Graphic Designer Manager

Career Highlights

Highly experienced and multi-talented Senior Graphic Designer with extensive experience in multimedia marketing and print design. Exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills; dynamic team player with well-developed written and verbal communication abilities. Highly skilled in client and customer relations and communication; talented at building and maintaining “win-win” partnerships. Passionate and inventive creator of innovative marketing strategies and campaigns; accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget requirements. Professional Experience

Senior Graphic Designer – 4/2008 to Present

Art Van Furniture, Warren, MI

• Provided creative layouts and conceptual design meeting strict turnaround schedule

• Collaborated with Creative Director of Print Design to establish Brand Style Guide for Art Van Furniture, it’s proprietary brands, and private label brands

• Established strong working relationships within my creative team, merchants and sale staff

• Created and documented logo and brand guidelines, communicating to print, digital and broadcast teams

• Managed photo art direction for furniture collections

• Directed photo shoots for in-house and off-site studios creating beautiful imagery of furniture collections for use in catalogs, advertising materials and video

• Directed and guided creative team with both small and large projects Senior Art Director – 2007 to 2008

Kreber Graphics, Columbus, OH

• Developed creative standards of the monthly circulars for Linens-N-Things, Jo Ann Fabrics and Family Dollar stores

• Created precisely illustrated layouts which were used for photo art direction

• Directed in-house photo shoots following established creative guidelines

• Wrote promotional headlines that spoke to the core customer

• Attended new product reviews and promotions with clients

• Collaborated closely with Creative Director, Project Manager and Account Manager

• Directed and guided Graphic Designers, Photographers and Stylists

• Met scheduled deadlines, attended turn-in meetings and directed weekly critiques with creative team Senior Art Director – 1994 to 2006

Schawk - Meridian Advertising

• Managed creative process from design/layout to photo art direction in order to carry out the branding strategy of Kmart and Super Kmart stores

• Led a staff of 4 to 6 team members including designers, copywriters and project managers to produce brand-focused advertising materials

• Directed and led photo teams including producers, photographers, stylists and merchandise coordinators to produce high quality product images based on brand requirements

• Participated in Leadership and Process Development

• Trained and led new designers in understanding the work flow, job requirements and technical training they needed to strengthen their skills Education

Columbia College, Chicago, IL BA in Advertising Design/Graphic Design program Wayne State University, Detroit, MI BFA program

New Horizons, Detroit, MI HTML Basic Certification Technical Proficiencies:

Environment MacOS Platform

Tools Adobe Creative Cloud including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel

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