Art Direction- Visual Design
Resume:
Christopher Hill
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acxiyg@r.postjobfree.com
krop.com/chrishill
I’m a creative professional with years of experience in both at Advertising Agencies and In-House at fortune 500 Companies, an Adobe Creative Suite master and expert user of design tools. I enjoy concept and design ideation sessions and working closely with different departments. I have experience producing everything from traditional marketing materials including print advertisements, posters, banners, sell sheets/flyers, invitations, direct mail pieces, newsletters, applications and PowerPoint presentations to Interactive projects including site design, visual design on responsive and device specific applications.
I also have experience working in an agile development environment.
Experience:
Art Director/Visual Lead • Massachusetts Treasury, Boston, MA (March 2016 – November 2016 )
Art Director and Visual Designer on Mass.gov/Treasury – Updating the UX and Visual design of the Massachusetts State Treasury portal, improving navigation both for desktop and mobile.
Visual Designer • Analog Devices, Norwood, MA (November 2015 – January 2016)
Visual Designer on Analog Devices website – creating the updated the look and feel of the site’s
re-launch. Projects included:
Updated the design of the site’s header (search bar – menus)
Designed the ADI Career section.
Designed Google Ad word targeted product pages/micro-sites
Software: Sketch3, Axure RP Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Freelance Art Director • Cone Communications (November 2015)
Art Direction and design of Conserve New Business PowerPoint presentation.
Art Direction and design of UPS Trade Show environments.
Created info graphics for client Charter
Designed logo for ABA Foundation Scholarship program “Fund a Future”
Software: Powerpoint, Adobe Creative Suite 6/ Adobe CC.
Visual Designer • Vista Higher Learning, Boston, MA (May 2015 – October 2015)
Designer on Portales language software, designing interfaces for both desktop and mobile/responsive versions of software.
Projects included:
Establish style guidelines for the Portales program
Created base templates and grids that are utilized for UX/UI design
Created new styling and interactions for stakeholder review
Software: Sketch3, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Visual Designer • Bank of America, Boston, MA (August 2014 – Dec 2014)
Visual Designer on Merrill Edge, I was responsible for updating the site’s look, feel and functionality. Projects included updates to research, retirement and video pages.
Collaborated with the Merrill Edge UX Team and copywriters in developing pages.
Provided brand awareness and insure requirements are met as well as provide a strong understanding of managing business and customer needs.
Software: Fireworks, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Freelance Art Director • Various Clients (October 2013– Current)
I work with a variety of clients as a Freelance Designer - Clients include:
Affectiva Facial Expression Analysis Recognition Software Company based in Waltham, Ma
Designed graphics used in sales presentations (illustrations)
The Boston Group - Advertising and Marketing Agency, Boston, Ma
Designed print ads and banner ads for client Raytheon
MatchDrive - Advertising and Marketing Agency, Boston, Ma
Designed print and billboard ads, social media graphics (Twitter/Facebook) and banner ads for clients Mobil, NSTAR/MassSave, and Welch’s
Big Apple Visual Group - Design Firm, New York, NY
Design visual application of CVS/Caremark branding for window graphics program.
Sapient - Advertising and Marketing Agency, Boston, Ma
Visual Designer on US Bank 360 Concept Video for Client US Bank
Software: Fireworks, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
UX & Visual Lead • TIAA-CREF, Boston, MA (May 2013 – October 2013)
Designed updates to the user experience for the company’s public website.
Designed UX for promotional product 529 microsites for online product tools.
Developed prototypes for testing and was hands on with the QA testing and development process.
Software: Axure RP, Fireworks, Illustrator, and Photoshop
Art Director • Big Apple Visual Group, New York City, NY (January 2011 – March 2013)
Continued working across CVS store branding and design
Ensured client‘s brand consistency, specified illustration restrictions, logo specifications, sizing and
Created custom illustrations help reduce production costs.
Work closely with client and real estate departments to maintain strict schedules, creative design standards and budgets while achieving optimal messaging specific to individual stores based upon regional criteria.
Assured quality of artwork files, four-color print capability, file stepping and distortion, artwork trapping, color correction and dot gain compensation.
