TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software and Skills: - Adobe Creative Suite- HDR Light Studio- Photoshop - After Effects- KeyShot / Bunkspeed- Windows, Mac OS - Axure / Balsamiq- InDesign / Illustrator- Confluence Platforms / Agile Environment - Fireworks / Dreamweaver- Maya (Foundation)- Fine Art / Oil / Multimedia - HTML5 / CSS- Microsoft Office Suite- Excellent Retouching, Drafting, Drawing Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Commerce Twp., MI

Graphic Designer / Digital Artist / Retoucher

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualized and implemented design solutions in a wide range of projects for product packaging, online advertising, sales collaterals, catalogs, trade show exhibit materials, infographics and assets for uses in web and mobile applications, while maintaining all brand standards. Created comps, prototypes and proposals for client visualization and presentation purposes. Retouched and manipulated various photographic images and computed generated renderings to deliver hi-end results for color proofs final print production.

Confidential - Walled Lake, MI

Freelance and Contract Graphic Designer / Digital Artist/ UX/UI Designer

Responsibilities:

• Work in all aspects of creative design and development from initial concept to completion with accordance to current practice standards, attention to brand identity, project strategies and requirements to provide a high-quality product for the end-user experience. Specialties: User Experience and Interface Design / Infotainment Trends Benchmarking and Research / Usability Testing and Concept Validation / Media, Web and Mobile Applications / Graphic Design and Infographics / Image Manipulation and Print Production / Digital Illustration and Visualization.

Confidential - Farmington Hills, MI

UX/UI Graphic Designer

Responsibilities:

• Worked within project requirements and guidelines to turn business objective into a strategic User Centered Designed Experience. Created, maintained and edited interface prototypes, flow charts, wireframes and graphics for center stack in-vehicle display, while improving design and interactive flow through concept validation and testing on the actual touchscreen electrical unit.
• Working with cross-functional team of developers, software engineers, business and marketing executive teams through in person collaboration as well as daily communicating through content management systems. Participated in usability testing group, workshops with the clients, benchmarking and research for global automotive infotainment projects.

Confidential - Auburn Hills/Warren MI

CGI Artist / Digital Visualization Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Developed 3D HDRI based computer generated, photorealistic automotive digital imagery and animation, for various marketing, mobile, web, print and marketing purposes by utilizing several rendering software applications and using creative retouching techniques to enhance the final results.

Confidential - Birmingham, MI

Creative Designer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consulted on marketing and product design in various digital, print and web initiatives to promote On Go Energy products and services.

Confidential - Roseville, MI

Graphic Designer / Illustrator

Responsibilities:

• Provided visual design support to marketing team to aid in customer acquisition strategies. Designed and developed labels for print, brochures, catalogs and other direct marketing materials, maintained edited and updated company’s web and e-commerce sites.

Confidential - West Bloomfield, MI

Designer/Art Director

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed digitally modeled visual concepts for commercial and residential interior projects. Developed designs for built-in furniture structures and products, led direct marketing and web initiatives. Created and maintained company’s website.

Confidential - Northville, MI

Senior Designer

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for the design, development and maintenance of Online Facility Guides for Fordland.net brands (Lincoln-Mercury North America and Premier Automotive Group Europe) in order to centralize Trustmark's Design Standards through an implementation of a full online vehicle retail interactive experience for each dealership project and to communicate brand image through the development of site specific architectural branding control and planning with utilization of company’s own content management system.

Confidential - West Bloomfield, MI

Graphic Designer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed al, promotional and direct marketing materials with in corporation of original illustration art.

Internships

Confidential - Berkeley, MI

Responsibilities:

• Junior Graphic Designer: Developing marketing materials for various clients from concept to production

Graphic Design Intern

Confidential - Farmington Hills, MI

Responsibilities:

• Provided support to design team on variety of projects for internal and external clients 9

Confidential - Warren/Southfield, MI

Art Direction Intern

Responsibilities:

• Assisted Continental Airline design team in a variety of marketing projects and corporate presentations 9

Confidential - Troy, MI

Marketing and Communication Intern

Responsibilities:

• Worked on various direct marketing campaigns for Confidential & Confidential 8