Manager Sales

Lisa Anne Miller / Art Director / Graphic Designer

OBJECTIVE To contribute creative skills in art direction, design, marketing and management and

collaborate with a team to enhance your organization’s success.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Resourceful self starter who works well with others

• Effective leader and enthusiastic team builder

• Excellent problem solver with well developed communication skills

• Creative thinker with good conceptual ability

• Superb organizational and detail oriented production/technical skills

• Highly motivated and dependable

• Deadline driven with the ability to handle multiple assignments

• Extensive publication, editorial and marketing experience

• Enthusiasm for emerging technology

• Passion for design and eagerness to collaborate with other creative people

ART DIRECTOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2007–current, GraphicDesignByLisa.com

• Implemented and directed redesign of SpaFinder magazine

• Accomplished front end redesign of radioexpress.com

• Contributing Art Director for award winning NewBeauty and Luxe magazines managing a team of

designers and retouchers

• Realized numerous clients’ visions by conceptualizing designs for branding, marketing and

collateral

DESIGN AND MARKETING MANAGER 2007, Rocket Print & Mail

• Managed all art production of busy Inc. 500 direct mail company

• Created and managed effective direct mail and email marketing campaigns that resulted in an up

trending number of leads for the company

GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2006, Aquent

Created designs for a wide range of clients including magazine design, book publishing design and

company collateral

ART DIRECTOR 2004 2005, Sandow Media

• Art Directed the company’s very first magazines NewBeauty (Folio award) and Luxe Interior +

Design

• Established production flow lines for this cutting edge publishing company in its initial growing

phase, organized the entire design department for maximum efficiency, and installed workflow

systems that are still in use today

• Produced designs for numerous non magazine projects including promotional pieces, forms,

media kits, ads, proposal displays, and two books Sandals Corporate History Book and The

Perfect Home Leading Golf Course Communities

GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2002 2003 Church of Scientology

• Executed designs in the Art & Signs department for the various churches undergoing

renovations. This included 3D displays, door signs, wall signs, production and organizing boards

• Designed promotional pieces for Bridge Publications, their publishing division. This included ads,

sales kits, workshop kits, newsletters, and other promotional items

DIRECTOR OF PROMO AND MARKETING 2001 2002, California Waterscapes

• Created highly effective marketing campaigns for this Inc. 500 landscape company that

increased direct mail sales from 23% to 37%

• Photographed completed waterscape projects for use in promotional materials

CO PUBLISHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR 1999 2001, Film Music Publications

• Co created this unique industry publication, determining art direction and editorial content of

every issue and all off shoot products (CDs, books, events, etc.)

• Effectively motivated and directed design and production including designers, photographers,

illustrators, writers, editors and proofreaders

• Established data management and designed informative 500+page website

• Art directed photo shoots

• Created highly persuasive sales and marketing materials

• Managed all operational, strategic, financial, staffing and administrative functions

CO AUTHOR 1998, “The Film and Television Composer’s Resource Guide”

Co wrote this industry publication that includes all business aspects needed for anyone entering the

business. Prior to this book being published, nothing of its kind was currently available. Published by

Hal Leonard, this book is still in use in music programs around the country.

MANAGER 1998 2000, The Film Music Network

• Co created monthly inspirational networking organization for film and television music

professionals in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco

• Organized, promoted and managed these highly successful events

GRAPHIC DESIGNER 1994 1998, CinemaTrax

Self taught graphic design to promote music company

FILM AND TELEVISION COMPOSER 1990 2001

Composed, arranged and orchestrated numerous scores for film, television, and advertising including:

Men in Black (TV), Extreme Ghostbusters (TV), Jumangi (TV), The Scarlet Letter (Turner Classic

Movies restored silent film), Cold Night into Dawn (Film), Shopping Spree (TV), West Side Story

(musical promo).

SKILLS

Mac, PC, CS4, Quark Xpress, Corel Draw, Acrobat Pro, Filemaker Pro, ACT! Database, Microsoft

Office, ProTools, and numerous music programs. Basic skills in photography, photo editing and color

correction. Basic HTML and CSS.

EDUCATION

1994 Certificate in Film Scoring, University of California, Los Angeles

1989 Bachelor’s Degree, Florida State University (Magna Cum Laude)

1986 Associates Degree, Miami Dade Community College

AWARDS

• 2005 Folio Bronze medal for best new magazine (Art Director, NewBeauty)

• Gold Addy, “Married with Children” promo

• Gold Award, New York Film Festivals, for an animated short

• Miami Dade Community College ARTS scholarship for music

• BMI, Jerry Goldsmith scholarship

• ASCAP Fred Karlin Workshop (recording with Hollywood’s elite orchestra)

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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