Design Project Management

JOHN HANCOCK

** ********* ** ( Centerville, Ohio 45458

937-***-**** ( ****@*****.***

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ART DIRECTOR: Senior-Level Graphic Design, Web Design, User Interface

Design

Award-winning graphic designer with decades of success in print and online,

including user interface design seeks a challenging and responsible

position. Instrumental in spearheading publication redesigns and

initiating emerging technology integrations. Adept at distilling complex

source material into effective graphics that communicate and entertain.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Project Management . Art Direction . Graphic Design & Layout . UI

Prototyping . User Interface Design . User Interface Testing . Wireframe

Prototyping . Publication design . Procedural & Workflow Development .

Staff Management . Technical Training

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Adobe Photoshop (Original art, photo illustration, retouching, asset

manipulation and optimization for print and web. Over 15 years experience)

Dreamweaver (Editing existing web pages and constructing complete websites)

CSS (Modifying existing style sheets and creating original styles for Flex

projects)

HTML (website construction)

Flash (Animation, interactive content and website integration, mockup

prototypes of user interface functionality for software programmers.

Actionscript 2 and 3.)

Flex 3 (Front end UI improvement of existing Flex projects, developing new

graphic skins or creating interface design.)

Adobe Illustrator (Original art, design, branding, information graphics,

marketing concepts for print and web. Training of employees in advanced

techniques)

Indesign (Page layout and design)

Freehand (Deadline news graphics, logo and illustration design)

Final Cut Pro (Editing and producing short video projects)

Microsoft Office Suite (Powerpoint and Word documents for business use)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Owner, Home-based Freelance Graphic Design

BONZAI GRAPHICS, Dayton, OH . March 2009 - present

Online delivery of specialized graphic projects, for Freddie Mac and other

national clients. Producing Photoshop and Flash design elements for web

publication, Print design and illustrations.

Senior Level Graphic Designer, User Interface designer

SPARE BACKUP, Palm Desert, CA . 2009 (three month contract position)

Software development company. UI design, UI prototyping and UI usability

testing. Producing Photoshop and Flash usability mockup animations that

were placed on intraweb and made available to clients and investors. Taking

existing programming and replacing or improving UI interface, as well as

constructing interface as a first step in programming projects -- using

Flash Actionscript 2.0 and 3.0 and Flex and C+ environments. Providing

mockups for spec documents and wireframes to programmers, producing design

and visual objects for web and printed materials for sales and marketing.

Chief of Graphics-Print & Online

DAYTON DAILY NEWS, Dayton, OH . 1992-2008

Daily newspaper with 166,000 current circulation serving southwest Ohio.

Project Management and coordination of print and web products from concept

to final execution. Producing Flash animation UI modules for newsreaders.

Deadline Flash projects for breaking news. Leading creative teams in

delivering professional and attractive products on tight deadline.

Partnering with marketing associates to support niche advertorial content.

Developing, training and enforcing graphic standards and workflow

strategies. Participating in redesigns and new product launches.

Key Achievements:

. Spearheaded newsroom technology modernization project in 1992; advocated

leading-edge software and drove more efficient workflow and production

output; provided ongoing IT support on prepress calibration efforts and

Macintosh system integration.

. Played integral role in designing Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative

reporting package "Military Malpractice" in 1998, the Best of Cox Award,

and the Polk Award.

. Selected among peers to join a national journalist team in covering the

1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

. Member of team winning "Best Use of Multimedia Award" for Bluffton

baseball team bus crash in 2008; provided flash animation and print

graphics.

Earned numerous awards throughout tenure, including: "Best of Cox Award"

2002; International Society of Newspaper awards: 1993 Bronze, 1995 Award of

Excellence, 1996 Bronze; 1997 Award of Excellence; National Associated

Press Sports Editors Award 2008; Associated Press of Ohio awards 1993,

2006; Print Magazine Regional: 1993 Design Excellence; Society of

Professional Journalists regional awards, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1993,

1992.

Graphic Editor

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, Philadelphia, PA . 1991-1992

Major metropolitan tabloid-style daily newspaper with 114,000 current

circulation.

Directed redesign and layout of all visuals and graphic elements while

acting in a combined Art Director/Assistant Managing Editor role.

Supervised 7 graphic artists and coordinated with other managers to

establish newspaper tone.

Key Contributions:

. Spearheaded transition of existing traditional black and white paper with

improved computer layout and color print technologies. Recommended software

and hardware purchasing; developed page design strategies, and improved

work flows.

Art Director

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, New York City, NY . 1990-1991

International wire service.

Managed staff of 15 artists to produce wire graphics, illustrations and

designs for worldwide membership.

Key Contributions:

Improved both quality and quantity of output, helped foster improvement in

individual employee production by providing a more cohesive and organized

structure.

EARLY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Previous roles include a progressive succession of Illustrator, Graphic

Designer and Art Director roles with The Arizona Daily Star, The Las Vegas

Review Journal, The L.A. Daily News and The Chicago Tribune.

. Winner of International Society of Newspaper Design awards: 1990 - 3

Silvers, 2 Awards of Excellence; 1989 - Judge's Special Recognition Award,

1 Gold, 2 Silvers, 10 Awards of Excellence; 1988 - Outstanding Professional

Performance Award, Pulitzer nomination

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Arts & Design: Honors

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

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