Microsoft Office Design

Tom Ross

Parker, CO ***** • 720-***-**** • ********@*****.***

tomross.com • linkedin.com/in/terossjr/

Senior Creative Director

Goal- and client-oriented design professional with a significant history in marketing and employee development

Excellent leadership and collaboration abilities with the capacity to work both independently and as part of a team to meet company objectives. Highly skilled in various design aspects, including logos, packaging, digital, and print design as well as video, film, and music production. Strong time management and budgeting capabilities with a past of delivering projects in a timely and fiscally-smart manner. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with proficiencies in copy writing, public speaking, presentations, building consensus, and editing.

Areas of Emphasis

Creative Team Management

Graphic Design

Relationship Management

Brand/Concept Development

Technical Illustration

Complex Problem Resolution

Design & Audio Production

Video Editing

Advanced Brainstorming Techniques

Professional Experience

National Creative Director, July 2002 to June 2018

Delivered high-quality services, including logos, style guides, sales videos, and more through the hands-on management of design and marketing teams as well as the design/production of campaign deliverables. Ensured that each market/station’s needs and wants were met by identifying key strategies and developing relevant and engaging creative approaches/treatments. Established that all projects were within budget and delivered on time through the direct oversight of finances and costs.

Selected Achievements:

Drove overall performance and productivity throughout the company by producing and delivering more than a dozen fifteen-minute instructional videos pertaining to the industry, company, and operational procedures.

Supported multiple organizational stations hit by hurricane Katrina (2005) through marshalling post-disaster creative services and documenting all recovery operations.

Cut delivery times to markets for custom collateral pieces to 72 hours by developing and implementing a BrandOnDemand delivery system.

Developed and oversaw a cross-company creative collaborative system while simultaneously producing in-house share sites as described in this video.

Additional Experiences

Director of Marketing – First Mediaworks, San Clemente, CA – 2000 to 2002

Senior Designer – Binary Pulse Technology Marketing, Irvine, CA – 1998 to 2000

Research Division Director – Brain-Mind Institute, Los Angeles, CA – 1990 to 1998

Education

Courses in Communications

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Courses in Communications

Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM

Professional & Community Involvement

Member (#100353659) – American Mensa (2013 to Present)

Creator – US6TV (2007 to Present)

Creative Consultant – Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (2008 to 2011)

Creative Consultant – youbloom.com (2007 to 2009)

Board Member – State of California Dept. of Consumer Affairs (2002 to 2004)

Awards & Honors

Governor-Appointed Board Member – California Department of Consumer Affairs (2002-2004)

Private Sector Co-Chair Nominee – Media & Information Policy U.S. House Subcommittee (2001)

Jean Burroughs Artistic Achievement Scholarship – ENMU (1983)

Behavioral Sciences Scholarship, Cognitive Styles & Group Dynamics Research – ENMU (1983)

Technical Proficiencies

Software

Adobe Creative Suite; Microsoft Office Suite; industry standard production programs

Publications & Presentations

Ross, T. (2018) US6: The Ghostwritten Autobiography of Emit Archer. CreateSpace Publishing.

Speaker, “Artificial Intelligence and the Creative Process,” TEDx Talk, expected 2018.

Speaker, "Open Source Mode," TEDx MSU Denver, October 14th, 2013, Denver, CO.

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