Manager Design

Work Experience:

****-****, ******* ********, *** Art Lounge, Huntington Beach, CA

Job responsibilities:

• Designed and maintained website for The Art Lounge.

• Designed digital files for social media maintaining company image.

• Photographed products and mixed media art for print and digital files.

• Designed brochures, signage, press packs and promotional materials.

• Updated calendar and blog with new classes including project photos.

2011-2013 Splash of Color (formerly Creative Imaginations), Art Director, Huntington Beach, CA

Job responsibilities:

• Collaborated with owner on new product development and sales presentations.

• Designed digital ads for online magazines and websites.

• Designed paper, stickers, die-cuts and stencils for scrapbook industry.

• Art directed and helped design catalogs.

• Created sell sheets and supported marketing with promotional pieces.

• Designed signs and promotional materials for consumer shows.

2001-2008 Creative Imaginations, Art Director and Art Department Manager, Huntington Beach, CA

Job responsibilities as Art Department Manager:

• Managed art department staff.

• Created master production schedule for department projects revolving around trade show deadlines.

• Delegated and managed all jobs from the art directors and marketing department to production staff.

• Facilitated weekly meetings to track jobs and ensure efficient workflow.

• Interviewed new candidates for art department and designed skills test for qualification.

• Supervised training of new employees and conducted annual reviews of all art department staff.

• Worked with vendors and purchasing manager to approve all new product and packaging.

Job responsibilities as Art Director

• Worked with the top selling licensed artists to facilitate new products.

• Worked with licensed artists from concept to design on all approval stages of product.

• Developed our in-house Signature Collection which became the top selling line of scrapbook products.

• Assigned new product and packaging designs to production staff and art directed assignments.

• Assisted production staff with design assignments.

• Art directed photo shoots and retouched photos.

• Art directed and proofed catalogs for trade shows.

• Press-proofed catalogs and scrapbook paper.

Education: 1993, BFA in Graphic Design from The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Computer Skills: Platform: Mac OS10 Applications: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign,

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and web design using WIX.

e-mail: ************@*****.*** • phone: 406-***-**** • portfolio: laurawebsterdesign.com

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