creative director/art director/graphic designer

Orlando G. Castro

Graphic Designer / Art Director / Corporate Communicator

**** ******* ***** *****, *******, Texas 77095

Mobile: 713-***-****, Home: 281-***-****

Objective: To obtain a position with a design group, ad agency or corporate in-house creative department. Applying my skills and experience in art direction and graphic design to improve the bottom line, for their clients, with award winning, targeted marketing materials.

Idea Advertising, SFG

2001-2009 – Senior Creative Director

Supervised as many as 6 in-house corporate creative staff members developing projects for global financial institutions, restaurants, an international bank, corporate events and other entities.

• Designed and supervised the production of annual reports for a commercial and international bank

• Designed the CEO’s personal real estate marketing and presentation collateral

• Presented marketing materials to C Level management and department’s clients

• Designed and supervised production of the corporate magazine and various product specific brochures

• Maintained the concept and layout application for various global ad campaigns directed to specific client group prospects

• Reviewed company web site designs and recommended adjustments

• Hired, trained and maintained discipline in the interest of improving quality and performance in the department

Sykes Communications

1999-2001 - Creative Director

Accounts: Greater Houston Trade Shows & Conventions Bureau, Wisconsin Department of Tourism (Minority), Ensemble Theatre, Veterans Administration (Minority), Department of Defense (Minority), Housing Authority of the City of Houston, BP, U.S. Census (web site)

Keeton & Rich

1989-1999 - Assistant Creative Director

Accounts: KCAviation, Eurocopter, Turbomeca, Dallas Airmotive, Republic Insurance, Mooney Aircraft,

Continental Express, IBM

’87-’89 Dark Horse Studio, Senior Designer/Partner

’84-’87 Dallas Market Center, Senior Art Director

’83-’84 Keller Crescent/Southwest, Art Director

Education: BFA Advertising Art, Lamar University

Skills: Read, write and speak in Spanish. Proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat, PowerPoint, Keynote, Quark 7, Freehand and various other supporting applications. Accomplished illustrator.

Accolades: Published in Communication Arts, Print and Graphis Annual. Judged the 2000 Dallas Ad League’s Tops (Addy) Show. Houston Addy award winner.

Personal Interest: Art, reading history, travel

Visit my portfolio teaser at: http://castrocreative.com

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