Profile
Objective: I’m looking for an opportunity to become a creative lead designer.
Availability: Two weeks notice.
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design | May 2005 | Savannah,GA
Work Experience
HauteLook.com | June 2009–Present | Los Angeles, CA | Graphic Designer
• High pressure and fast-paced environment for online flash sale events
• Design and program daily and promotional emails
(HauteLook has about 3.5 million members who receive the daily email)
• Design promotional ads and banners for daily sale events
• Work closely with marketing team while developing creatives for promotional emails
• Package design for shipping envelopes, jewelry boxes and promotional materials
Metro Marketing Realty | March 2009–Present | Off-site Freelance Graphic Designer
• Designed the logo, business cards, and letterhead
• Design and produce marketing materials including emails, postcards, signs, etc.
Los Angeles Ballet | August 2009–Present | Off-site Freelance Web Designer
•Website design and updates
SmashBox Cosmetics | October 2009–December 2009 | Off-site Freelance Graphic Designer
• Email design
Fayetteville Underground | March 2009–June 2009 | Off-site Pro-bono Freelancer
• Designed the logo, business cards, and letterhead
• Designed and produced marketing materials including emails, postcards, signs, etc.
• Designed and built website using Photoshop and Dreamweaver, fayettevilleunderground.com
Appian Centre for Design | December 2008 | Off-site Freelance Graphic Designer
• Designed portfolio book and marketing boards
Nock Investments | June 2008–December 2008 | Off-site Freelance Graphic Designer
• Designed business systems, logos, brochures, and marketing books
Estée Lauder | September 2005–May 2008 | New York, NY | Global Productions Graphic Designer
• Designed and produced the quarterly point-of-sale guidelines
• Created global case and counter guidelines
• Created guidelines for promotional vehicles
• Updated and created global/North American collateral
• Rendered products and merchandising elements
• Presentation preparations
The Office of Design and Architecture | August 2005–November 2005 | New York, NY | Graphic Design Intern
• Print based design and production
• Package design updates to American Crew and Modern Organic Products
• Website updates using Dreamweaver
Design Qualities
• Flexibility to manage multiple tasks, prioritize, solve problems and schedule work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Able to maintain brand identity while pushing creative boundaries
• Solid understanding of design, layout and type usage
• Strong organizational skills with strict attention to detail
• Team player
• Able to work independently with simple direction
• Able to take criticism
Software Proficiency
Listed are the software applications that I use on a regular basis in a MAC environment:
• Photoshop CS5
• Dreamweaver CS5
• Illustrator CS5
• InDesign CS5