Graphic Designer Design

HARLEY YEE (Graphic/Front-End Web Designer)

Thornhill • Ontario • 905-***-**** • acg735@r.postjobfree.com • http://harleyyee.com

{ Dynamic and Innovative Graphic Specialist, capable of exceeding expectations }

OBJECTIVE: Graphic Designer

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 7 years of extensive experience in graphic design: product packaging including brand development, corporate identity,

advertising in various media, publications and visual art.

• Creative and resourceful, in getting the job done from start to finish with the aid of various programs and the use of typography.

• Performing multitasking in deadline-driven environment with an emphasis on detail and working in a team environment.

• Excellent collaborative and interpersonal skills in job briefs with well-developed written and verbal communication abilities.

• Produced promotional and marketing materials, brochures, posters, newsletters, flyers, newspaper advertisements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Solid working knowledge of the Mac OS system (maintaining and troubleshooting).

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite CS6 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat), Muse, QuarkXPress.

• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Entourage)

• Knowledgeable in the web programs CS6 (Flash, Dreamweaver), HTML5, CSS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graphic/Web Designer (Freelance - Thornhill, Ontario) 2012-present

Utilize visual conceptual skills to meet clients’ requirements, by creating effective design to target their message.

• Consults with clients to establish design context and elements for reproduction, prepared sketches, illustrations and images to

produce final design for web or print.

• Offered services in Monitoring and managing clients website to provide changes and on-line feedback reports.

• Create marketing materials and web content to raise awareness for potential new clients.

Graphic Designer (Transcontinental - Markham, Ontario) 2009-2010

Managed clients’ brand identity, requiring consistent packaging production layout and print specs.

• Addressed any layout concerns that might have jeopardized the brand standard, and offered recommendations to client for approval.

• Worked closely with manager, coordinators, proofreaders and colleagues in retouching and file management department to ensure

that all projects met or exceeded deadline expectations.

• Provided valued proposal layouts with new elements and contents to maintain the brand standards.

Graphic Designer (Canadian Tire Corp. - Toronto, Ontario) 2001-2009

Supported and execute all brands to meet packaging standards as well as any creative projects.

• Initiated and managed the creative design for the first Canadian Tire Gift Card Program nation-wide, which received great response

and generated other loyalty gift card programs.

• Directed photo shoots of various brands for packaging layouts to meet client expectations of product highlights.

• Redesigned the branding of Noma and implemented brand guideline to ensure all designers followed the standard for product layout.

• Improved efficiency of work flow through a categorized folder system to prevent recreation of existing icons on layouts, which in turn

maximized production time.

• Implemented a chart schedule with the in-house photo studio to meet sensitive production time-line for various product photo shoots.

Graphic Designer (Xerox Canada - Mississauga, Ontario) 1998-2001

Supported GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical packaging guidelines and any creative design solutions as an on-site service provider.

• Ensured quality and accuracy for all GSK packaging layouts to meet government regulations and corporate brand guidelines.

• Trained new designer and ongoing coaching to maintain consistency and any issues regarding design that may hinder production.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Web Design (Herzing College, Toronto, Ontario) 2012

Computer Applications in Graphic Design (U of T, Toronto, Ontario) 1995

Graphic Design (George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario) 1985

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