Project Controls Specialist

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STANLEY C. SMITH, JR.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF NOTE

First Place award, National

Transportation Public Affairs

Workshop (NTPAW), for Best Public

Outreach publication for The Green

Team coloring/activity book

Created the original Georgia

Wildflower license tag (Brown-eyed

Susan)

GDOT commemorative 1996 Olympic

Games pin

Photography published in “Better

Roads” (national transportation

publication)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Business Administration

Savannah State University 1989-1991

Visual Communications

Savannah College of Art and Design

1991-1992

Art Institute of Atlanta 1993-1994

SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Salesforce

CAREER HISTORY

Gude Management Group, 2016-

Present

Pipe Dreams, LLC, Supervisor

Communications / Installation, 2014 –

2016

MARTA, Administrative Assistant,

2011 – 2014

Sadolow, LLC., 2008 – 2011

Georgia Department of

Transportation, 1995 - 2008

GRAPHIC ART & ILLUSTRATION

“The Money, The Man, The Chip in

Your Hand”

Learn to Read at Grandma’s Knees

Dreams of Triumph clothing

Coats Plus Humans clothing

Within Peace clothing

Red Gorilla clothing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Stanley Smith is a professional communicator in the visual and written format. He has been heard saying that, “the greatest project can be derailed if the community it is to serve does not understand the value or benefit of that project.” Technical speak does not resonate with the general public, but messages can be presented clearly and concisely through effective graphic design and targeted communication. Mr. Smith’s entire career has been in transportation, starting as a college intern with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, after college as a professional working in Atlanta in the public and private sector; GDOT, MARTA and Gude Management Group. His 20 years of experience in the transportation industry in Atlanta, Georgia, has resulted in a strong understand of the diverse communities, the communication challenges, and the appropriate solutions to address those challenges. His tenure in the Atlanta market has afforded him the opportunity to hone into his background in visual and written communications.

Currently, Mr. Smith is a Project Coordinator with Gude Management Group (GMG). With GMG, he has had the opportunity to work in the areas of project controls and public outreach on major transportation projects for GDOT and MARTA. Mr. Smith created graphics as cover art for GDOT’s standard operating procedures manual, in addition, he has provided internal graphic design for GMG proposals. In his current role, he has held the responsibility of documenting project team meetings and providing meeting summaries to be transmitted to the client (MARTA). Mr. Smith has had significant input in developing the messaging and collaterals associated with community engagement on MARTA’s Campbellton Corridor Project.

During this time of focus on addressing racial inequities Mr. Smith is excited about helping to convey messages in a way that encourages meaningful, engagement of those who are often excluded from conversations that affect the future of their communities. PROJECT EXPERIENCE

GMG Website Update, Atlanta, GA

Graphic Designer

Employer: Gude Management Group (employee)

Developed website storyboard

Responsible for assisting in updating the look, feel and navigability of the company website. Developed draft storyboard depicting layouts for home page, project pages and executive team page.

GMG Proposal Support, Atlanta, GA

Graphic Designer

Employer: Gude Management Group marketing team (employee) Responsible for providing graphic design support to enhance the presentation of proposal submittals.

GDOT Standard Operating Procedures Manual, Atlanta, GA Graphic Designer

Subcontractor: AECOM / GDOT

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DNS cd art and logo design

Georgia commemorative 1996

Olympic Games pin design

Green Team

50th Anniversary Eisenhower

Interstate Highway System

Georgia Milepost

Let’s Get Personnel

Hurricane Safety Brochure

Georgia Wildflower Tag

References

Available upon request

Collaborated with project team to create unique cover art with elements that captured the nature of contents of the SOP manual. Clayton County High Capacity Transit Initiative, Atlanta, GA Project Team Member

Subcontractor: AECOM / MARTA

Provided input on presentations, boards, handouts and collateral materials developed for community engagement. Provided community engagement support at public meetings, manning stations and interacting with external participants.