Generated short print runs for production and approval samples.
Software: Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
Freelance Designer • CVS Caremark, Woonsocket, RI (April 2010 – January 2011)
Establish and design visual application of CVS/Caremark branding for window graphics program.
Ensured brand consistency, specified illustration restrictions, logo specifications, sizing and layouts.
Work closely with vendors and real estate departments to maintain strict schedules, creative design standards and budgets while achieving optimal messaging specific to individual stores based upon regional criteria.
Designed PowerPoint presentations for department meetings and conferences.
Generated short print runs for production and approval samples.
Assured quality of artwork files, four-color print capability, file stepping and distortion, artwork trapping, color correction and dot gain compensation.
Software: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and QuarkXPress
Freelance Interactive Designer • BJ’s Wholesale, Natick, MA (March 2009- April 2010)
Designed biweekly web and digital campaigns for the retail chain and their partner companies.
Updated the company’s website weekly, including generating new home page banners.
Created “Black Friday” ecommerce campaigns using Flash and embedded videos that increased website’s click-through rate and generated a 20% increase in sales revenue over previous year.
Software: Fireworks, Illustrator, and Photoshop
Senior Designer • Tippingpoint Labs, Newton, MA (January 2008 – March 2009)
Lead designer on projects for client TomTom; including interactive product demos used on partner retail sites (BestBuy, Amazon, etc.).
Designed a user interface for a video called the “driving experience interface” using a combination of Flash, Illustrator and embedded videos. This interface would walk a potential customer through several scenarios on how to use the TomTom device on the website as if you were hands on navigating the device in a store.
Also created a “Prompt Window” at the bottom of interface where information about the specific models or features could be displayed without interfering with the actual experience of using the device. The Driving Experience is used both on the TomTom website and partnered retail websites Best Buy and Amazon.com.
Updated the company’s home page interface. Designed ecommerce banner ads. Designed store retail kiosks. Designed microsites for product launches and illustrations used in online videos campaigns.
Designed branded syndicated content pages used on partner e-commerce websites for client Breville – maker of premium kitchen appliances.
Designed print, online and interactive creative including trade magazine advertisements, sales kits, and trade show booth/signage and property microsites for commercial real estate client WS Development using Creative Suite.
Designed PowerPoint presentations & templates, including custom info graphics for VBrick - a leader in Enterprise IP Video.
Software: Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and QuarkXPress
Layout & Production Artist • Boathouse Group Inc, Waltham, MA (May 2005 – October 2007)
Production designer of print advertising including but not limited to FSI’s, direct mail, outdoors billboard signage and magazine ads– responsible for creating and delivering final art to vendors. I also created PowerPoint presentations for client meeting. Clients included Merrill Lynch, New Balance, TomTom, New Balance, and D’Angelos.
Digital Imaging Artist • Arnold, Boston, MA (May 2000 – April 2005)
Designed and produced final art on projects ranging from FSIs, POP signage, outdoor billboards to magazine print campaigns, video commercial storyboards for McDonalds, Fidelity, Volkswagen and Goodyear.
Developed product packaging for McDonalds salad campaign.
Created TV storyboards for clients McDonalds, Fidelity Investments and Goodyear.
Created signs and banners for NYC Auto Show - converting the “turbonium” green VW Beetle into a yellow NYC cab for client Volkswagen.
Designed and illustrated signage used for Mayor Menino’s Celebrate Boston Campaign.
The custom illustrations help reduce production costs.
Designed signage for Goodyear Garage & McDonalds promotions. The graphics where designed to be scalable and used for multiple applications (i.e. billboards, bus wraps, clothing, web banners) adding value for the clients.
Designed e-mail campaign and promotional car wrap graphics for Parker Brothers.
Education:
Notre Dame College
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Commercial Art/Graphic Design
Ad Club
Creative Concepts Class -Certificate 2008
Software: Adobe CS6 Suite-expert level user, Intermediate CSS/HTML. Axure, Sketch 3, Quark Xpress, Microsoft Office, Outlook, MAC and PC
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