Graphic Designer Resume
EXPERIENCE
Designer/ Interactive Art Director/ Illustrator
Confidential, 2005 - 2012 (ongoing)
Graphic designer, illustrator, and editor working with various marketing and instructional design, and other eLearning products for both web and print; storyboarding, design comps, animation, editing, interactive video layout, illustration; ongoing clients include Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Thinkwell, Six Red Marbles, Vertex Software, Compass Learning, Pangea Software, Kaplan
Projects: Confidential,
Confidential,
Graphic Design/Software Configuration
Bracket, Austin, Texas, 2011-2012
formerly Arrowhead Electronic Healthcare, designing and splicing graphic elements(navigation buttons, icons, other graphics) for GUI screens for their mobile devices used by the healthcare industry. Also created design templates for different platforms and studies.
Interactive Art Director/ Editor
Confidential, Austin, Texas, 2011
Art director for interactive educational science video; project was a live actor video with animation elements and interactive features
Confidential
Designer
Confidential, 2010 - 2011
Design and Layout Production Artist; Created and spliced designs and design components for mobile devices
Designer / Digital Illustrator
Confidential, 2008
Created layout and digital illustrations for textbooks
Confidential
Instructional Designer / Production Artist
Confidential, 2007- 2008
Graphic design for eLearning product; storyboarding, design comps
Confidential
Graphic Designer
Confidential, 2007
Volunteer work, produced mobile device designs and marketing materials for self-guided GPS tours of city zoos, governmental historical sites, and nature areas
Confidential
Project Coordinator
Confidential, 2004 - 2005
Utilizing background as an environmental chemist, worked as a project coordinator in environmental lab
EDUCATION
Art & Design courses; Multimedia Certification - Consulting Solutions
DESIGN TOOLS AND SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite software (including Photoshop (familiar with Photoshop concepts- resolution/dpi, raster, vector, file weight, etc.), Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Acrobat); MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook); KeyNote; photo image manipulation and optimization both for web and print uses, wireframing, creating comps, graphics creation, animation, digital illustration, splicing design elements for use in web and mobile devices (using both Photoshop and Illustrator), copywriting, eLearning/ instructional design creation; attention to detail, meet and exceed due dates, good organizational and multi-tasking skills; produce designs in print or web-ready format (providing best file format required for project specifications (PSD, jpg, pdf, gif, AI, etc) editing / proofing for web/print (checking typography elements (font sizes, kerning), image resolution readiness, file size, etc); experienced Art Director and Project Manager; Production Artist; Graphic Designer; Digital Illustrator
