JOSEPH
KARDOS
Graphic Designer /
Marketing Associate
ABOUT ME
Creative designer and marketing specialist with 8 years of experience that has led teams to generate sales-boosting marketing material for print, web, email and social media. Pro cient in multiple graphic design and typography software programs which help take a project from start to nish. ADDRESS: 13 James Street, Feeding Hills, MA 01030
PHONE: 607-***-****
EMAIL: ********@*****.***
DESIGN / MARKETING EXPERIENCE
ZEN ART & DESIGN, NORTHAMPTON, MA
MARKETING ASSOCIATE, OCT 2015 - PRESENT
• Recommend and consult with CEO on the most appropriate actions to take that would help the company grow their market via social media and direct sales.
• Create and follow through on plans to better the company’s SEO through wordpress and social media, bringing them closer to Googles front page.
• Optimized website graphics and coding to improve overall load time by 10 seconds. MUSTANG MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTS, THREE RIVERS, MA
LEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER / MARKETING SPECIALIST, OCT 2013 - OCT 2015
• Worked with marketing director until promoted to oversee all aspects of marketing from product brainstorming with R&D to project completion.
• Led in the design of annual dealer and retail product catalogs.
• Led in the design, development and implementation of marketing materials of new products.
• Advertised new products and upcoming events online by managing the companies social media and constant contact accounts.
• Photographed and lmed new products for print, web and social media application.
• Conducted meetings to delegate tasks to 4 other members of the marketing team as well as ensuring the quality and accuracy to the brands speci cations. FRED ASTAIRE FRANCHISED DANCE STUDIOS, LONGMEADOW, MA LEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER / PRODUCTION ARTIST, OCT 2010 – OCT 2013
• Created or oversaw all projects entailing marketing, graphics, sales and design to make sure they were up to the company’s speci cations and exceeded client’s expectations.
• Developed and organized everything for national dance competitions from entry tickets to event advertising.
• Worked with copywriters and sales team to design and produce marketing materials and dance manuals.
DECORATED PRODUCTS / G4-GRAPHICS.COM, WESTFIELD, MA GRAPHIC DESIGNER / PRODUCTION ARTIST, APRIL 2007 - MAY 2010
• Hired as junior designer and promoted into positions of progressive responsibility and as an experienced designer, supervised and directed employees of the company to ensure product completion and client satisfaction was achieved.
• Created and designed e-commerce web site for company’s products to be sold on.
• Worked with production team to create and install products such as vinyl signs, ATV graphics, stadium seating tags, banners, web and graphic related projects to customer’s speci cations.
EDUCATION
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE - Spring eld, MA
BACHELOR’S DEGREE: Computer Graphics and 3D Animation GRADUATION DATE: May 2006
SOFTWARE SKILLS
ADOBE CC
Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign
Premiere Pro
After E ects
Dreamweaver
Flash
MICROSOFT OFFICE
Excel
Word
OTHER SOFTWARE
HTML, CSS, Wordpress, Constant Contact
Quark Xpress
MAYA
URL: www.KardosDesigns.com