Gray Matter Designs SOLE PROPRIETOR (1/07–Present)
- All day-to-day business operations
- Communication with clients & potential clients — including budgets, contracts, deadlines, & creative
- Web design — hand coded designs, valid code, cross-browser tested, SEO, CMS
- Print design — folders, brochures, business cards, letterhead, posters, envelopes, catalogs, etc.
- Branding — establishing a brand, adhering to existing brand, or re-branding
- Google Analytics — Reporting
- Social Media — Facebook, Twitter
- Communicate with vendors to ensure quality production and cost effectiveness
- Develop and maintain production schedules
- iPad/iPhone App development
The College Network WEB DESIGNER/GRAPHIC DESIGNER (10/07–1/10)
- Web Administrator duties for multiple websites
- Web design — websites, web pages, landing pages, Flash presentations, banner ads, CMS
- User-Interface (UI) design
- Print design — folders, brochures, catalogs, flyers, posters, postcards, door hangers, etc.
- Email marketing — creation, sends, tracking — experience in Exact Target
- Collaborate with multiple departments to create collateral with consistent branding
- Creation of in-house multimedia eBrochures and demos for training
The Indianapolis Star GRAPHIC DESIGNER (4/05–10/07)
- Ad creation professional for daily newspaper — live and speculative ads
- Communicate directly with the sales executives and customers
- Banner ad creation for indystar.com
- Direct mail pieces for assigned clients
- “Designer of the Month” — July 2005
- Consistently exceeded productivity goals
American Classifieds PRODUCTION ARTIST/GRAPHIC DESIGNER (5/02–4/05)
- Ad creation professional for a weekly newspaper and bi-weekly magazine
- Pagination of the paper and magazine
North American Race Parts GRAPHIC DESIGNER (11/01–4/02)
- Print design — 100-page catalog, in-store promotions, flyers, brochures
- Photograph race parts
Skills
Branding, Print Design, Web Design, Communication, Cost Analysis, Quality Control, Marketing Initiatives, Social Media, SEO, Email Marketing
Software/Languages
PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Acrobat, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, QuarkXpress, HTML/XHTML, CSS, ASP, .Net, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, actionscript
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Graphic Design—Ball State University, Muncie, IN: May 2001
Membership
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity—ΦΔΘ