Resume.

Experience

ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR  •  CNP
October 2016 – Present  /  Winter Haven, Florida
Maximize quality of the agency’s creative product at the team level. Ensure that print and digital media created for clients achieves goals and maintains brand consistency internally and externally. Conduct quality assurance review of digital work. Lead conceptual brand initiatives. Lead UX projects from information architecture to design to launch including sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, style tiles, design mockups, design systems, interaction design, and front-end code. Help define processes and deliverables for digital and print work. Collaborate with copywriters to present high quality, strategy-driven work. Work with Creative Director on initiatives to improve agency efficiencies and team dynamic. Mentor creative team members. Partner with Account Executives and Traffic Manager for project set-up to ensure alignment with budget and deadline goals. Stay current on new techniques and tools that enhance the quality of agency creative solutions.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER •  CNP
October 2013 – Present  /  Winter Haven, Florida
Lead designer from concept to completion for various client projects in all aspects of print and digital including: digital ads, brand guidelines, billboards, annual reports, invitations, direct mail, magazines, brochures, corporate identity, icon design, advertising campaigns, email marketing, social media marketing, vehicle wraps, trade show displays and environmental displays. Introduced website style tiles to the agency and helped develop sitemap, wireframes and lead website sprint projects.  

BRAND & INTERACTIVE DESIGNER  •  Envoc
 January 2012 – October 2013  /  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Designed user-centric, high-impact websites and developed front-end code. Developed sitemaps and wireframes. Conducted quality assurance and user testing. Created UI design systems and user interface designs for internal and external applications. Developed websites using the ExpressionEngine CMS. Designed and implemented email marketing campaigns on multiple platforms for a wide variety of clients. Designed ground up branding and marketing materials for numerous companies that extended to all customer touchpoints.

LEAD INTERACTIVE DESIGNER  •  Maxon Media
January 2006 – January 2012  /  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Responsibilities included interactive media and web design, logo design, branding, illustration, and print design. Managed client relationships, projects and deadlines as the main point of contact. Developed and maintained print collateral, graphical standards, and marketing for a variety of clients. Coordinated, designed, developed and maintained SEO optimized CSS/HTML websites and CMS-based websites. Created email marketing campaigns. Maintained social media marketing for a wide variety of clients. Administered web server and maintained web and email hosting for clients.

INTERN GRAPHIC DESIGNER  •  Mix Networks
June 2003 – December 2005  /  Lakeland, Florida
Rebranded the company and refreshed all marketing materials, including the tradeshow booth. Created custom illustrations and icons for marketing collateral. Customized internal and external web applications UI and UX for a consistent user experience. Designed and developed the website.

Education

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, GRAPHIC DESIGN
International Academy of Design and Technology, Tampa, Florida
Graduated May 2006, Summa Cum Laude

References

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