Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer / Presentation Specialist with extensive experience designing and enhancing corporate communications through presentations, print, videos, and on the web. Key areas of expertise include:

• PowerPoint Presentation Design • Website Design

• Print and Marketing Design • Video and Motion Graphics Editing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CAPITAL GROUP, Los Angeles, CA 7/2015 – Present

Graphic Production Artist, Capital Group Canadian Marketing (through KForce)

Create and update designs, formatting, layout, and content for print, PDF, and presentation materials using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Update and design charts, graphs, templates, and exhibits to be used in communications materials, websites, and/or presentations.

Prepare presentations, research photography and edit speaker notes for use in meetings and webcasts.

FREELANCE (as GRAFXMOTION), Hacienda Heights, CA 12/2008 – Present

Presentation Specialist / Graphic Designer

Clients include: Smart & Final, First American Financial, Fans Agency.com, Relativity Media, Thales, Mazda, Farmers Insurance, Blizzard Entertainment, Menchies, Hamilton Insurance, and Hearst Ranch.

Produce and enhance PowerPoint presentations, developing custom-made PowerPoint templates, color palettes and graphic symbol libraries.

Provide graphic design for printed pieces including brochures, posters and other promotional materials, as well as online applications including web banner ads, email newsletters, and website design.

Video production and editing including motion information graphics and compression for websites.

CAPITAL GROUP, Irvine, CA 5/2013 – 11/2014

Presentation / SharePoint Designer, Capital Group Global Finance (with Randstad Technologies)

Designed new PowerPoint themes and color palettes, incorporating new brand guidelines, adding professional appearance, and increasing the clarity of internal reports and communications.

Created user guides and style sheets for PowerPoint and Excel to help instruct in use of new templates and provided best practices to train and aid employees in learning updated software.

Built an archive of graphics and illustrations to help conceptualize complex new processes.

Recommended new charting approaches to help communicate difficult financial information in a new and more understandable way.

Redesigned and structured internal SharePoint sites to improve employee engagement and streamline internal communications and document sharing.

Implemented new SharePoint tools for increasing website traffic and employee participation, and maintained and administered the interconnecting SharePoint sites, including security and permissions.

DIRECTV, El Segundo, CA 7/2012 – 12/2013

Graphic Designer / PowerPoint Specialist, IT Strategic Planning

Designed new PowerPoint templates and palettes incorporating new corporate branding and colors, created symbols and graphics library and style guide.

Improved the clarity of PowerPoint presentation designs by creating slides and graphics that simplified concepts and produced more effective presentations.

AGENTQUOTE.COM, La Habra, CA 10/2010 – 4/2012

Web Designer / Graphic Designer

Responsible for producing a new line of website templates to be hosted for the insurance industry.

Helped develop the new product line of agency-hosted microsites and insurance policy quote engine.

Designed sales presentations, email newsletters, web banner ads, brochures, and videos for the new product launch and to promote new business.

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Los Angeles, CA 3/1982 – 12/2008 Multimedia Producer / Presentations Supervisor

Planned, budgeted and produced PowerPoint presentations and videos used for corporate announcements, internal communications, sales meetings, training, live events, broadcast and the Internet.

Consulted with and assisted executives and employees across the organization to determine their communication needs and helped them to visualize their message with appropriate presentations.

Created and directed presentations for public events and large-scale meetings including the Times Book Prizes at UCLA’s Royce Hall and the Times Editorial Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Designed and edited video ads for TV and Times’ website, which won "Telly" and "Weby" Awards.

EDUCATION

California State University, Northridge, CA

Bachelor of Arts, Art (emphasis on Graphic Design)

Hacienda La Puente Adult Education, La Puente, CA

Professional Certificates: Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Maya, Excel, Access

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Microsoft Office • Adobe Creative Suite • After Effects

• PowerPoint • Photoshop • Premiere

• Excel • Illustrator • Dreamweaver

• Word • InDesign • Final Cut Pro

• SharePoint • Acrobat • iDVD

ONLINE PORTFOLIO: GRAFXMOTION.COM

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