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Gordon

Parker

online portfolio: http://www.creativehotlist.com/profile/gparker4 Awa r ds and Recogn i t i on

A high energy, award winning professional who strides to develop new on trend and on target designs. Works and designs well as a solo individual or within team environments. With extensive design experience in consumer retail packaging, retail merchandising, website, video/animation, event and tradeshow, publication, e-learning, corporate brand identity, a highly motivated, self-starter with solid implementation skills of the creative process from concept to completion. Focus Products Group International, Senior Creative Designer 2009 - Present Responsible for project management design from concept to completion of retail packaging, retail merchandising, event and tradeshow, social media, video and animation, website, sell sheets, national magazine ads and catalogs

• Designed original branding for 2 complete lines of Hershey kitchen bakeware. One for mass retail and the other for specialty baking

• Designed original branding for a line of Hershey kitchen electrics for summer and winter season which premiered at Target

• Designed social media video and Pinterest segments for advertising/marketing retail campaigns for delivery on Amazon and YouTube

• Designed original retail branding for a new “Swingers” kitchen tool line of 22 items for retail

• Designed original branding for “Everyday Bakeware” line of 15 items which premiered at Bed Bath and Beyond Elgin Community College - Elgin, Illinois

• Associate Degree in Commercial Art and Fine Arts Gogebic Community College -Ironwood, Michigan

• Associate Degree in Marketing and Business Management

• Award of Superior Achievement from the Illinois State Historical Society for the interactive multimedia kiosk and interactive game disc

• Designed, animated, art directed and sound edited a TV ad spot campaign on Channel 11 WTTW, Chicago

• I-street magazine winner, for best cover design contest

• Chicago Technical Publications, Art and Online Communication Competition Silver Award winner and Best in Show (print category)

• One man art exhibition, in the Max Vonisser Gallery of art at Elgin Community College P.A.DS, assisted with fund-raising and food drives One Place For Special Needs, website design, logo and branding design The Michael J. Fox Foundation, golf tournament fund-raising logo and event materials City Of Elgin Food Drive, designed large truck murals applications for their volunteer pick-up vehicles City Of Elgin Rehabilitation Center, designed several large wall murals Big Brothers And Big Sisters Of Elgin, designed several advertising and event campaigns Extensive experience in developing successful and creative marketing campaigns for new product advertising and training launches Proven creative project manager and team leader with superior organizational skills Expert in Adobe Creative Suite with Adobe master classes in Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator Extensive experience in video design, video art directing, animation and video production Extensive experience in developing new corporate and retail branding designs phone:

335 Warwick Lane, Lakewood, IL 60014

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