Years Experience Marketing

Gary R. Harding

( **** Cresthaven Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90042-323-***-****-

****@**************.*** (

Driven Graphic Artist/Illustrator with Web and Marketing Coordinator

Experience. Over seven years experience enhancing the image of defense and

engineering teams by effective branding, and by designing engaging,

comprehensible conceptual graphics and 3D illustrations that help win

proposals. Experienced at designing targeted print and web-based marketing

collateral that undergirds sales teams with appealing and informative

marketing tools. Adept at managing projects/ coordinating successful

business development events and trade shows that help to engage potential

customers, enhance the company's stature, yet remain on budget. Time

conscious multitasker, comfortable working independently or in a team, with

10+ years experience as a Web Designer/Web Coordinator. Portfolio available

at www.garyrhardingdesign.com.

Professional Experience

Business Development Coordinator, Argon ST, San Diego, CA (graphic 2004-20

artist, illustrator, webmaster) 10

. Designed contract winning graphics, 3D illustrations, trade show

graphics, and animations for business development purposes, and

marketing print and web-based collateral. Also designed internal

graphics (business cards, forms, and posters, customer meeting

graphics, shareholder presentation graphics).

. COORDINATED AND RAN OVER 80 VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS

DEVELOPMENT/MARKETING EVENTS, TRADE SHOWS, AND DEMOS FOR THE DIVISION

AND FOR CORPORATE TO INCLUDE ALL LOGISTICS. CULTIVATED RELATIONSHIPS

WITH VENDORS, AND ORGANIZATIONS WE SPONSORED. CONTRACTED PHOTOGRAPHERS,

AND PRODUCED PRODUCT PHOTO SHOOTS, THEN USED THE NEW IMAGES FOR

MARKETING COLLATERAL. RESEARCHED AND RECOMMENDED ALL MARKETING

PROCUREMENTS.

WEB GRAPHICS DESIGNER, DICHROMA, INC, ALEXANDRIA, VA 2003-2004

. PROVIDED WEB AND CONCEPTUAL GRAPHICS CONSULTING SUPPORT FOR A

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY STRATEGY TEAM.

. REDESIGNED TWO INTRANET SITES; PROVIDED GRAPHICS SUPPORT TO AN ORACLE

PORTAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PILOT PROJECT.

. WROTE AND DESIGNED USER MANUALS; PROVIDED ONE-ON-ONE USER TRAINING AND

SUPPORT TO MILITARY PERSONNEL.

WEBSITE COORDINATOR, THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, DC 2000-200

3

. SHAPED, DESIGNED, AND POSTED CONTENT FOR 20 HIGH-PROFILE SCHOLARS WITH

TIGHT DEADLINES AND TURN-AROUND TIMES, HAND-CODING IT IN HTML. PART OF

LARGE WEB TEAM, WEEKLY MEETING FOCUSED ON INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE,

USABILITY.

. COORDINATED WITH MEDIA ON JOINT PROJECTS. RESEARCHED MEDIA VIA LEXIS

NEXUS FOR SCHOLARS' ARTICLES, AND PUBLICATIONS.

. ASSISTED IN TRANSITIONING A 30,000 PAGE WEBSITE FROM HTML TO XML VIA A

NEW CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

PROGRAM SUPPORT TECH SENIOR, VCU SCHOOL OF NURSING, RICHMOND, VA 1995-1999

. MANAGED THE GRADUATE PROGRAM OFFICE; ACTED AS ASSISTANT TO THE

ASSOCIATE DEAN OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS. WORKED WITH A DEVELOPER TO CREATE

A CURRICULUM DATABASE AND A DATABASE FOR BUBBLE SHEET SURVEY RESPONSES.

. ASSISTED FACULTY AND STUDENTS WITH COMPLEX ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE

ISSUES SUCH AS THESIS / DISSERTATION COORDINATION. DESIGNED GRADUATE

PROGRAM'S FIRST WEBSITE.

TECHNOLOGIES / SOFTWARE

. PC & Mac OS X; HTML, CSS; 3D: (3DS Max, Poser, Vue5 Esprit, PolyTrans,

SketchUp/Google Earth)

. ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 4 (CS4: PHOTOSHOP, FLASH, DREAMWEAVER, INDESIGN,

ILLUSTRATOR); CORELDRAW

. MS OFFICE (WORD, POWERPOINT, EXCEL, VISIO, ACCESS); SHAREPOINT

EDUCATION

. Bachelor of Arts-Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

SECURITY CLEARANCE / MILITARY EXPERIENCE

. ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE. SERVED IN U.S. ARMY; RECEIVED AN HONORABLE

DISCHARGE

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