Degree in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of York – Pennsylvania with a job history that includes product development, consumer goods, athletic design, packaging, marketing, art direction, retail merchandising, and management. Excellent skills in ideation, typography, graphic design, and 4-color printing.
OBJECTIVE: Obtain position with an industry leader that values top performance and commitment to succeed RANGE OF EXPERIENCE: • Full creative responsibility of all design needs for product development • Worked closely with printers, vendors, engineers, product managers, sales, and executives in collaborative team environment • Managed design and development for licensing accounts (Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Hershey’s, Dr.Seuss, and others) • Created consumer goods, private brands, & POS for retail (Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, Target, Costco, BJ’s, Michaels, CVS, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar) • Designed product packaging, branding, logos, marketing materials, POP displays and signage for trade shows • Developed new products, unique ads, corporate identities, promotional goods, stickers, product artwork, and brochures • Presented new product concepts to executive management and commercial personnel • Coordinated photo shoots as well as performed photo styling • Utilized variety of media including digital formats, pen and ink, color pencils, markers, airbrush • Supervised and negotiated with vendors PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE: Apex Tool Group., Apex, NC (international manufacturer of hand and power tools) Junior Art Director (2014 - Present) Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Mooresville, NC (a global home improvement retailer) Packaging Design Senior Specialist - Wildfire Marketing (2013) Raymond Geddes and Company, Inc., Baltimore, MD (international education and art products supplier) Senior Graphic Designer / Product Development & Marketing / Licensing Manager (1999 – 2012) A&A Global Industries, Cockeysville, MD (a global supplier of vending machines and merchandise) Graphic Designer (1997 – 1998) EDUCATION: The Art Institute of York – Pennsylvania, Associate Degree in Graphic Design, 1997 SKILLS: Knowledge of Adobe CC (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver), QuarkXPress, Freehand, Painter, Cinema 4D, Form•Z, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Digital Camera, 4-Color Process and Pantone Matching System