Design Graphic Designer

James J. Murphy

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Bratenahl, Ohio 44108

Home: 216-***-**** I Cell: 216-***-****

***@***********.*** I website: murphygrcom.com

SUMMARY

A senior level art director/designer with over 20 years of experience providing creative solutions for a variety of industries.

Murphy & Co. Graphic Communications – Lakewood, Ohio Creative Director

June 1995 - Present

Full service design firm providing product packaging, trade show displays, brochures, signage and web-related communication for large corporations, small businesses, start-ups and non-profit organizations. Industries include: healthcare, industrial, legal and consumer products. Each clients’ creative needs are solved, from concept through production. Responsible for budgets, tracking project development to completion, project deadlines and invoicing. Clients: Tucker Ellis, LLC I Cleveland Foundation I University Hospitals I Gebauer Co. I Lakewood Hospital Foundation Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems I Cook Paving & Construction I Applied Home Healthcare I Rocky River Public Library TMW Systems I Renaissance Hotels I Tremco, Inc. I Cleveland Cord Blood I Goodrich-Gannett Grisanti Advertising – Cleveland, Ohio

Senior Art Director / Account Representative

June 1992 -June 1995

Organized all creative projects including design phase, production, vendor contact and press approval. Scope of work included advertising, collateral materials, trade show design /coordination, point of sale and package design. Oversaw clients’ annual advertising budgets.

Clients: Emerald Healthcare I Blue Cross I Central Cadillac I Arter & Hadden I Mr. Coffee Madison Avenue West – Westlake, Ohio

Senior Art Director / Graphic Designer

June 1986 -June 1992

Created and implemented all client projects including design, production, press approval, point of sale and packaging design. Account representative for client print production. Managed vendor sources for print, photography, copy writers and model bookings. Art direction: press /color approvals, product and model photography. Clients: Moen, Inc. Hammermill Papers Weyerhaeuser Papers Sherwin-Williams I Dixon-Ticonderoga Martin-Senour Paints I Hall Manufacturing

EDUCATION

Hocking Technical College, Associate, Natural Science I Akron University, Associate, Graphic Design PROFICIENCY

Strong working knowledge of all Macintosh OS software including: InDesign, Quark, Photoshop, Freehand, Power Point, Illustrator, Microsoft Word & Keynote

• Ad Design

• Packaging Design

• Presentation

• Retouching

• Web Design

• Conceptual design

• Product design concept

• Illustration

• Print/ press production

• Accounting/ bookkeeping

• Art Direction Photography

• Vendor coordination

• Advertising campaign strategies

• Social media

EXPERIENCE

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