding for main website
content.