Sales Design

Graphic Design :: Photography :: Powerpoint :: Creative Direction

713-***-**** www.adamsdzn.com Austin, Texas

• Creative and effective problem solving;

• Presentation support for executive officers;

• Brand identity creation and brand management;

• Extensive experience in advertising and marketing;

Cherissa R. Adams • Proven expertise in print collateral, web, and presentation design;

• Extremely organized and exceptional customer service skills;

• Ability to multitask projects with accuracy under tight deadlines;

• Understand the importance of corporate brand guidelines.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contract/Freelance

Pluck, Austin, Texas. Social media company. Pluck is a division of Demand Studios in Los Angeles, California

February 2009 – April 2009. Presentation Specialist/Brand Management

• Designed and wrote the corporate Powerpoint userguide template for seven brands;

• Coordinated projects with the Product Marketing Director under tight deadlines;

• All presentations and templates were utilized for global new business pitches, off-site meetings,

and all agency presentations.

National Instruments Austin, Texas. Research and development company

June 2008 – October 2008. Powerpoint Expert/ Executive Communications Support

• Created and managed executive Powerpoint presentations for NI week, a major industry event;

• Provided presentation support for President, Dr. James Truchard and executive officers;

• Maintained brand standards for print collateral and Power Point presentations;

• Created the corporate Powerpoint style guide.

Freescale Semiconductor Austin, Texas. Semiconductor solutions company

May 2008 – Present. Graphic Designer/Presentation Expert for Executive O cer Support

• Create Powerpoint presentations for executive officers, conferences, training, and financial purposes;

• Coordinate, manage, and design presentations for European and North American trade shows working

closely with the marcom group and executive officers;

• Maintain strict brand standards throughout presentations.

Emerson Process Management Austin, Texas. Diversified global manufacturing and technology company

April 2007 – October 2008. Sr. Graphic Designer/Presentation Specialist for Global Communications

• Created Powerpoint presentations for executive officers, sales, and marcom;

• Created print collateral for nine corporate competencies;

• Collaborated with executive officers regarding company messaging and strategy;

• Coordinated with the IT department providing web ready presentations for the President’s quarterly message;

• Maintained brand standards for global presentations and print collateral.

Adams Design Austin, Texas. Graphic design firm offering, photography, creative direction, and print collateral

June 1995 – Present. Creative Director/Owner

• Nationwide coordinator and graphic designer for non-profit organization, Kids and Cops;

• Provide brand creation and management, graphic and web design, to the following Industries: real estate, medical,

legal, resale, and ergonomics;

• Project categories include: corporate branding, press kits, consulting, print collateral, and Powerpoint presentations;

• Project management includes: business proposals, marketing, budgets, client relations, and account management.

Employment

Kimball Hill Homes Houston, TX . Home Builder

March 2006 – November 2006. Sr. Graphic Designer/Brand Manager

• National sales support endeavor through marketing and advertising efforts;

• Collaborate with sales team, managers and division Presidents about marketing and branding the product;

• Responsible for driving traffic to website and sales offices;

• Responsible for maintaining and approving corporate brand standards on company-wide print collateral;

• Nationwide lead and conceptual designer on special projects for division Presidents which included:

Hard and soft sell ads, ad campaigns, posters, flyers, logos, direct mail, billboards, and websites;

• Research projects included: community development naming, demographics and geographical research,

and heavy competition shopping;

• Responsible for maintaining and coordinating corporate database of marketing collateral.

NIA Creative Mountain View, CA. Advertising firm specializing in corporate branding

April 1999 – May 2001. Sr. Graphic Designer Designer/Apple Account Manager

• Sr. Designer/Art Director for the 2001 Apple global sales force presentations;

• Projects included: Print, web, web banners, Flash, presentations, layout and production, and identity;

• Actively participated in business proposals;

• Fostered client relations with major accounts: Apple, AMD, and Intel;

• Managed the project throughout, including implementing executive level keynote and sales presentations,

communicating closely with sales, and client marcom groups. Managing designer's work and ensuring corporate

standard guidelines were met in a timely manner;

• Reviewed design requirements and developed concepts by conferring with editors, sales, copywriters,

Sr. Art Directors, and account services;

• Communicated design goals and concepts to the creative team to insure integration of design requirements into all

phases of production;

• Responsible for design theme and visual expression for the advertising, branding, web design,

and multimedia projects.

Duarte Design Mountain View, CA. Advertising firm

September 1997 – April 1999. Sr. Graphic Designer/Cisco Systems Account Manager

• Created print, web and logo design;

• Managed, designed and executed sales and corporate VP technical presentations and multimedia

projects for major account, Cisco Systems;

• Responsible for insuring high quality design standards and adhering to internal and external guidelines;

• Attended design meetings with clients;

• Responsible for relaying client direction to account directors, project managers, and design staff;

• Created Power point presentations for executive speakers at MacWorld and WWDC.

Innovative Multimedia Dallas, TX . Former interactive media firm

July 1995 – August 1997. Jr. Graphic Designer

• Team lead for the graphic designers. Brought energy and ideas together;

• Created multimedia GUI user interfaces for interactive CD-ROM’s;

• Designed, art directed and co-produced multiple interactive marketing and educational CDs;

• Rendered storyboards;

• Worked closely with software engineers to ensure a smooth production flow.

SKILLS

Print collateral, corporate identity, graphic design, presentations, web, and UI design

Design

Adobe CS3, MSO, Flash. Specializing in Print and Power Point

Software

MacOSX/Windows

Hardware

EDUCATION

Degreed

1995, The Art Institute of Dallas. Academic Honors

Associate of Applied Science Degree-Computer Animation/Multimedia

1994, The Art Institute of Houston,

Associate of Applied Arts Degree-Visual Communications/Advertising/Graphic Design

Continuing

2000, Stanford University

Human-Computer Interaction

2000-2001, University of California Santa Cruz

Branding, Art Direction, and Human-Computer Interaction

HONORS AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION

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• Ongoing student mentorship; University of Texas

• Graphic and web designer volunteer for iamchange.org, 2008 - present

• Habitat for Humanity, Kimball Hill Homes, Houston, TX, 2006

• GHBA training and certificate of completion for home staging and merchandising, Houston, TX 2006

• Former member of Young Women’s Alliance, Austin, TX, 2002-2004

• Volunteer for the Sunshine Camps youth organization, Austin, TX, 2003

• Volunteer for Kids and Cops, Austin and Dallas, TX, 2001-2005

• “Who’s Who Among Professional Managers” certificate recognition, 2001

• How Magazine merit award in visual communications, Duarte Design, 1999

• Academic honors/Dean’s list, The Art Institute of Dallas, 1995

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