Graphic Designer Design

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CREATIVE EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK

MAJOR Bachelor of Studio Art - Emphasis Graphic Design DATE OF GRADUATION May 2013

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Adobe CC Illustrator

Logo Design, Vector Art, Vinyl Stickers

Adobe CC Photoshop

Email Design, Photo Manipulation, Digital Ads

Adobe CC InDesign

Direct Mail Campaigns, Interactive PDFs, Package Design Adobe CC After Effects & Animate

Logo Animation, Video Advertisements

Figma / Adobe CC XD / Sketch

Email Mockups, Landing Pages, UX Prototyping and Design Workfront, Microsoft Office Suite

11 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Dentsu (formerly Merkle Inc.)

Art Director

October 2021–Present

• Developed the direct mail, paid social, and DCO channels for a fast growing bank contributing to their rapid growth.

• Directed art campaigns for a major fast food industry leader’s email and in-app channels while they launched a rebranding.

• Successfully contributed to the wins of multiple new clients as well as the retention of existing clients. Senior Graphic Designer

November 2018–October 2021

• Created, managed, standardized, and documented a creative organization process that was then implimented across other clients. Responsible for the onboarding of a new major fi-serv client to our agency.

• Efficiently organized the versioning and prep for press with developed presets and templates and cut the time from launch to press by days from brief to press/launch.

• Successfully contributed to new client wins by stepping in for Art Directors on pitches. Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort

Digital Marketing Coordinator

November 2014–November 2018

• Responsible for branding the monthly giveaway promotions for the casino. Included initial logo, print collaterals (internal and external marketing), digital ads (email, paid social, dco), and animated advertisements from design to scheduling the marquee and on-property tvs.

• Managed the look and feel of the on-property restaurants from logo (designing and working with sign vendors on look and feel), menus (digital and print), as well as the food photography for the menus and commercials.

• Worked with our creative agency to ensure they stayed on brand and our message was consistent throughout the funnel and user journey. CAE

Contracted Digital Designer

March 2014–November 2014

• Was trained in developing interactive training materials, creating charts, and clearly explaining technical data with creative with no margin of error, programming the right and wrong answers, and QA’ing that the quizzes functioned correctly. Watkins Company

Print Advertising Designer

May 2013–March 2014

• Designed and worked directly with the clients through phone calls and email to prepare and preflight weekly rotationals and specialty ads.

• Learned different paper qualities and how to plan cost effective methods to make letters stand out in the mail to upsell to clients. Chris Haire - 501-***-****

Technical Support Engineer II

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HR Recruiter at Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas

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Creative Director at Dentsu (Formerly Merkle Inc.) REFERENCES

JAMES HENDERSON

Denver, CO

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