Graphic Designer Marketing

Alhambra, CA *****

Email: *******@*****.*** • Cell: 714-***-****

Summary & Objective:

Seasoned graphics designer with over 14 years of experience supporting our Sales and Marketing Departments in the Car Beauty Industry is seeking a career change into the Sales and/or Marketing role. At my recent position with BAF Industries, I helped coalesced the company’s core reputation with exhilarating visual graphics in the form of catalogs, calendars, brochures, magazine trade ads, labels, website and marketing collaterals. This means interpreting customer’s perception of the value of our products and purchasing trends into feeding their dynamic visual appetites.

Education:

Colorado Technical University – I.T. Security

Platt College • Computer Graphic Design

Experience:

Graphic Designer, 2001-2014 • BAF Industries • Tustin, CA

Videographer/Editor(contract), 2010-present • So Cal, CA

Graphic Designer (contract); 2008 • Hedman Hedders • Whittier, CA

Graphic Designer (Temp), 2000 • Solus Industrial Innovations • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Graphic Designer/Video Editor (intern), 1998 • Monitor Video • Santa Ana, CA

Work Details- (Program(s) used):

Design Product Catalog-(InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator/Excel/Acrobat).

Design annual poster-sized calender-(Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign)

Create and update Labels & instruction sheets for all products and packaging- (InDesign/CorelDraw7).

Create designs for packaging-(Photoshop/InDesign/Excel/Illustrator).

Supply artwork for film output on screen jobs, halftones-(Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator).

Design and submit brochures, product literature, bulletins, sales flyers-(InDesign).

Submit articles for ad campaigns in various trade magazines-(InDesign/Photoshop).

Photograph and /or mock-up products, color correct, outlining-(Photoshop).

Video and edit product demos-(Premiere/Final Cut).

Supply and oversee artwork to 3rd party vendors for promotional (clothing,mugs,signage)-(Photoshop/Illustrator).

Update all printed material &, web contents for price changes, new or discontinued products- (Excel/InDesign/Dreamweaver).

Design,construct & maintain company’s website-(Dreamweaver/InDesign,Photoshop).

Initiate and chair brainstorming sessions w/Sales and Marketing Departments for ad campaigns.

Functional Skills (used daily):

Photoshop CC, Illustrator, InDesign CC, Dreamweaver CS, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Premier CC, Final Cut

Subordinate Skills (used in prior employment):

QuarkXpress, PageMaker, Flash, Golive, HTML, WordPress, C++, UNIX shell, CorelDraw7

Extra Curricular Activities:

Community:

Volunteer instructor for summer community interest classes (Photoshop, PowerPoint and Excel.).

Globally:

Build relationships and infrastructure along the Texas and Mexico border (Powerministry.org).

Portfolio:

Digi-folio (View a minute portion of labels, calendars, catalog, collateral, etc.): Copy and paste link into favorite browser: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25896412@N06/

Website1:Designed website for Videography business: TLC Studios

Website2: I worked on (created 98% of web graphics & functionality): http://www.prowax.com/

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