Design Marketing
Resume:
Daniel Ross
Design + Art Direction / Consultant
Cleveland, OH 44111
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Seasoned graphic designer seeking position within collaborative setting where skills in
innovation, organization and problem resolution are not just appreciated, but required.
- Skilled in art direction, marketing, design, copywriting and project management
Summary:
- Events, promotion, advertising, multimedia, branding and identity design
- Macintosh and Microsoft platforms
- Professional knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat
- Familiar with QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, Flash, Freehand, Pro Tools, HTML, CSS,
BigCommerce, Python (plone, django), Sharepoint, Office, Excel Atlas, MOSS
- Proficient in digital production and print pre-press
- Photographer and illustrator well versed in traditional and digital techniques
Experience: - Development and execution of brand and marketing strategies –
advertising, identity, public relations collateral, multimedia, motion graphics
- Product design, retail display, consumer packaging, product support materials
- Global Commercial, B2B, B2C – national and intimate campaigns
- Print advertising – award winning campaigns, exceptional readership and recall statistics
- Identity, marketing and promotions for large-scale media events
- Production coordination – media outlets, vendors, and merchants
- Asset management, distribution and archival – all media channels, online resource center,
FTP and database management for extensive product lines
- Studio photography, photo postproduction, photo-illustration, infographics
- Traditional and digital illustration – intaglio, solar plate, acid etching
Work History: Good Greens – Shaker Heights, OH – Nov 2013
Graphic Designer, Consultant (Robert Half International)
Creative direction, design packaging, web (django), social media, environmental graphics and content
management
Fingerpaint Marketing – Saratoga Springs, NY – Oct 2013
Graphic Designer, Consultant
International print advertising campaigns, pharmaceutical
Kent State University Libraries – Kent, OH – Jan – June 2013
Marketing Coordinator, Consultant (Robert Half International)
Strategy, logistics, art direction, design, production and promotion of libraries events, programs
and resources – supervision of student staff
Freelance Graphic Designer – USA – 1994-2013
Contract employ throughout the US, specializing in art direction, events promotion,
project management, branding and illustration.
Regular customers include: Tigereye Design (Greenville, OH) - strategy, design, and production
support
for political campaigns, including both tickets in the 2008 Presidential Election; La Cresta Design +
Web Media (Cleveland, OH) – print, web and email promotions; NickleCity Graphics (Buffalo, NY) –
commercial graphics and signage;
Vita-Mix Corporation – Cleveland, OH – 2006-2009
Production Artist & Graphic Designer, Commercial Foodservice
Work closely with Creative and Marketing Directors to bring Global Commercial strategy to life
through design and branding of marketing and support materials across all medias
Daniel Ross Fine Interiors – Cleveland, OH – 2003-2006
Owner operator specialty renovation, remodeling and faux finish
Emerald Interiors – Cleveland, OH – 2001-2004
Designer interior production
Dan Wagner Interiors – Bowling Green, OH – 2000-2003
Specialty renovation, remodeling and faux finish
Education: 1999-2003 Bowling Green State University
BFA, Graphic Design
Dean’s List: 99-03
1995-1996 Bowling Green State University
Studied “Arts and Communication” – Public Relations
Hobbies: Menlo Park Academy Marketing & Design Consultant - Parent Volunteer,
Amateur Film Direction, Children’s Book Writer and Illustrator, Mountain Biker,
Musician and Audio Technician, Cub Scout Den Leader
Portfolio: www.krop.com/danielross
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