Shawn C. Bolick

Senior Graphic Designer

**** ********* **., ***. *

Charlotte, NC 28211

Tel. 828-***-****

email: acuqjo@r.postjobfree.com

For samples of work visit:

coroflot.com/sbolick

If you hire people just because

they can do a job, they’ll work

for your money. But if you hire

people who believe what you

believe, they’ll work for you with

blood, sweat and tears.

– Simon Sinek

Professional Profile

Committed, profit-oriented Graphic Designer with 10 plus years of experience building and leading a marketing department for a major corporation. Passionate and inventive creator of innovative marketing strategies and campaigns; accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget requirements. Education

The Art Institute of Charlotte June 2008

Digital Design Certificate

• Best Portfolio Award Spring 2008

• Member of Alpha Beta Kappa Honor Society

Technology

PC & Mac • QuarkXPress • InDesign • Photoshop • Illustrator • Adobe Acrobat • Adobe DPS • Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

Design Skills

Corporate Identity, Logo Design, Advertisement Layout, Epub creation Brochure Design, Art Direction, Annual Reports, Typography, Branding, Posters/Postcards, Hangtags, Packaging Design, Design Layout, Print Production/Printing

Experience

VELUX America, Inc. Fort Mill, SC 2008 - 2015

Senior Graphic Designer

Creation of effective collateral materials, merchandising, packaging, exhibitions, web-related communications, multimedia presentations, digital photography library and other communication initiatives based on strategic and operational sales and marketing system plans and activities.

• Layout and design of sales and marketing, trade show, and merchandising communications.

• Layout of product packaging.

• Work with outside vendors on printing quotes and following job through entire production phase.

Century Furniture Hickory, NC 2000 - 2006

Art Director/Graphic Designer

Successfully managed and coordinated graphic design projects from concept through completion. Worked closely with dealers and corporate to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements. Coordinate freelance designers and vendors to meet all project requirements including budget guidelines.

• Implemented and directed advanced design, layout and art direction for numerous catalogs such as Grande Pacific, Oscar de la Renta and Kelly Hoppen. Saving over $30K in design fees. By creating such catalogs and other in-house sales materials it saved on average 30% in catalog production.

Hickory Business Furniture Hickory, NC 1996 - 1998 Resources Supervisor

• Successfully translated subject matter into concrete design for brochures, postcards, business cards and letterheads, newsletters, promotional materials and sales collateral offering deep cost savings and deterring the hire of outside sources.

• Worked with designers, Michael Vanderbyl, Barbara Barry, and Robert A.M. Stern on custom brochures.

• Facilitated all major mailings and distribution of new sales materials in an effort to introduce, market and sell product lines.

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