Graphic Designer Design
Resume:
Suzanne P. Giddings
Sarasota, FL 34235
Home/Cell: 805-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
Portfolio: https://spgiddings.wixsite.com/moonlightphotos-plus
Visual Designer
Areas of Expertise
As a creative, innovative designer and consummate professional, I will bring a diverse visual communication and multimedia design background to any organization. My expertise includes photography, video, graphic design, web design, content management, writing, and marketing. My strengths include:
Conceptualizing and layout design.
Typography.
Coordinating print and web production within deadlines and budget constraints.
Excellent organizational and time management skills have always been paramount to my work ethic.
Adobe CC: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, and Premiere
WordPress Visual Concept and Art Direction
Web/Print/Multimedia Graphics Print Production Process
Photography Media Buyer, Advertising & PR
Professional Experience
Club Administrator/Communication Coordinator
The Meadows Country Club 1/ 2020 to Present
Sarasota, FL
As Club Administrator: I answer incoming calls, greet members and prospective members, take food orders, manage orders on Amazon and other vendors for all the Club departments
Develop internal and external communications for the Club. Create nurturing relationships between the organization, club members, and the public.
Graphic Designer: Marketing Collateral for events, menus, flyers
Create weekly eNewsletters for each sector of the Club: Dining & Social, Golf, Fitness and Tennis
Website redesign and daily updates and maintenance: www.meadowscc.org
Photographer – Board of Governors, Managers, and activities at the Club used in digital and print.
Digital Media/Web Blogger/Photo Editor 3/2014 – 2/2019
Love A Child, Fort Myers, FL
http://www.loveachild.com
Wrote and posted daily news stories and weekly journals about the organization’s humanitarian work in Haiti. https://loveachild.com/sherrys-journal/
Photo editor – Created and maintained a photo library of over 30,000 images. Selection and editing of high-resolution photos for optimal use in print and web. Updated daily, assigning keywords to the images.
Work with the design team on web production related to website updates.
Contribute to the marketing team’s development of social media marketing campaigns.
Marketing Administrator/Graphic Designer (Contract positions in 2010 - 2012)
Jordano’s Foodservice, Santa Barbara, CA 1/2010 -3/2012
The in-house designer for marketing collateral for the sales team in the food service industry.
Created food-related guides and product sheets for marketing and food show distribution.
Tracked multiple sales promotions of new items through the sales cycles.
Photographer for their magazine, events, and corporate meetings.
Web Production Specialist — www.magellans.com
Magellan’s International Travel Supplies, Santa Barbara, CA 11/2004 to 7/2009
Managed product content for multi-channel travel supplies retailer e-commerce websites in the US and UK.
Web production of databases, creating web-ready images and enhanced viewing options.
Updated websites with new products and images as they become available.
Track and adjust all changes to reconcile product databases and warehouse inventory.
Developed production schedules to coincide with catalog drops and distribution monthly in the US and quarterly in the UK.
Marketing Specialist, Circulation (Promoted to Web Production Specialist in 2006)
Assisted in the catalog circulation process, researching mailing list rentals and tracking results.
Created production instructions with printers and facilitated postal sorting and delivery.
Track and reconcile all marketing costs for catalog drops in the US and UK.
Manage various circulation databases to track list performance.
Freelance Photographer/Graphic & Web Designer
Moonlight Photo Graphic 1990 to Present
Photographer – Product Shots, Food, People, Travel and Fine Art.
Graphic Designer – Marketing Collateral: Brochures, Logos, Product Sheets, PowerPoint presentations.
Web Designer & Social Media Pages – Create small to mid-size websites for a variety of clients.
Education
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA 2009 - 2010
Continuing education in Visual Communications
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA 1988 – 1985
A.S. Degree in Graphic Communications
University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Studies in Fine Art and French Literature from the Middle Ages to 20th Century
Institute Montesano, Gstaad, Switzerland
Studies in Languages, Art, Filmmaking, and Photography
Portfolio: https://spgiddings.wixsite.com/moonlightphotos-plus
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