David Van Valkenburgh
**** ***** ****** ******, ******, GA 30518
HM: 770-***-**** CELL: 404-***-****
abl1dg@r.postjobfree.com/www.valkenburghcreative.com
Experience Over 10 years print and web design experience within many
Summary industries
Excellent project management skills and strong ability to
deliver quality work on deadline
Expert level in Adobe CS4 and Quark
Proficient on both Mac and PC platforms
Professional Marketing Specialist - Habasit America, Suwanee, 10/07 -
Experience GA Present
Design and manage marketing collateral for
Habasit's North American Headquarters; including
brochures, sell sheets, tradeshow graphics and
Flash instructional guides
Manage overall content and design of the Habasit
America corporate website
Produce and edit Habasit America instructional
videos
Produce photo shoots of products and equipment for
use on website and in marketing collateral
Create 6 monthly newsletters including design and
copy editing for Habasit America employees,
distributers/customers
Coordinate with Habasit International marketing
group monthly on current Habasit America marketing
projects and initiatives
Manage relationships with industry publications to
maintain a presence for Habasit America within
each magazine
Graphic Designer - Nielsen Business Media, 12/05 -
Alpharetta, GA 9/07
Conceptualized and designed the overall look and
feel of tradeshows produced by Nielsen including
Kitchen and Bath Expo, Global Shop, Imprinted
Sportswear Show, Multi-housing World, MedTrade
and Woodtech
Designed tradeshow marketing collateral including
booklets, floor maps, expo passes, badges and
packets, brochures, banners and ads
Coordinated graphics production with marketing
managers and sales staff and support, meeting
tight deadlines while working on multiple projects
Coordinated print production of all collateral and
maintain print vendor relationships
Graphic Designer - 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty, 11/04 -
Alpharetta, GA 11/05
Designed brochures, newsletters, invitations,
technical documents, contracts,
warranties, flyers, and tradeshow graphics
Wrote copy for newsletters and flyers
Coordinated print projects with vendors and sales
reps
Graphics Manager - Intertape Polymer Group, 10/03 -
Atlanta, GA 11/04
Manage artwork for retail-marketing department
including logo creation, illustrations, labels,
packaging, P.O.P.s and marketing collateral with
emphasis on brand
Design packaging for private label clients
including Home Depot, Office Depot, Staples, Sam's
Club, and NAPA
Design and implement launch of new packaging for
Intertape mailing division
Supervise and execute product photo shoots
Collaborate with graphic designers across location
on multi-departmental projects
Manage design project workflow and maintain client
files
Coordinate and oversee print projects with vendors
adhering to budget
and deadline
Graphics Manager - Comcast Corp (Cable Advertising
of Metro Atlanta), Atlanta, GA
Designed graphic materials including logos,
P.O.P.s, TV and print ads
and illustrations
Coordinated with sales, marketing, and clients to
develop TV commercials and collateral using
storyboarding and computer animation
Trained creative services interns
Scheduled ads for broadcast
5/99 -
10/03
Computer Adobe CS4 (expert) . Quark Xpress (expert) . 3D Studio Max .
Skills AVID DV Xpress . HTML
Education Graphic Design, Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta,
GA 2001-2003
B.F.A., Drawing/Painting, University of Georgia,
Athens, GA 1995-1998
Fine Art, Gainesville College, Gainesville, GA 1993-1995
(full art scholarship)