Jan Murphy
Graphic Designer/Illustrator
My broad experience includes managing staff, freelance artists and outside design firms; producing award-winning designs for print and Web; developing and designing brand identity; negotiating significant reduction of print costs. Experience also includes presenting to senior management and board of directors.
Resume
Contract Graphic Designer/Illustrator
March 2007 to present
Clients include:
Breast Cancer Connections
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford
CPR Saves
First Horizon Home Loans
Fremont Group
Harden Communications Partners LLC
Los Altos Mediation Project
Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University
Matthews Asia Funds
Murphy Sisters Foundation
RS Investments
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Creative Director
Managers Investment Group
January 2005 to March 2007
Responsible for the design and development of new and existing marketing materials, ensuring quality, accuracy and that all materials reflect brand voice, marketing strategy, visual consistency and communication goals.
• Brand identity: designed logo and corporate collateral
• Created corporate brand style guide
• Designed corporate Web site
• Won industry design award for corporate image brochure in 2006
• Hired and mentored of creative staff
Creative Services Manager
Fremont Investment Advisors
November 2000-January 2005
• Managed the creative services department and supervised staff
• Responsible for developing, designing and maintaining the overall identity
• Design and development of new concepts for marketing materials for retail and
institutional programs
• Won industry design awards for print and web design in 2002 and 2003
Art Director
Institute for the Future
May 1988-November 2000
• Directed the creative process of assigned projects, from initial briefing to critique, through refinements and design implementation
• Coordinated efforts of creative services staff and freelance graphic designers
• Provided concepts, supervised production, and realized solutions
Senior Graphic Designer and Technical Illustrator
Failure Analysis Associates
October 1981-August 1987
• Responsible for planning and producing a variety of technical and promotional
illustrations and graphics for use in exhibits, marketing materials, and presentations
Education
BA, Design
UCLA