Art Director, Graphic Artist, Brand Champion

Experience

CREATIVE DIRECTOR SOLAVANTI LIGHTING — SEP. 2019 - PRESENT

CREATIVE DIRECTOR EFFICIENT-TEC INTERNATIONAL — SEP. 2019 - PRESENT Primary Responsibilities:

Multiple Catalog Development • Visual Storytelling • Copywriting • Email Marketing Campaign Design & Development Display Advertising • Sales Development Tools Creation • Printed Collateral Marketing Design • Social Media Marketing Product Specification Packet Creation • Product Order Form Creation • Product Installation Instruction Design • Website Maintenance Creative, marketing, and advertising functions for two companies under one roof. Acquired a vast amount of knowledge and understanding in a short amount of time about two industries which were relatively new for me. In turn, I have successfully developed and executed all above deliverables for almost five years. FREELANCE ART DIRECTION/GRAPHIC DESIGN — NOV. 2010 - PRESENT My portfolios can be viewed at: behance.net/ctennenga and behance.net/ennenga . Some of my most current and recent contract freelance graphic design and/or production art projects can be viewed on my LinkedIn profile linkedin.com/in/ennenga/ . ART DIRECTOR, KING ARCHITECTURAL METALS — FEB. 2013 - APR. 2019 Primary Responsibilities:

• Email Marketing Campaigns • Display Advertising • Interactive Sales Development • 2D/3D CAD Archive Development

• Internal Intranet Design/Maintenance • Catalog Design & Production Given the extraordinary opportunity to develop, from concept to live, various easy-to-navigate, interactive, functional sales & consumer-side product browsing /shopping web widgets. Focus: Increase Online Sales, Reduce Ordering Confusion / Returns, Customer Empowerment (planning, and shopping experience). ROI resulted in an increase of overall online orders to 17% of the company's total annual revenue, which was up from just 7% less than five years previous.

DIRECTOR, BRAND DEVELOPMENT, BIG RED, LTD. — JUN. 2008 - SEP. 2010 Primary Responsibilities:

• Creative •. Copywriting • Promotions • Brand Development • Point Of Sale • Packaging • Email Marketing Campaigns

• Campaign Development

Primary focus on developing all brands' image and equity, including intensive involvement to add value in the areas of media, merchandising and sports marketing.

Efforts were extremely successful in helping to grow most of our brands, in some cases, by double-digit sales volume over previous years'. This, occurring during a time in which industry category volumes were either flat or falling. Developed innovative creative, support and packaging for four new CSD flavors, four energy shots, three energy drinks and the entire isotonic line-up.

FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR — DEC. 2007 - APR. 2008

Primary Responsibilities:

Christopher Ennenga

• Creative •. Copywriting • Promotions • Brand Development • Point Of Sale • Partnership Campaign Development Directed the off-site graphic design and pre -press teams for all Office Depot® national in-store visual merchandising campaigns. Set new project request and proofing systems in place to bring about better overall communication, faster turnaround times and a good comfort level with the client.

VISUAL COMMUNICATOR GRAPHIC ARTIST COPYWRITING C OMMERCIAL ARTS BRAND CHAMPION / DEVELOPER 3D GENERALIST RETAIL CAMPAIN DEVELOPER 940-***-**** ************@*****.*** https://www.behance.net/ctennenga https://www.behance.net/ennenga DESIGN ARTIST, DR PEPPER/SNAPPLE GROUP — SEP. 2002 - DEC. 2007 Primary Responsibilities:

Creative •. Copywriting • Packaging • Sports Marketing Campaigns • Partnership Campaign Development Sales Support • Merchandising Support • Sweepstakes • Coupons. • Procurement • Fleet • Signage • Execution GRAPHICS MANAGER, HERITAGE EXHIBIT GROUP — JUN.. 2000 - SEP. 2001 Primary Responsibilities:

Creative •. Copywriting • Training • Project Management • Vendor Relationships • Procurement • Execution DESIGN / PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, EXPRESS SIGNS & GRAPHICS — JUL. 1994 - JUL. 2000 Primary Responsibilities:

Creative •. Production/Fabrication • Estimation • Project Management • Sales • Installation • Vendor Relationships SK/OSHA & HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPECIALIST, UNITED STATES NAVY — OCT. 1988 - OCT. 1992 Primary Responsibilities:

Supply •. OSHA Compliance • Hazardous Materials/Waste Management & Disposal • Sonobuoy/Munitions Management Specialties

Graphic Design • Brand Development • Art Direction • Creative Direction • Production Art • Copywriting • Visual Storyteller Accurately, simply, and uniquely represent and visually communicate a client's brand identity and messaging by the most memorable, visually-stimulating means possible. Provide realistic consultation for overall brand strategy, specifically-relevant to the client’s goals and their industry.

Software Skillset

FABRICATION / 3D MODELING BUILD / SIMULATION:

Blender, Autodesk Fusion 360, Gebco (bathymetric), Adobe Dimension / All Substance Texturing Apps

2D MODELING SHOP FABRICATION DETAILING / DESIGN:

AutoCAD, FreeCAD, LibreCAD

GRAPHIC DESIGN PUBLICATION:

Adobe CC Suite - full suite working knowledge and usage

(for every possible type of media output)

DESKTOP PUBLISHING / PRESENTATION / SECURE FORM

CREATION / PRODUCT DATASHEETS / INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTION / TECHNICAL DRAWING CREATION:

MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat PRO, Adobe Illustrator PROJECT MANAGEMENT / TEAM COLLABORATION:

MS Project, Trello, Monday, Sharepoint, Outlook

UX / UI DESIGN / WEBSITE MAPPING / BUILD / MAINTENANCE: Adobe XD / Dreamweaver / InCopy / UXP Developer Assets Wordpress / GoDaddy / Muse

CREATIVE CONTENT BRANDING CAMPAIGN PUBLICATION:

All client-requested social media platforms, Constant Contact / i-Contact, Any other requested and reputable bulk emailing platforms VIDEO ANIMATION CONTENT BRANDED DESIGN / EDITING

CAMPAIGN PROJECTS FOR PUBLICATION / PROMOTION:

Adobe AfterEffects, Premiere Pro/Rush, Firefly, Media Encoder, Audition / Animate, Podcast, Live, Mixamo

Education

NMMI, Collin College, Oklahoma University

References

My LinkedIn profile linkedin.com/in/ennenga/ contains a full list of skills and endorsements, however more current references are always available upon request.

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