Communications Specialist Resume Monrovia. CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Design/Project Manager with the ability to establish the direction of a corporate imageand outstanding creative; lead and mentor others in both the advertising fieldas well as help managers understand the creative process; able to create thebest possible product through application of skills and experience.
Branding & Logo Creation Copywriting and Marketing
Web Site Design & Development Market Data & Direct Mail
Professional Art, Photo and Video Direction Play and Movie Art Direction.
Project Planning & Budgeting Illustration
Selected s and s
Played a critical role in the branding, photo direction, design, layout, and production of the
Confidential Home catalog, an winning publication with a circulation approaching
5,000,000
Supervised production schedules for five different publications, meeting deadlines whiledesigning, formatting, and overseeing production and photography for these publicationswith a combined circulation of 500,000. Generated $1.2 billion from five core products
Received one national ADDY, one eighth district, and ten local ADDYs, as well as two regional s from ProCom/IABC for professional in communication

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Macintosh OS 9.x - 10, Windows 3.x/95/98/ME/NT/2000

Applications: MS Word, Project, Excel, FrontPage, OCR, and QuarkXPress

Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Imageready, Adobe AcrobatFireworks and Dreamweaver -- Final Cut, Gifbuilder and Painter

Programming: HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Applescript

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Monrovia. CA

Responsibilities:

Multimedia coursework upgrading hands-on skills in XHTML/CSS, Flash and Final Cut.
Designing websites in CSS using existing Photoshop and wireframing skills, creating Flash animations and photo/video/movie editing

Communications Specialist

Confidential, Irwindale, CA

Responsibilities:

Communicated Energy Efficiency Partnership programs resulting in increased awareness to save energy, money and the environment
Designed and produced animated Powerpoint/video presentations and print collateral
Created original graphics for presentations and marketing material
Wrote communication strategy

Creative Services Manager

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

Conceptualized direct mail and web - based advertising and marketing materials
Oversaw production of copy for presentations to in - house and external customers
Designed and produced direct mail advertising and marketing materials for magazinesnewspapers, and exhibits
Used HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CMS, Visio, Flash, Director, Lingo, PHP, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
Hired and supervised Content Developers to create architecture, design, and maintenance procedures for two web sites
Planned direct mail lists, advertising placement, and production schedules, meeting deadlines and managing the Satellite Marketing Division budget

Team Art Director

Confidential, Dodgeville, WI

Responsibilities:

Design Conceptualized and developed ad designs and layouts for catalog presentation
Key participant in the concept, design, layout and production of the Coming Home catalog, an winning publication with circulation up to 5,000,000
Designer and presenter for gift packaging and product presentation
Created and developed themes, cover and intro designs in tandem with Creative Director
Art Direction Hired and supervised photographers, models, artists, production, scouted and chose locations to produce elements of home decor design and apparel for print and Web
Production Worked in partnership with copywriter to produce cogent and effective catalog page
Kept track of and helped increase response rate and after - tax profit for division
Engineered a custom Macintosh-based publishing system which greatly increased efficiency and color accuracy, reducing product return and outside prepress costs