Graphic Designer

PETER JENNINGS VARKEY

COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONIC MEDIA MANAGER - WEB DESIGNER

718-***-**** • *******************@*****.***

SUMMARY

• More than ten years of art direction, multimedia design, branding and marketing experience

• Manages teams and projects simultaneously and works under pressure to meet deadlines and produce award winning complex projects

• Works directly with senior management to implement brand and marketing strategy EXPERIENCE

CUNY: QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Communications Electronic Media Manager - Web Designer July 2015–Present

• Develops and designs sites for the College’s affiliates: The Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, the QCC Art Gallery, and the Queensborough Performing Arts Center

• Works closely with the Director of Creative Services to ensure visual identity and design is consistent across all platforms, including print and video

• Serves as manager and visual editor-in-chief of the college website’s digital assets

• Provides visionary management to the College and serves as a creative lead for the College’s web, mobile, and digital signage platforms; including social media, blast e-mails, online advertising,and campus digital signage ADELPHI UNIVERSITY Senior Multimedia Designer September 2010– July 2015

• Lead design team in rebranding the University from the ground up (including, but not limited to, logo, print and digital publications, website)

• Lead a team of writers and designers to develop the successful advertising campaign, producing out-of-home collateral, including subway wrap, TV commercials, bus panels, mall promotions, street installations and web banners

• Conduct marketing research and practice successful principles to solve higher education communication issues to better understand the academic culture

• Work/meet with all levels of the university administration to maintain the brand integrity and serve as brand ambassador

JCDECAUX NORTH AMERICA Graphic Designer February 2007–2010

• Designed all corporate Out-Of-Home collateral materials, created concept proofs for meetings and presentations with clients, including but not limited to Tiffany’s, Disney, Louis Vuitton, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo

• Managed and trained a team of junior graphic designers and copywriters

• Created video animations using Adobe After Effects for client presentations and tradeshows

GET2SPEC, INC Project Manager August 2002– November 2006

• Managed project workloads, deadlines, milestones and resources for a team of 25 comprised of designers, software developers, and writers PROFICIENCY

Highly creative expert in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver), Digital Publishing Suite, QuarkXpress, Maya, Keynote, Adobe After Effects, Microsoft Office, Wordpress and PC and Mac EDUCATION

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY/ C.W. POST September 2002–May 2006 Bachelors of Fine Arts, magna-cum-laude (design honors)