| Senior Graphic Designer
Description:
With 8-1/2 years at Disney as a senior graphic designer and 3-1/2 at an ad agency, looking for same or art director. "Less is more." Outstanding typography skills. Also write copy. Budget conscious. Deadlines are key. Superb at multi-tasking. Powerful work ethic. Unique sense of humor. Positive, unflappable attitude. Fantastic thinking cap. Past AIGA LA Board member.
Resume:
SEEKING: SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, GRAPHIC DESIGNER or ART DIRECTOR
(Full time, freelance or freelance to full time)
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR
September 2008 to Present
Clients: Strausberg Advertising/Design, Creative Circle, Nestlé Design Group, Cutler Enterprises (Ad agency), AgnewBrusavich (Attorneys), Sony Pictures (Int’l TV), Clothes The Deal (Non-profit), Pandol Bros. (Grocers), Paws In Motion (Dog training and water therapy), Royal Hound Pet Products
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Strausberg Advertising/Design
SENIOR DESIGNER • March 2005 to August 2008
Primary account: AAA (Travel, Motorsports, Life Insurance, Financial Services)
Secondary accounts: Renaissance Hotels, The Olson Company (Home builders), KOR Hotel and Realty Group, Newport Beach Marriott, Tallus (Timeshare estates in Mammoth), Coldwell Banker, Metrolink
Items Designed: Marketing collateral, logos, identity, direct mail, newspaper ads, magazine ads, billboards, postcards, signage and e-blasts
• Became the lead designer on the AAA account (Travel, Motorsports, Life Insurance, Financial Services) and helped AE's to manage the brand due to my dedication, hard work and excellent knowledge of the AAA product.
• Art directed two junior designers, production artists and freelance designers.
• Participated in approximately 20 logo development projects.
• Expert in the photo-searching process.
• Acquired an excellent knowledge of all stock photo web sites.
• Mastered the skill of selecting images that work well with each other on a page or spread.
• Always a consistent and extremely conscientious designer and worker.
• Traffic, AE's and the owner could always count on me to take on a heavy workload, and deliver comps and work on time.
• Extremely knowledgeable in print production and building, preparing and preflighting tight and accurate final press-ready files.
• Communicated effectively with printers and vendors.
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The Walt Disney Company (International TV Division)
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER • July 2000 to August 2004
GRAPHIC DESIGNER • March 1998 to June 2000
• Developed campaigns for 4 major TV sales events – Los Angeles Screenings, NATPE, MIPCOM and MIP – and for publicity/press events for The Disney Channel and the HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association).
• Designed marketing and publicity materials.
• Designed all of the items needed for these events: event logo, invitation, sell sheets, presentation materials, DVD and video cassette sleeves, ads, signage, posters and other collateral.
• Art directed and managed freelance designers.
• Attended well over 100 press checks during my time at Disney.
• Secured and managed vendors.
• Also a writer, I wrote most of my headlines and copy for my design projects.
• Designed 2 web sites – a main client site and a digital assets site – and periodically designed web pages for both sites.
• Designed an employee training manual which was used worldwide within the int'l TV division for orientation/training sessions.
• After I designed the materials for events, I also assisted in the set-up of venues and worked events at The Walt Disney Studio Lot, Hollywood & Highland, The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood and various other hotels, TV and film studios in the Los Angeles area.
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The Walt Disney Company (International TV Division)
MARKETING SUPERVISOR • January 1997 to February 1998
MARKETING/PUBLICITY COORDINATOR • February 1996 to December1996
• My design career started here, designing marketing and publicity materials, including invitations, presentation materials and sell sheets.
• Wrote sell sheet and synopses copy for Disney-produced feature films and TV programs.
• Edited sell sheet copy written by two other writers.
• Arranged press interviews between international TV journalists and talent from Disney-produced TV programs.
• Periodically attended these interviews and acted as a talent handler.
• Sourced and ordered merchandise used for interactive invitations and given as promotional gifts for talent, clients and the press.
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Education
• Candidate for Certificate in Graphic Design – UCLA Extension (23 graphic design classes taken)
• M.B.A., California State University at Los Angeles
• B.S., California State University at Long Beach
• Recently completed an online copywriting course with Mediabistro.com
Computer Skills
• Adobe CS3 (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator), Quark and Microsoft Office on the Mac
Professional Affiliations
• Former Board Member for the American Marketing Association, Southern California Chapter (AMA)
• Past volunteer newsletter editor for the AMA
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| Brian F. Brusavich
Date: 12/2/2009
Location:
Culver City, CA 90230
Contact:
Brian F. Brusavich
phone:310.733.8773
Email
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