Kenneth T. Murphy

** ****** ******, ***** ********* Maine

U.S.A.

207-***-****

abo2dn@r.postjobfree.com

INTEREST:

Design. Dedicated to the design and creation of finer and more engaging

media in a new era of visual communication.

EDUCATION:

Maine College of Art, September 1999May 2003

Portland, ME 04101 207-***-****

Graphic Design Major

Deans list - GPA career: 3.78

EXPERIENCE:

Freelance Design

1991present

Self promotion, many clients, various design/marketing applications

Backbeat AdvertisingOctober 2006October 2007

Portland, ME 04101 207-***-****

Graphic design, web design

Murphy EmpireFebruary 2003present

Portland, ME 04101 207-***-****

President

Graphic design company

CLIENTS:

Youngs Furniture

Pineland Farms Food Group

Dana Street

Fore Street Restaurant

Street & Company Restaurant

Standard Baking Company

Two Fat Cats

Cafe Miranda

Utopia Designs, Inc.

Oasis Nightclub

Maine Leads Organization

Maine Heritage Policy Center

Tabor

Sera Skincare Concepts Corporation

Garrand and Company

Backbeat Advertising

Port City Mortgage

Caring Unlimited Organization

Re/Max By The Bay

Garon Group Real Estate

David Wood Clothiers

Helene m. Clothing Company

Apogee Outdoor Adventures

Portland Yacht Club

Paradiso Salon and Spa

Be A Girl Today Company

Longship Group

Good Will Hinckley Organization

Porthole Restaurant

Andy Happel Music

W. Jo Moser Photography

Richard G. Sandifer Photography

Stone Coast Fund Services

PowerMed Corporation

Unitel Corporation

AWARDS:

Awarded GOLD BRODERSON AWARD, 2009 "Utopia Designs Corporate Identity"

Awarded SILVER BRODERSON AWARD, 2009 "David Wood Website & Blog"

SELECT

PROJECTS:

Founder, producer and host of The Empire Reindeer Christmas Club, an annual Gala

to raise mony for Toys For Tots Foundation

Fore Street Restaurant, Portland, ME, December 2005

Commissioned large format oil painting, 'Monkey Holding The Fruit of Life'

Street & Co, Portland, ME, October 2004

Commissioned artwork, large format pen & ink fish drawings, hand framed

Lowtide Industries, Portland, ME, February 2003 - 2006

Design and produce custom vintage t-shirt s

Holiday/Christmas high-end decoration/greens exterior installation

various locations including Chris McCormick CEO LL Bean (residence)

Non-profit: Ronald McDonald House,

Portland, ME, November 2000, 2001, 2003

Donation of creative services for elaborate holiday themes and displays

Non-profit: Community Cancer Center, So. Portland, ME, April 2000

Donation of original artwork large format pen & ink fish drawings, hand framed

Non-profit: Portland High School Ice Hockey Organization, Portland, ME,

Creative development of mascot illustration for team uniforms and marketing collateral

Non-profit: Dock Fore, Portland, ME Promotional posters and raffle tickets

to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina

TALENT:

Concepts: from creation to development to execution for both commercial and fine art.

Superior composition, design, layout, and typography skills.

Emphasis on logos, identities, branding, websites/online media, typeface development and

rendering.

Life-long fine art and design experience from concept to completion; digital concepts

and rendering to hands-on plastic/tangible media. Brushing with oil, latex, acrylic, as

well as pen & ink illustration rendering. Sculpture: skilled in metal, wood, plaster,

fiberglass, plus many other various media.

Extensive computer experience with many Macintosh based design applications and

web development programs, all Adobe design, rendering, and editing programs (with

an emphasis on vector based creative imagery) animation programs. Final Cut Pro and

MOTU video production and sound editing applications. Direction and production of many

short films, composed music scores, mastered music, written songs.

Much experience with clothing design, fabric printing, custom production

of leather and fabric clothing prototypes and working models. As much experience

with interior design, decor development, carpentry, creative woodworking.

TESTIMONIALS:

"Ken Murphy was able to get inside my head and create the aesthetic that I am comfortable

with.

That I feel is right for my business."

David Hodgkins

Shop Owner

David Wood Clothiers

"We have used Ken for many projects from graphic design to the world class web page that

he

built for us. I always enjoy working with Ken because he is creative and timely and has

the versatility

to handle a wide array of projects. He not only produces a superior end product and

support

that follows, but always provides us with the educational tools that make them easy to

use. "

Cathy Gore

Manager

Street and Co.

www.streetandcompany.net

Ken s images are singular objects of perfection clean, distilled and assured. His work

renews

lost and vernacular elements while utterly avoiding the ironic or the precious. The

results embody

his vision that there is a continuity of classic design in which less is more. Working

with Ken as

a commercial client has been a tremendous pleasure. The identity elements that he created

reduce

our message to its essence, communicating exactly what we want with immediacy and power.

Reaction is constant and positive.

Marc D. Keffer

Principal

Stone Coast Fund Services LLC

www.stone-coast.com

"Ken has been with Be a Girl Today since the inception. His creativity, good humor and

thoughtfulness have carried us through many a crisis. I truly cannot say enough good

things

about working with Ken he is talented, insightful and a great human being. Anyone would

be lucky to have him on their team."

Paula Leavitt

President

Be A Girl Today

"Ken Murphy is an extremely talented designer and an absolute pleasure to work with. He

was able

to listen to us and readily distill our rambling and often disparate thoughts into an

identity and website design

that beautifully and simply captured exactly what we hope for and one for which we

receive a steady

stream of positive feedback. Given that we are a non-profit, Ken also knew how important

it was to us to

be able to update and maintain our wonderful new website on a largely do-it-ourselves

basis and that's

exactly what we got. It couldn't possibly be easier. In fact, thanks to Ken, the entire

experience was easy,

fun, timely and ultimately rewarding and we couldn't be happier with the final result!"

Cynthia Peoples

President

Caring Unlimited

"Getting a design from Ken Murphy is like receiving a gift you didn't know you wanted

before it was

placed in your hands. Ken has a remarkable talent for taking a few words about what you

think you'd like

to see in a logo and transforming letters, colors and images into exactly what you were

hoping for. I have

worked with Ken on three projects now and I am constantly recommending him to anyone who

might

be looking for design work - it's a recommendation I know I'll never regret making."

Jill Barkley

Caring Unlimited

Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence

Jill Barkley for House

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