Professional Art Director and Freelance Designer with over a decade of advertising, interactive and integrated design experience.  I have worked with agencies to deliver numerous print, web and other interactive projects such as packaging, signage, social media apps, mobile apps and touch screen kiosks.

I posses a unique combination of creative and technical skills that have assisted in the design and execution of marketing campaigns for Fortune 500 brands that have included Wal-mart, NBC, Verizon, American Express and Got Milk? and Home Depot to name a few.

BFA Advertising & Graphic Design, Inbound Marketing Certified Professional

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Freelance Art Director/Designer
Chesterfield, MI
March 2011 - Present
Agency clients: Radiant Event Technology, Organic, Taza Interactive

Taza Interactive
Troy, MI
Job Profile: Freelance Art Director/Interactive Designer
August 2010 - Present

Radiant Event Technology
Farmington Hills, MI
Job Profile: Freelance Art Director/Interactive Designer
August 2009 - Present

Global Strategic Connections
Troy, MI
Job Profile: Sr. Designer, Social Media Manager
November 2009 - August 2010

Design Marketing Group
St. Clair Shores, MI
Job Profile: Art Director
April 2007 – August 2009

Campbell-Ewald 
Warren, MI
Job Profile: Interactive Art Director
September 2007 - December 2007, April 2008 - June 2008

WIT Inc./Wit Creative (Interactive Marketing)
Troy, MI
Job Profile: Interactive Art Director/Team Manager
September 1998 - April 2007

FSI Label (In-house Design Dept.)
Roseville, MI
Job Profile: Sr. Graphic Designer
December 1996 - September 1998

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mac & PC
Adobe Creative Suite: (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash...)
HTML & CSS
SEO & Social Media

EDUCATION

Columbus College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Advertising & Graphic Design
1995 

Center for Creative Studies
Interactive Media
2000

Inbound Marketing University
Certified Professional (SEO, Social Media, Email Marketing)
2010

MEMBERSHIPS/ORGANIZATIONS/ACHIEVMENTS

L'Anse Creuse Technical Center, Web Advisory Board Member (2005-2008)
313 Digital
Featured in Pride/Ferrell Marketing Textbook, 13th Edition

ONLINE PORTFOLIO

http://www.diondesign.com /