Campbellton Corridor Transit Project, Atlanta, GA

Project Coordinator

Subcontractor: HNTB / MARTA

Provide support to PM on project team calls

Responsible for taking notes and providing meeting summaries for team meetings. Responsible for maintaining a database of meeting notes and action items. Provided deliverables tracking support to prime. Provided input on the development of presentations, boards, fliers and project survey questions for engagement with the community at public meetings. Instrumental in helping to tailor the messaging for the intended audience. Provided community engagement support at public meetings, manning stations and interacting with external participants. Responsible for researching and implementing efficient methods of community engagement pre-COVID and during.

Fiber Optic Installations, Indianapolis, IN

Fiber Optic Cable Installation Supervisor

Employee: Pipe Dreams, LLC, /Cable Telecommunications Services, Inc. Collaborated in developing marketing strategies to effectively market the company and its services to clients and potential clients. Responsible for creating graphics and company logo. First point of contact for potential Google Fiber residential customers. Responsible for communicating directly with fiber optic installation crew members and residential customers to address questions and concerns. Responsible for maintaining daily schedule of installs.

Advertisement layout for print and digital publications, Atlanta, GA Contract Control

Employee: MARTA

Responsible for writing, editing and laying out MARTA’s Notices of Intent and invitations to bid advertisements to be submitted for placement in the AJC, as well as, other print and web-based trade publications Internal and external customer engagement, Atlanta, GA Contract Control

Employee: MARTA

First point of contact for those looking to do business with MARTA. Responsible for providing support to contract specialists within the office, facilitating vendor visits, managing the process for internal and external customers to view contract/bid documents, and providing assistance to external customers in search of information or looking to make a complaint.

Graphic Design and Illustration

Independent Contractor

Graphic Artist and Illustrator

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Client: Various independent authors

Collaborated with clients to create and provide graphic art and illustrations that capture the overall concept of their literary work to be used as cover art and/or marketing materials.

Graphic Design and Illustration

Graphic Artist and Illustrator

Client: Various independent artists

Designed graphics for use as logos, merchandising and cover art for various independent recording artists.

Graphic Design and Illustration

Graphic Artist and Illustrator

Client: Various Independent clothing lines

Provided digital graphic design and hand drawn artwork to independent fashion brands (Dreams of Triumph, Coats Plus Humans and Within Peace), for use on apparel. Responsible for coordinating with clients, collaborating locally and nationally to discuss concepts, costs, deadlines associated with projects. Responsible for maintaining a database of artwork, clients, invoices and timelines.

Anti-litter campaign, Atlanta, GA

Senior designer and creator

Employee: GDOT Office of Communications (as employee) Responsible for conceptualizing, designing and writing “The Green Team” activity/coloring book, which targeted elementary school aged children and was distributed throughout Atlanta Public Schools. Highway safety campaign

Graphic Artist

Employee: GDOT Office of Communications (as employee) Responsible for conceptualizing and designing “Slow down…it won’t kill you” bumper stickers which were applied to several GDOT fleet vehicles.

Georgia Milepost GDOT quarterly publication, Atlanta, GA Illustrator and writer

Employee: GDOT Office of Communications (as employee) Collaborated with GDOT divisions to procure factual data to support articles written for the Department’s quarterly publication, Georgia Milepost. Maintained a database containing all previous and future articles. Responsible for the layout, research, writing and photography for the “A Day in the Life” column. “A Day in the Life” highlighted an employee and chronicled their activities during a workday. Responsible for writing and illustrating “Road-trip” editorial comic for Georgia Milepost focusing on GDOT projects and special interests.

“Love the HOV” H.O.V. lane construction awareness campaign, Atlanta, GA

Senior Artist

Employee: GDOT Office of Communications (as employee) Provided input on the development of collateral materials pertaining to the HOV lane construction project campaign. Distributed collateral materials and provided information to the public at radio station sponsored listener lunches regarding HOV lane construction and what to expect.

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Georgia Wildflower License Tag, Atlanta, GA

Senior Artist and Creator

Employee: GDOT Office of Communications (as employee) Conferred closely with the Garden Club of Georgia, Sierra Club and GDOT Board to determine which flora species (Brown-eyed Susan) to depict on the Georgia Wildflower license plate and was responsible for creating the final design, to the specifications of all parties involved. The specialty tag continues to generate revenue for the State today.

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