Design Director

STEPHEN CANNON

**** ********, ******, ** ***** . ********@*****.*** . 512-***-**** .

www.krop.com/cannon

SUMMARY

A progressive creative leader with proven abilities in fostering and

executing big ideas across all media.

Background includes advertising, marketing, design, and strategic planning.

Proven track record in creative

team management and design process from ideation to project completion.

Specific areas of expertise include:

. Design, brand development and management.

. Directing creative teams in producing results-oriented, inspirational

work.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1/09 - 4/10 Adjunct Faculty Member, Communication Design, Department of Art

& Design

at Texas State University

With a focus on creative process and development, I prepared curriculum and

taught courses including:

1302 ComDes Foundation II - Adobe Creative Suite, 2304 Communication Design

Foundation IV, and

4314 Poster Design.

2/02 - 1/09 Senior Art Director - Fosforus

Developed, managed, and produced a wide variety of advertising, design, and

marketing communications for client le including: SAP, Ariba/FreeMarkets,

Verio, McAfee, StarCite, SmartOps, EarthSweet, Fuddruckers, KOO KOO ROOs,

Schlotzsky's, and Chuy's Restaurants.

Scope of responsibilities:

. Worked with internal account team and directly with clients to create

results-driven multi-touch integrated campaigns including: print ads, ad

banners, HTML e-mails, event micro-sites, e-newsletters, dimensional-

mail targeting C-level executives, widecast and high-impact flat

mailers.

. Developed corporate and transaction-based Web sites, landing pages,

intranet sites, and web-based corporate

brand guidelines.

. Managed diverse creative group of print designers, web and flash

designers, production artist, and photographers.

. Worked with Creative Director and Account Managers in developing

strategy and creative while participating in strategic and creative

presentations to client le.

. Lead searches and conducting comprehensive evaluations for print and

photography vendors, dramatically reducing cost for print and web

production.

. Illustrated comps for client review and created final artwork files for

delivery to production vendors.

. Ensured all designs communicated clients brand strategies while

maintaining creative impact.

. Prioritized, tracked, and maintained records of elements, costs, and

time schedules for all projects.

. Developed brand identity, package design and innovative organic

packaging techniques for EarthSweet

product line.

. Produced bid requests and maintained budgets for print and photography.

. Created new business development packages for Chuy's Restaurants, KOO

KOO ROO Restaurants, and

Wilmax Construction.

1/99 - 2/02 Art Director - M2K

Conceptualized and designed marketing and advertising communications for

client le including:

Dell, Johnson Controls, IBM, MasterCard, American Airlines, i2, Compaq,

FreeMarkets, Sabre, and Hoover's, State Bank, Fuddruckers.

Scope of responsibilities:

. Designed 3-dimensional executive-level direct mailers, corporate

brochures, product sheets, design templates, and other related marcom

materials.

. Designed corporate and transaction-based Web sites, landing pages,

intranet, and ad banners.

. Provided leadership and mentoring to eight-person design staff.

. Maintained vendor relations.

. Produced bid requests, and approving and managing budgets for print and

photography projects.

. Directed photo shoots and Flash animation projects.

6/96 - 9/98 Creative Services Director - Lockheed Martin, Jeddah, Saudi

Arabia

Managed 30-person, three-department creative staff in international work

environment. Served as liaison between Lockheed Martin and Royal Saudi Air

Force Training Wing Commanders.

Scope of responsibilities included:

. Maintained project time lines, developing project workflow.

. Provided monthly status report to Lockheed Martin Program Director.

. Handled reorganization and layout after moving all three facilities,

including a multimillion-dollar audiovisual center,

a 6,000-sq.-ft. offset printing shop, and a 15-person graphic design

studio.

. Directed multimedia training videos for the Royal Saudi Air Force.

. Directed the design and production of RSAF Training Wing bilingual

educational and training materials.

. Planned and organized departmental team-building events.

5/96 - 10/97 Freelance Art Director - Lintas Worldwide, Jeddah, Saudi

Arabia

Designed projects including P.O.P., environmental, package design, and

print collateral for Coca-Cola and McDonald's.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications

Texas State University, San Marcos

OTHER INTERESTS

Product Design, Interface Design, Masters Swimming, kayaking, The

Singularity, solar technologies

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