SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
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behance.net/stephanieperkins
sarasota, FL
Highly skilled designer with over 15 years of experience as a creative lead for diverse industries, with a successful track record for increasing brand engagement with influential visual design concepts. Work Experience
Stephanie Perkins
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Nice North America Carlsbad, CA (remote)
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Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create innovative digital & print assets for a large, residential & commercial technology manufacturer consisting of 10 different individual brands. Consistently improve visual communication for brand initiatives, such as email, websites, social media, ads, brochures, product collateral, packaging, store signage and events material Implemented new design standards for all product data sheets and advertisements Conceptualized new visual identity for a top smart home brand that received awards for "Best Marketing Support" Led a successful corporate rebrand by overseeing junior designers to ensure quality & consistency with detail- oriented design direction
Mar 2020 Jan 2025
ART DIRECTOR
Jon Renau Carlsbad, CA
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Lead of all brand creative initiatives for marketing, advertising, sales & education for alternative hair manufacturer with global e-Commerce and retail clients. Managed & mentored four creative team staff members. Created engaging visual assets for new product launches, catalogs, brochures, websites, e-commerce digital assets, email and social media campaigns
Developed concepts for all photo shoots & videos and gave art direction to photographer & videographer Improved quality of photo archive with extensive photo editing and retouching Successfully proposed and developed a 240-page printed product catalog Jun 2016 Mar 2020
ART DIRECTOR / GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Evans Hotels San Diego, CA
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Lead of creative design for marketing, advertising, in-house collateral, and sales material for 8 unique brands of resort hospitality & entertainment.
Successfully proposed & executed new brand style to up-level the resorts & create more customer engagement Increased profits for restaurants, golf course packages, spas, & leisure sales with enhanced visual communication Directed photoshoots for style, lighting & composition – planned within budgets, as well as final photo editing Dramatically re-designed brand websites with enhanced UX/UI Created Brand Identity for new restaurant: logo, fonts, colors, imagery & photo shoot plan/direction – Implemented branding throughout all restaurant collateral and new marketing/advertising campaign Profitably increased catering sales for all resorts with new wedding brochures & web assets Jan 2012 Mar 2016
GRAPHIC DESIGN CONSULTANT
Aquent San Diego, CA
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Graphic Design contractor for many large corporations including: Qualcomm, Sony Electronics, Callaway Golf, Petco, Vistage Worldwide, Inc., UCSD, United Way of San Diego, and Websense Dec 2008 Jan 2012
Core Skills
Education
Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Art Direction & Project Management, Figma, Powerpoint Presentations, Print Production / Digital Web Standards, Photo Editing & Retouching, Photo / Video Shoot Planning & Direction, Website Design / Development, UX/UI design & basic HTML, Motion Graphics & Video Editing: After Effects / Premier Pro University of Illinois at Chicago -
Bachelor of Fine Arts Graphic Design
Jan 2002 Dec 2007