Ryan Sherwood

**** ******** **., *******, ** ****1

224-***-****

abh5h2@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.ryansherwood.com/Portfolio.html

Creative and Business Solutions Driven Senior Graphic Designer/Art

director. Specializations include Consumer Packaging, Print, Web, Video,

Photography, Corporate Identity and Brand Development & Management.

Career Objectives

A challenging creative leadership role as a Senior Graphic Designer/Art

Director.

Career Accomplishments

Designing consumer to buyer presentations and

packaging, product decals, saving

P-O-P and print collateral significant costs associated

for products sold to the with factory tooling and

world's largest retailers sampling.

(e.g. Wal-Mart, Home Analyzing floor, shelf and

Depot, Sear's, Lowe's, packaging dimensions to

AutoZone, Advance, NAPA create retail plan-o-grams

and others). integral to a successful

Managing product launches sales process.

and design projects from Working in all phases of

concept through production trade show requirements

phases. Leading and designing

Collaborating with sales, corporate identity, sales

executive management, literature and branding

engineers and initiatives.

manufacturing facilities Web-design and DVD/video

to accurately implement direction, production,

complex guidelines in all editing & filming.

phases of packaging and Skilled product photographer

product development. familiar with photo studio

Vast experience equipment and techniques.

fabricating full working Marketing copywriter and

packaging mockups vital brochure designer including

ad layouts.

Advanced Hardware & Software Skills

. Advanced experience with In Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat,

Premier, Dreamweaver and QuarkXPress in a Mac & PC Environment

. Advanced experience with Microsoft Office

. Proficient with print file setup techniques and FTP sites

. Expertise with SLR digital cameras

. Published author

Professional Experience

. Senior Graphic

Designer/

Art Direction

2007 - Present

MAT Holdings, Inc; (Long Grove, IL): a multi-national manufacturing and

marketing

company with major retail and industrial clients. Ranked by Crain's

Chicago

Business as the largest minority owned and operated company in Illinois.

. Direct, script, film, produce and edit new air tool, air compressor and

several automotive product lines' instructional and sales videos.

. Lead designer responsibilities following MAT's acquisition of Pramac

America and Sanborn Manufacturing - two prominent manufacturers of

generators, wind power, water pumps, air compressors & tools, pressure

washers and other products branded under the names Powermate, Coleman,

Sanborn, Pramac, Husky, Craftsman, Kobalt, Industrial Air, and private

labels.

. Following these acquisitions, I assumed full responsibility for the

smooth migration and reorganization of a massive inventory of all graphics

files that required immediate access for rapid new product line and sales

initiatives.

. Hold a lead role in all phases of automotive and lawn and garden

packaging, product design, decals, print catalogs, product photography,

user manuals, translations, signage, and other deliverables critical to

the integration and sales of new product lines.

. Lead and design multiple new product and brand launches and redesigns

which incorporated sales literature, packaging, hangtags, brochures,

packaging and video for Powermate, Sanborn and Industrial Air Contractor

H4X.

. Worked directly with AutoZone, Advance, GM Europe and CARQUEST to create

launch their new product packaging and supporting graphics as well as

their proprietary brand packaging, literature, posters and P-O-P.

. Lead MAT's development of NAPA's Evercraft brand of compressors by

creating consumer packaging, decals, manuals, ads and sales sheets for

NAPA.

. Lead design of the launch of Menard's line of MasterForce and Performax

vises.

. Designing product catalogs for the Tiger Accessory Group (an MAT

business) and its leading Blazer brand of LED auto lights along with other

packaging and decals.

. Marketing copywriter and brochure designer including ad layouts.

Lead Graphic

Designer

2006

Foresight International, LLC; (Lake Zurich, IL): a multi-national survey

company for

major clients such as Otis and Harley-Davidson.

. Led the design team for all print and digital marketing products and

materials.

. Created all marketing materials including email blasts, handouts,

brochures, business cards and designed all paper and digital surveys

produced in as many as 24 languages.

Graphic Designer

/ Video Editor & Director

2004-05

Class on Demand; (Hoffman Estates, IL): a video tutorial company

specializing in

DVDs on creative software education.

. Created packaging, catalogs, videos, web pages, merchandising displays,

corporate logos and a wide range of commercial marketing materials.

. Wrote copy, designed handbills, created mock-ups and shot digital

photography and video for products.

. Designed and led DVD preproduction, scripting, directed filming and

provided post production editing to create professional DVD tutorials on

creative software as well as medical instructional videos.

Graphic Designer

2002-03

Senario, LLC; (McHenry, IL): a multi-national retail and marketing company

whose

customers include mass and specialty retailers.

. Designed retail packaging, presentation mock-ups and merchandisers for a

wide variety of products from toys to calculators.

Education

1999-2002

1997-1999

Bachelors Degree; in Graphic Design with a minor in Fiction Writing,

Columbia College Chicago

Associates Degree; in Science, McHenry County College

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