Freelance Graphic
Designer/Illustrator
Taylor Keserich
1-216-***-**** cle aczg04@r.postjobfree.com http://tkeserich1.wixsite.com/tkportfolio Education
BFA Dipolma in Advertising and Graphic Design, Columbus College of Art and Design (2010) Technical Skills
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Final Cut Pro, Adobe After E ects, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Hours, Podio, Google Dropbox, Microsoft Powerpoint, Hightail, Google Calendar, Apple Numbers,
Work History
Highly motivated, goal oriented
professional, committed to pursuing
a long-term career in Advertising/
Graphic Design. O ering 16+ year
track record of freelancing for
professional clients throughout Ohio,
demonstrating strong analytical,
problem solving skills and the ability to
follow through with projects from
conception to completion. Also a
highly successful freelance illustrator,
specializing in graphite and
color pencil portraits.
Companies I have freelanced for:
Taylor-Made Graphics
Cleveland, Ohio
Click Engine Marketing
Strongsville, Ohio
Agape Gear
Cleveland, Ohio
Mystic Image Modern
Photography
Cleveland, Ohio
Bundle Monster,
Honalulu, Hawaii
Cleveland Fitted Creations
Cleveland, Ohio
Taylor-Made-Designs
Cleveland, Ohio
January 1st, 2016 - Present
Of All Trades LLC., Lakewood, OH
Director of Operations / Lead Graphic Designer
Director of Operations - I am in charge of a team and making sure that all projects and things go out to clients in a timely fashion. I go over emails and contact clients to set up meetings to present and sell and projects. I use Podio to supply the team with projects and dates of meetings along with when the projects start and what stages they are in from conception to completion. Lead Graphic Designer - I make all of the mailers for clients and as well as internal work for the company. I do stationary pieces, logos, website design layouts, building websites, posters, storyboarding for commercials as well as social media including: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.
February 29, 2016 - Present
Stancato’s Italian Restaurant, Parma, OH
Marketing Director / Lead Graphic Designer
Marketing Director -I am in charge of all the social media that the restaurant has: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest. I make sure that everything is up to date on the websites and help with answering questions that customers have about the menu’s and banquet rooms available and o premises catering. I schedule and change out all advertising and send out Eblasts to our email lists for promotions and o ers. I am in charge of the marketing binders and tell the o ce as to what is going out each month so they know what promotions and o ers we are doing for Pronto Pick-Up and the Dining Room.
Lead Graphic Designer - I make all of the marketing yers, posters, campaigns, tshirts for the company along with product design for each business that they own along with many more printable materials that are needed. After all the yers and printable pieces are nished I then put them all over social media for the public to see what is going on. July 9, 2012 - December 2015
Virginia Marti College of Art and Design, Lakewood, OH Adjunct Teacher/Substitute
Teacher - I taught a few di erent computer courses to new students and returning: Design Principles and Applications, Advanced CAD for Fashion Merchandising, Image Essentials and Accounting/Mathematics for Retail Buying for Microsoft Excel. July 2014 - July 2015
Ideastream, Cleveland OH
Self Contractor/Graphic Designer
Self Contractor/Graphic Designer- I did graphic design work and packaging work for Ideastream Consumer Products. Making new packaging, spreadsheets, sell-sheets, posters, product design for all of their brands they owned, catalog design, stickers. Also did some photo touch ups and some photography work in their studio for their products. Helped with their websites and cleaning them up with new photos and body copy.
May 2013 - May 2014
Barrette Outdoor Living, Middleburg Heights, OH
Self Contractor/Graphic Designer
Self Contractor/Graphic Designer- I did graphic design work for their bigger companies such as: Lowes, Home Depot, Activeyards and Xpanse. Designing templates, mailers, package design materials, package labels, display signs, brochures, composite pieces, touch up photos, and gathering up photographs and projects for their active websites for other companies to look at. January 2012 - February 2015
The Creative Group, Cleveland, OH
Self Contractor/Graphic Designer
Self Contractor/Graphic Designer- I was doing graphic design work for multiple companies that they had as clients.. Building some companies from scratch and making stationary pieces, logos, building websites and xing photographs for print and web. Also did multiple campaigns that included: brochures, photograph touch ups, mailers, packaging design materials.