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FREELANCE ARTIST

Professional Summary

Innovative graphics designer who produces dynamic visuals for web and digital projects.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Digital Media : Special Effects, Games, and Animation, 2012
Ohio University Scripts College of Communication - Athens, OH

Work History

Freelance Artist, Current
Self Employed

Translated complex concepts and data into compelling visuals for media outreach.
Designed new on-brand visual elements to effectively convey concepts and messaging.
Maintained consistent use of graphic imagery in materials and other marketing outreach.
Formatted text and graphics for blog posts, newsletters and other materials.
Collaborated with vendors to ensure style consistency with other marketing materials.
Generated new ideas with limited direction and varied internal client needs.
Translated discussions into leading on-demand app design and layout.
Designed advertisements, tradeshow banners and signage from concept through completion.
Delivered production ready graphics in HTML and CSS for all marketing assets.

Graphic Design Specialist Intern, 03/2014 to 06/2014
Military Veterans Resource Center – Columbus, OH

Designed user interface, tools and web pages to meet branding guidelines and web best practices.
Designed art and copy layouts for direct mail advertising material.
Carefully proofread labels and sales materials prior to printing.
Delivered production ready graphics in HTML and CSS for all marketing assets.
Collaborated with engineering on various web, mobile and tablet application interfaces.
Formatted text and graphics for blog posts, newsletters and other materials.
Maintained consistent use of graphic imagery in materials and other marketing outreach.

Concept & Storyboard Artist Intern, 04/2013 to 03/2014
Sonnyboo Productions – Lewis Center, OH

Designed art and copy layouts for direct mail advertising material.
Created aesthetically-pleasing advertisements that complemented the products.
Suggested styling techniques to video production team.
Delivered production ready graphics in HTML and CSS for all marketing assets.
Designed advertisements, tradeshow banners and signage from concept through completion.
Generated new ideas with limited direction and varied internal client needs.
Designed new on-brand visual elements to effectively convey concepts and messaging.
Assisted in designing presentations using storyboards and 3D models to effectively demonstrate a movies concept.

ImPress Associate, 04/2013 to 03/2014
OfficeMax – Westerville, OH

Collaborated with vendors to ensure style consistency with other marketing materials.
Positively contributed to the customer's shopping experience by providing friendly and effective service, assisted customers in the self-serve area and produced high quality documents in a timely manner that met or exceeded the customer's expectations.

Skills

Print advertisements
Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Lightroom, Wordpress, Dreamweaver, Flash, Microsoft Office, Autodesk Maya, Corel Draw

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Degrees

Bachelor of Science : Digital Media : Special Effects, Games, and Animation , 2012