WORK EXPERIENCE

Douglas Hernandez

Art Director / Designer

Houston, TX

832-***-****

ad0mkr@r.postjobfree.com

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Making things feeds my soul,

whether I’m using Photoshop,

pencil & paper, X-acto knife, table

saw, soldering iron, or musical

instrument. I’m a Jack-of-all-trades,

and straight shooter. I’m a geek

about efficiency, highly creative as

well as analytical, and a repository

of technical knowledge.

If it involves putting ink on... well

just about anything, I’m your man!

EDUCATION

The Art Institute of Houston

Associate of Applied Science Degree

in Visual Communications

Houston, TX 10/1993 to 09/1996

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Photoshop

InDesign

Dreamweaver

Illustrator

PowerPoint

Figma

After Effects

INTERESTS

Guitar Luthiery Art Cars Wood

Working Amateur Electronics

Music Production Houston Rockets

HONORS

Mardi Gras of

Imperial Calcasieu

Poster contest winner

Lake Charles, LA 07/1994

Asana Trello Slack Excel XD

Airtable Keynote WordPress Wix

Squarespace Meta Business Suite

Produced pet portraits for online orders in multiple styles using Photoshop. Seasonal Production Designer

PlanetArt.com

Calabasas, CA (remote) 10/2022 to 12/2022

Created artwork, designed or assisted in the design of lighting, canvas and embellishments, framed graphics, alternative framed graphics, and alternative wall decor.

Spearheaded Art In Motion rebranding efforts, including logo and collateral redesigns.

Responsible for reviewing monthly royalty statements for my ability to find errors on artist statements.

Art directed multiple royalty artists, one of which became the highest over-all earning artist.

Developed and taught paint & compile and recolor techniques. Developed and taught seamless pattern creation techniques and standards that allowed the company to use Art in Motion art as fabric patterns for JLA-Furniture.

Art Director / Designer

E&E Co. ltd. – JLA-Art / Art in Motion

Fremont, CA (remote) 03/2015 to 04/2022

Developed all sales and marketing material. Learned WordPress and redesign the company website.

Streamlined contract and materials gathering by having sales personnel use their phone camera to capture the signed contract and featured vehicle photo (at the dawn of the iPhone).

Developed custom direct mail programs specific to dealerships, instead of cookie- cutter templates.

Senior Designer

The Premier Group

Houston, TX 04/2008 to 01/2015

Built a successful creative business without prior business experience, servicing direct and to-the-trade clients.

Principle / Designer

Gazebo Graphic Design

Houston, TX 03/1998 to 05/2009 05/2022 to Present

Deployed all technology, including network installation and writing a project- tracking database in FileMaker Pro.

Serviced my own set of clients and all preflight and press check duties.

Production Manager/Designer

Griffin James Design

Houston, TX 10/2002 to 05/2004

Production Director/Systems Administrator

PaperCity Magazine

Houston, TX 12/2001 to 10/2002

Creative Director / Systems Administrator

Alliance Graphics

Houston, TX 03/1998 to 12/2001

Contract Designer/Prepress for Pamela Printing

MacTemps (Aquent)

Houston, TX 07/1997 to 03/1998

Contract Designer for Gulf States Marketing Services Houston Creative Connections, Inc.

Houston, TX 10/1996 to 03/1997

Production Artist

Precision Prints

Sulphur, LA 06/1995 to 12/1995

Paste up Production Assistant

Southwest Daily News

Sulphur, LA 06/1991 to 08/1991

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