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Description: Stephanie graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design from the College of Design at Arizona State University. After receiving formal training in Swiss design, Stephanie entered the workforce with a passion to make good things. She gained experience in business-to-business marketing, design for non-profits, in-house design, company branding and positioning, and church marketing. She has had her work featured on the Blaine Hogan Design Blog and at Phoenix Design Week 09. She was awarded the ASU Provost Scholarship, as well as the gold and bronze medals for Advertising Design in the Skills USA 2005 state and national competitions.
Stephanie believes good design can solve problems, and she continues to evolve her ideologies as she finds inspiration from nature, literature, films, and photography. She currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona with her Corgi, Duncan.
Resume: EMPLOYMENT
Royal Penguin 2009 December - Present In-house Lead Graphic Designer for a start-up medical company. Creates branding, postcards, brochures, catalogues, posters, and product/portrait photography. Completes press-checks and makes plates for print production.
Praxis Creative Team Phoenix 2009 July - Present Graphic Designer for missions in Tempe and Phoenix. Part of a multidisciplinary team that creates logos, branding, theme art, publications, collateral, web content, signage, environmental graphics, and videos.
Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau Scottsdale 2008 July - December Graphic Designer for the city of Scottsdale. Worked on rebrand of "Scottsdale." Created branding, publications, collateral, packaging, web content, tradeshow banners, flash banners, invitations, and advertisements for city-related events.
Six Degrees Scottsdale 2008 May - July Contract Graphic Designer for branding/marketing firm. Created logos, branding, and collateral for clients including BlueOcean Marketing, Siemens, and Abbott Medical.
FREELANCE
Christopher Maddox Photography 2009 Brand analysis, reputation consulting, and collateral design Currently working on wedding album and marketing material design
Hand & Cloth 2008 Identity, stationery design, brand analysis, and brand guidelines $25,000 Grant-winning logo design
Navigators EDGE Corps 2009 Business card design
EDUCATION
2005-2009 Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design, Summa Cum Laude College of Design, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ ASU Dean's List, College of Design Dean's List, Provost Scholarship
2001-2005 Arcadia High School, Top 7% Honors Skills USA Design National Championship: Bronze Skills USA Design State Championship: Gold
SKILLS
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Rampage, Preps 6, Quark Xpress 7.0, Microsoft Office, iWork Keynote
Basic hand-coded HTML and CSS, Basic Actionscript
Identity, branding, advertising, packaging, layouts, copywriting, construction of scale models, installations, bookbinding, calligraphy, typography, storyboarding
INTERESTS Photography, architecture, illustration, writing, and "Everyday" — a 365 Project.
| Stephanie Horn www.gauchedesign.com
Date: 11/4/2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ 85018
Contact: Stephanie Horn Email
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