233 E Street Salt Lake City, UT 84103 (801) 916-2862 (C) (801) 532-7705 (H) df640a66@westpost.net OBJECTIVE To be a valued team player, providing strategic graphic design and unique ideas that deliver positive business results. QUALIFICATIONS Dynamic professional with 20 years experience in the field of graphic design. M anaged and successfully executed countless projects from the conceptual stage to finished piece. Expert in Photoshop, lllustrator, InDesign, Flash and Corel Pa inter. Partnered with management, senior executives, marketing directors, vendo rs, and other internal departments in achieving company objectives. EMPLOYMENT 2002 2010 Kiddie Kandids, LLC / Graphic Designer Worked in the national corporate offices in the marketing department. Executed the strategy to launch, develop and design the new corporate branding and innova tive product line increasing average sales per transaction by 30%. Collaborated and coordinated with media buyers, writers and product managers. Responsible f or creating store signage, magazine and newspaper ads, logos and icons, brochure s, web banners, screen savers and all manner of presentation materials in promot ing regional and national marketing efforts. Designed backgrounds for photo bays used in over 180 stores nationwide. 1999 - 2002 Creative Color Services / Art director Collaborated as a team with the marketing director in creating company brochures , advertisements, magazine ads, billboards, flyers, logos and corporate presenta tions. Part of a team awarded 1st place in the 2002 National Marketing Campaign contest. Designed trade show booth graphics for clients and large format signs, posters and billboards. 1992 - 1999 Wasatch Computer Technology / Graphic Designer Responsible for and coordinated with company sales rep in running a service bure au. Trained and lead 1 to 2 graphic artists. Designed slide presentations, bro chures, posters, trade show booth graphics, flyers, logos etc. Trained customer s who bought our creative computer software packages. Often traveled to conduct training in various locations. 1988 - 1992 Mall Media / Art Director Responsible for and coordinated with company sales reps, mall directors and stor e managers in designing & producing mall magazines. Managed the Art Department and was responsible for a graphic designer and production artist. Also played a lead role in designing and producing hotel room vacation books distributed throu ghout the United States.
EDUCATION Utah State University / Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
RELATED SKILLS Commissioned portrait artist. Published fine artist with oil paintings and prin ts for sale in dozens of retail outlets, including nearly 300 commissioned portr aits and other artworks.