objectives
Dedicated individual with over 10 years of experience in all areas of design seeking a Design Developer Production position where I can utilize my diverse array of technical skills.
skills
- Strong conceptual and analytical skills centered around user-center approach.
- Create powerful presentations under pressing deadlines, organize commercial artistic and design projects.
- Perceive color, balance and proportion, use computer design and graphics software, use creativity in graphic design.
- Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design.
- Create art from ideas and determine optimum process for reproduction of printed materials.
- Distinguish details in graphic production setting.
- Make presentations, meet deadlines, organize commercial artistic and design projects.
- Use marketing techniques and project management to meet multiple goals.
- Exercise good judgment in setting priorities and follow-through.
- Work in a fast-paced, results-oriented team environment.
- Manage multiple and competing work priorities, demands and changes.
- Share ideas and develop effective responses that meet client goals and expectations.
- Create strong relationships and effectively utilize internal and external resources.
computer skills
- Mac OS 10.4: Adobe Acrobat CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Photoshop CS6, Dreaweaver CS6, Sketch, PageMaker 6.0, QuarkXpress 3.32, FileMakerPro 6.0
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac.
- Windows 98 & Windows XP: Office 2007, FrontPage 2000.
- HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, JQueryUI, JQuery Mobile.
education
2014
Code Oregon - Treehouse
Portland, OR
WEB DEVELOPMENT
WEB DESIGN
RAILS DEVELOPMENT
WORDPRESS
SWIFT
2012-2013
Portland State University
Portland, OR
FRONT/BACK END WEB DEVELOPER
DESIGNING FOR MOBILE
Winter 2011
Portland Community College
Portland, OR
MAC DESIGNING WEB PAGES BASIC
Portland Community College
Portland, OR
A.A.S./GRAPHIC DESIGN
Benson High School
Portland, OR
DIPLOMA/ARCHITECTURE
professional experience
2021-2023
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Portland, OR
Johnstone Supply LLC
- Organize biannual eCatalog schedule
- Host & lead weekly meetings, communicating proofing changes across multiple departments
- Implementing easy UX, streamlining overall proofing process with continually improving accessibility
- Train and manage Team members eCatalog sections
- Execute 1500 page eCatalog which generates revenue for company with vendors purchasing ad space
- Use data panels and templates creating the overall feel of the eCatalog and New Product Bulletins
- Design print & digital marketing material
2016-2019
DIGITAL SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING & DESIGN
Portland, OR
Efficiency Heating & Cooling
- Oversee company CX customer experience
- Interacting directly with the customer by phone, email or in person
- Manage and implement Social Media & Email Marketing Campaigns using Facebook, Instagram & MailChimp
- Design & Analyze Google AdwordsExpress, Google Local Services, Facebook Business Ads & Yelp Ads
- Track & Manage Lead generated platforms HomeAdvisor, BBB, Yelp, Thumbtack, Google Local Service, LinkedIn, Alignable & Next Door
- Manage all review platforms by responding to customer reviews and implementing ReviewBuzz & NiceJob
- Design & develop internal & external communication creating business cards, flyers, postcards, magnets & apparel
- Improve overall look & feel of company website using HTML5 & CSS3
- Research & develop new avenues for company branding & lead generation
- Recruiter qualified candidates from Indeed for employment
- Setup new users with email, computers, iPhones & iPadsCustomer service representing the company
2011-Present
FREELANCE PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Portland, OR
Gray Production Design
- Screen print production for a t-shirt designer.
- Managing and moving a HVAC website. Analyzing data for demographics, source, and keywords using Google Analytics.
2014
Graphic Designer Contractor
Portland, OR
TriMet
- Updates for bus brochures, maps, and station pylons.
- Design and production for internal and external communications and advertisements.
- Design and production for web graphics and web sites.
2013
Graphic Designer Contractor
Portland, OR
TriMet
- Designed Facebook Ad for a Social Media Campaign.
- Production for bus brochures, map updates, and pylons.
2012
Technical Designer Contractor
Portland, OR
Adidas
- Supported Originals Apparel Designer for their FW13 season.
- Redrew flats and illustrations.
- Creating tech packs for apparel and detailed schematics for trims.
- Assisted the Marketing and Development team.
2009 – 2010
Production Artist Contractor
Beaverton, OR
Nike
- Production Artist for Men's brand working in Athletic Training, Nike Pro, Field Sports, and LiveStrong.
- Create family files for styles brief for each season.
- Create illustrations to Nike's catalog standards.
- Create colorways for styles.
- Upload family files to PIM and color assigning and exporting for catalog.
- Production Artist for Licensed.
- Covered Senior Production Artist's and Manager’s workload during their sabbatical.
- Created graphics, schematics, illustrations, Product Pages, G1, and GRs for Licensed categories.
- Change, update, and upload for Legal, Merchandisers, Developers, and the factories.
- Send out meeting in Acrobat for catalog review.
- Create data merges with csv files in InDesign working with UI built for Illustrator and InDesign for streamlining production.
2000-2008
Technical Designer
Portland, OR
Adidas
- I researched the trends and colors for inspiration for upcoming season.
- I created boards with skews briefed by Marketing.
- I created schematics of all patterns, trims, and graphics.
- Assist Apparel Design and Graphic Design with fittings, flats, graphics, and trim changes.
- Finalized all product to be ready for catalog and uploaded to the merchandising tool(DMT).
- Assist Material/Trim Developers, Apparel Developers, Marketing, and Merchandising with any electronic file that would assist in the creation or sell of product.
- Worked with Design, development, and factories to achieve best print quality, trims quality, targeted price points, by the deadlines.
- Archived past seasons.
1998-2000
Graphic Support Specialist
Portland, OR
The Salvation Army
- Trouble shoot hardware and software problems that may occur over the network.
- Designed and built the Intranet and Internet web pages.
- Supported all graphic related questions.
- Setup new users with login, password, email, personal folders and drive connections.
- Special project: Data Entry Supervisor
References & Portfolio