Director of Design — Atlanta, GA
Results driven creative director/graphic designer with strong communication abilities and technical know-how and an excellent track record of delivering database driven web applications and e-Commerce solutions for a diverse range of business verticals
Bridgeline Digital (Bridgeline acquired Objectware in July 2007)
2007 - present - Director of Design
- Develop User Interface Architecture and site diagrams for a variety of large and small projects
- Design web sites and application process mock-ups with Adobe Creative Suite
- Presentation of various deliverables including Information Architecture, Design and development efforts
- Front-end Development experience including HTML, CSS, ASP.net and Java
- Creative Direction for regional and national clients such as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Hoveround and the Washington Redskins
- Manage creative staff
- Project and budget management through creative and development process
- Sales support, including initial client meetings through final project proposals
- Testing and quality control of web site development prior to client delivery
- 2007 Above and Beyond Award
- 2012 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Award for Best Medical Equipment Website
Objectware, