Skills

Art direction, package design, brand identity, photo and glamour retouching, color correction, flexographic and digital print production, pre-press file layout, magazine and catalog layout, PANTONE color matching, press approvals, video editing, photography, 3D printing, trade show graphics, retail graphics and website design

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Software

Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Premiere / After Effects, Google SketchUp, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Sharepoint, Slack, Mac & Windows platforms

 

Education

Indiana University | Bloomington, IN

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

• Minor in Art History

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Work Experience

LIDS | Senior Digital Designer | May 2018 - Current | www.lids.com

• Create and design digital assets and advertising including email, social graphics, landing pages and web banners for desktop, mobile and tablet platforms

• Produce work in a fast-paced environment meeting deadlines and expectations for quality, creativity and accuracy on a daily basis

• Take on overflow projects for physical event graphics, signage, and print materials as needed

• Utilize Salesforce Marketing Cloud to prepare email images and html coding for automated email sends

• Develop disruptive designs that adhere to brand guidelines and translate into integrated solutions for web, mobile and digital promotional marketing initiatives
   

Australian Gold | Senior Graphic Designer | 2012 - May 2018 | www.agindoor.com

• Creative direction and design for all packaging, marketing material and collateral for Australian Gold, JWOWW and various private label brands

• Perform website, label copy and documentation updates to coincide with the constantly changing indoor tanning market, brand standards and legal requirements

• Regularly present inspiration boards, design mockups and fully rendered artwork according to brand standards for brand manager approval

• Create monthly magazine advertisements, web e-blasts and newsletters for marketing and promotional use

• Effectively meet deadlines in a fast paced work environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously across a number of brands

• Collaborate with interior and exterior clients on a wide range of projects for costing, printing, sourcing and design work

• Provide education and training to a number of co-workers and interns
   

Australian Gold | Graphic Designer | 2011 - 2012

• Creative direction and design for all packaging, marketing material and collateral for California Tan and various private label brands

• Layout and creation of production files according to brand standards and copy requirements

• Create trade show layout concepts including scale drawings and 3D rendered booth images showing furniture layout and banner placement
   

Helios, LLC | Graphic Designer | 2009 - 2011 | www.gohelios.com

• Designed postcard & email templates to be utilized by clients for mass marketing purposes

• Created the website interface for an eblast marketing and postcard distribution site named HeliosPrint

• Designed monthly magazine advertisements promoting Helios software updates and releases

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Training / Inspiration

• SXSW - South By Southwest Conference | Austin, TX | 2017

• Photoshop World | Las Vegas, NV | 2015

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References

Available upon request