Graphic Designer Resume

Title
Graphic Designer

Primary Skills
Power Point/Brand Manager/Print

Location
US-TX-Austin, Dallas, Houston

Posted
May-14-09


SUMMARY
• Creative and effective problem solving;
• Presentation support for executive officers;
• Experience in brand identity creation and management;
• Extensive experience in advertising and marketing;
• Proven expertise in print collateral, web, and presentation design;
• Extremely organized and exceptional customer service skills;
• Ability to multitask multiple projects with accuracy under tight deadlines;
• Understand the importance of corporate brand guidelines;

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contract Work History

Pluck, Austin, Texas, a division of Demand Studios in Los Angeles, California
February 2009 -- Present. Presentation Specialist/Brand Management
• Designed and wrote the corporate Power Point userguide template;
• Designed and wrote Power Point userguide templates for seven brands under one brand;
• Coordinated with the Product Marketing Director under tight deadlines;
• All presentations and templates utilized for global new business pitches, off-site meetings
and all agency presentations.

National Instruments Austin, Texas
June 2008 -- October 2008. Presentation Specialist/ Executive Communications Support
• Created and managed executive Power Point presentations for NI week, a major industry event;
• Provided presentation support for President, Dr. James Truchard and executive officers;
• Maintained brand standards on print collateral and Power Point presentations;
• Created the National Instruments corporate Power Point style guide.

Freescale Semiconductor Austin, Texas
May 2008 -- September 2008. Presentation Designer/ Executive Communications Support
• Created Power Point presentations for executive officers, conferences, training classes, and financial purposes.
• Coordinated, managed, and designed 60 presentations for European and North American trade shows working
closely with the marcom group and executive officers;
• Maintained strict brand standards throughout presentations.

Emerson Process Management Austin, Texas. Global firm providing smart solutions to nine industries
April 2007 -- October 2008. Presentation and Sr. Graphic Designer/Global Communications
• Created Power Point presentations for executive officers, sales and marcom;
• Created and managed print collateral for nine corporate competencies;
• Collaborated with executive officers regarding company messaging strategy;
• Coordinated with the IT department providing web ready presentations for President's quarterly message;
• Maintained brand standards for global presentations and print collateral.

Adams Design and Consulting Austin, Texas. Graphic design boutique specializing in presentations
June 1995 -- present. Creative Director/Owner
• Nationwide coordinator and graphic designer for non-profit organization, Kids and Cops, 2001--2005
• Provide brand creation and management, graphic and web design, to the following Industries: real estate, doctors,
attorneys, and ergonomics.
• Project categories include: corporate branding, press kits, consulting, collateral, and Power Point presentations;
• Project management includes: business proposals, marketing, budgets, client relations, and account management.


Employment History

Kimball Hill Homes Houston, TX . Home Builder
March 2006 -- November 2006. Sr. Graphic Designer/Brand Manager
• National sales support endeavor through marketing endeavors;
• Collaborate with sales, sales managers and division Presidents on marketing and branding the product;
• Responsible for driving traffic to website and sales office through marketing and branding efforts;
• Responsible for maintaining and approving corporate brand standards on company-wide collateral;
• Nationwide overseer of corporate branding standards;
• Nationwide lead and conceptual designer on special projects for division Presidents which include:
Hard and soft sell ads, ad campaigns, posters, flyers, logos, direct mail, billboards, and websites;
• Research projects include: community development naming, demographics and geographical research,
and heavy competition shopping;
• Responsible for maintaining and coordinating corporate database of current marketing collateral.

NIA Creative Mountain View, CA. Advertising firm specializing in corporate branding
April 1999 -- May 2001. Presentation Specialist and Print Designer/Apple Account Manager
• Sr. Designer/Art Director for the 2001 Apple national and international sales force presentations.
• Actively participated in business proposals;
• Fostered client relations with major accounts: Apple, AMD, and Intel;
• Managed the project throughout, including implementing executive level keynote and sales presentations,
communicating closely with sales, client marcom groups. Managing designer's work and insuring corporate
standard guidelines were met in a timely manner;
• Reviewed design requirements and developed concepts by conferring with sales, copywriters, Sr. Art Directors
and account services;
• Communicated design goals and concepts to creative team to insure integration of design requirements into all
phases of production.
• Consulted with sales teams, production managers and project managers to gather information about the client's
product or service to determine a style and visual expression for the advertising, branding, web design,
or multimedia projects.

Duarte Design Mountain View, CA. Advertising firm specializing presentations
September 1997 -- April 1999. Sr. Graphic Designer/Cisco Systems Account Manager
• Responsible for developing new client relations as well as maintaining existing client relations;
• Managed, designed and executed sales and corporate VP technical presentations and multimedia communications
projects for major account: Cisco Systems
• Responsible for insuring high quality design standards and adhering to internal and external guidelines;
• Attended design meetings with clients;
• Responsible for relaying client direction to account directors, project managers, and design staff;
• Created Power Point presentations for executive speakers at MacWorld and WWDC (World Wide Developer's
Conference).

Innovative Multimedia Dallas, TX . Former interactive media firm
July 1995 -- August 1997. Sr. Graphic Designer
• Team lead for the graphic designers. Brought energy and ideas together;
• Created multimedia GUI user interfaces for interactive CD-ROM's;
• Designed, art directed and co-produced multiple interactive marketing and educational CDs;'
• Rendered and designed concepts and storyboarding;
• Worked closely with software engineers to ensure a smooth production flow.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Design: Presentations, print collateral, corporate identity, and user interface design
Software: Adobe CS3, MSO, Flash. Specializing in Print and Power Point
Operating Systems: Mac/Windows

EDUCATION
Continuing Education
Stanford University, March 2000-May 2000
Intensive Course study: Human-Computer Interaction

University of California Santa Cruz, February 2000-March 2001
Course studies: Branding, Art Direction, and Human-Computer Interaction

Degreed Education
The Art Institute of Dallas, 1995; GPA 3.8/4.0 Academic Honors
Associate of Applied Science Degree-Computer Animation/Multimedia

The Art Institute of Houston, 1994; GPA 3.4/4.0
Associate of Applied Arts Degree-Visual Communications/Advertising/Graphic Design

AWARDS, RECOGNITION and COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• Ongoing student mentorship; University of Texas
• Graphic and web designer volunteer for iamchange.org, 2008 - present
• Habitat for Humanity, Kimball Hill Homes, Houston, TX, 2006
• GHBA training and certificate of completion for home staging and merchandising, Houston, TX 2006
• Former member of Young Women's Alliance, Austin, TX, 2002-2004
• Volunteer for the Sunshine Camps youth organization, Austin, TX, 2003
• Volunteer for Kids and Cops, Austin and Dallas, TX, 2001-2005
• “Who's Who Among Professional Managers” certificate recognition, 2001
• How Magazine merit award in visual communications, Duarte Design, 1999
• Academic honors/Dean's list, The Art Institute of Dallas, 1995

Certifications
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