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THE EXPERIENCE >
RANSTAD TECHNOLOGIES Tucker, GA
YP White Glove Division Senior Designer
July 2013 - September 2014
Art Direct with Consultants to ensure quality, account retention, and Sales and Service
satisfaction within design.
Senior designer of all Direct Mail, Telesales, EDE, and special design projects in house.
RODNEY CLANCY Norcross, GA
Independent Contractor / Art Director + Designer
December 2009 - Present
Business and art professional with broad-based knowledge and expertise in a variety of
art forms. Excellent organizer
and communicator with the ability to project and elicit interest, enthusiasm and energy,
using a common sense approach,
and over 10 years of professional art experience. Strong conceptual and visual
communication skills; able to translate ideas
into realities. Designs efficiently within budget and very adamant about organization,
structure and deadlines. Experience in
agency environments, and managing creative teams and studios. Creativity transfers
well into all places and spaces.
KREATIVENATIVES, LLC. Norcross, GA
Marketing & Design Agency Kreative director
July 2004 - December 2009
Photographed commercial products for ecommerce as well as business personnel and
buildings for both web and print mediums.
Administered print campaigns on clients’ behalf, set measurable goals, and tracked
trends and metrics in web Analytics. Regularly
met with clients to review project goals and to create proposals for future developments,
researching their fields for web design and
development. Creative Director: Head of the newly established creative team,
consisting of graphic and web designers and
developers. Responsible for establishing overall creative team direction and strategy,
as well as coordinating with business
development team to promote these services to our clients.
Marketing Print Design Collateral - Media Kits, Brochures, Catalogs, Proposals,
Presentations, Visual Aids, Consumer & Audio
Visual Packaging, Logo/Identity, Branding, Art Direction for Web Design and
Development.
GOOD NEWS MAGAZINE Decatur, GA
Publication Company Art Director + Designer
June 2003 - January 2004
Good News is an urban quarterly publication that spreads the "Good News" of art,
music, culture, lifestyles, fashion, entertainment
and politics throughout the world. Worked closely with publisher, editor, and writers to
design and develop an overall marketing strategy
for the publication. Responsible for overall art direction and design of each publication.
Interacted directly with clients to art direct and
design promo ads, as well as art direct photo shoots. Met with clients to determine
advertisement goals and develop strategies for
creating a strong print and web presence.
FLETCHER MARTIN EWING Atlanta, GA
Advertising Agency Studio Designer
October 1999 - May 2003
Worked closely with designers, art directors, account executives, copy writers, publicists
& production artists while directly reporting
to the creative director. Applying design comps to functionality. Exhibited excellent
communication skills, self-motivation and technical
expertise. Managed design for a mix of print for Arby’s, Mrs. Winner’s Chicken &
Biscuits, Lee’s Famous Recipe, Precept Golf, Piccadilly,
Cellular South, PSC Wireless, Georgia State Robinson, College and the NBAF
(National Black Arts Festival), POP & POS Material,
Annual Reports, Brochures, Logo/Identity, and Media Kits.
Media Experience: Talent scout for artists and musicians, co-producer, and graphic
designer for Mrs. Winner’s Chicken & Biscuits
new creative ad campaign and radio spot commercials recorded in Nassau, Bahamas.
THE TOOL KIT >
Adobe Creative Suite:
InDesign CC
Illustrator CC
Photoshop CC
Fireworks CC
Basic/learning Knowledge:
HTML 5
CSS 3
JQuery
Dreamweaver CC
WordPress
Social Media Platforms
THE EDUCATION >
PORTFOLIO CENTER Atlanta, GA
Graphic Design/Visual Communication
Certificate of Completion in Design Program
September 1998
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY Norfolk, VA
Fine Arts/Graphic Design
BA in Fine Arts
May 1995