PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Graphic Designer with experience in the management of the complete design process, from conceptualization to delivery. Expert at interdepartmental coordination and communication. Leverage personal communication skills to enhance and deepen customer relationships. Skilled with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and Microsoft Office Suite. Utilize abilities to advance client’s brands and market position through print and digital mediums. Excels in fast-paced environment while meeting and exceeding deadlines.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Starkey Hearing Technologies / Eden Prairie, MN / 2015 – 2020 Graphic Designer – Corporate Brands & Retail Partners / 2017 – 2020

• Developed customer facing materials for corporate brands: brochures, booklets, forms, writable PDFs, certificates, PowerPoint presentations, waiting room kiosks, business cards, letterhead, envelopes, stickers, Facebook ads, email campaigns, marketing campaigns, posters and table tents.

• Responsible for creating technical pieces for doctors, audiologists and staff: product spec sheets, training manuals, forms and product presentations to use with their clients.

• Team leader for designing all corporate materials being translated into Spanish; assisted with other designs translated for use in over 90 countries.

• Partnered with over 40 retail customers to create their brand identification: from logo design to establishing the Brand Id Guide and developing sales and marketing collateral.

• Consistently the “Quarterly Leader” for number of jobs completed; average of 125 completed tasks every week.

Graphic Designer – Medical Partner Initiative / 2015 – 2017 The Medical Partner Initiative was a program consisting of a small team that focused on developing an integrated partnership with select doctors, audiologists and clinics. The purpose was to support them through every aspect of their business strategy. As the only Graphic Designer assigned to the team, my responsibilities included:

• Consulting with the marketing team to develop and design private-labeled tools needed to grow the business: separate brand id guides, newsletters, info- graphics, brochures, forms, certificates, PowerPoint presentations, product displays, business cards, letterhead, envelopes, Facebook ads, email campaigns, newspaper advertising.

• Assisted with hosting Medical Partner visits to corporate headquarters – participated in marketing reviews, presented new ideas and updated materials, attended after hours social events to help deepen relationship with Medical Partners and followed up in a timely manner with tasks and commitments discussed during visit. Plastic Resources / Cottage Grove, MN / 2013 – 2014 Graphic Designer/Design Lead

• Designing & proofing gift, business, reward and loyalty cards, card carriers, and various other print related projects.

• Pre-press setup for offset presses.

• Design of promotion materials, creating and manipulation of templates, data and mail merges, logo creation, page layout and e-mail design.

• Training of staff and workload management.

DARREN MARR

Graphic Designer

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Freelance Graphic Design / 2009 – Present

• Event – AIA Branding Solutions/Idea Exchange event: signage, trade show display, pre-show mailer & staff shirt

• Entrepreneur – AIA Branding Solutions marketing tools: business card, note cards, webkey, Race Car advertisement

• Manufacturing – Hotline Calendars: developed Hotline Hero & Calendar Girl logos; Monthly “personal touch” mailings, “Bright Idea” flyers

• Non-profit – Minnesota Library Association: logo and T-shirt Design

• Sports Team – Lowertown Monkey: Logo and T-shirt Design

• Education – Marion Savage Elementary School: Logo, t-shirt and coffee cup

• Non Profit – National Kidney Foundation: Fundraising Night Out Collateral

• Property Management – Aster Meadows / Cedar Green Properties: logo

• Entrepreneur – MaryKay cosmetics: Shirt Design

• Fortune 100 – Cenex Petroleum Company: Illustrations

• Manufacturing – M-Industrial Coatings: Photography and design

• Non-profit – Midwest Karate Canada: Photography and design

• Entrepreneur – Run-Around-Sue: logo and door hanger

• Sports Team – KHS Softball: Logo, T-shirts, yearbook Positive Impact Marketing / Apple Valley, MN / 2006 – 2009 Independent Sales Rep

• Generation of new business and account maintenance.

• Consulted with customers to find best promotional product to meet their goals and enhance their brand.

• Managed details of complex orders with third-party vendors; including sourcing, price negotiation and problem solving.

• Graphic design and coordination – prepare customer art for production. Other / Prior to 2006

• Premier Computer Education: Classroom Instructor, Sales and IT Administration

• Phillips Wine and Spirits: Sales

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication emphasis in Graphic Design Brown College, Mendota Heights, Minnesota March 2013, GPA 4.0

• Digital Graphic Certificate & Networking Certificate Premier Computer Education, Edina, Minnesota June 2001

• University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Marketing & Business Sept. 1992 - May 1994

DARREN MARR 2

Graphic Designer

OUTSIDE OF WORK

• Bloomington Kennedy High

School Girls Fast Pitch Softball –

Assistant Coach (2016-2020)

• Bloomington Athletic

Association Girls Fast Pitch

Softball – volunteer Coach

(2010-2014)

• Bloomington Kennedy Hockey

Program – volunteer Coach

(2008-2013)

• St. Paul Children’s Hospital –

volunteer magician for the

Make-a-Wish Foundation

(2003-2005)

• Canadian National Shotokan

Karate Team - competitor/

team captain and medal

winner at PanAm/World

International Shotokan Karate

tournaments in Canada, United

States, Peru, Italy, Mexico &

Caribbean. Canadian National

and Provincial medal winner

(1980-1995)

INFO

8801 Chicago Avenue South

Bloomington, MN 55420

ade8y1@r.postjobfree.com

Online Portfolio:

www.dmdesigngrp.

myportfolio.com

952-***-****

Darren Marr

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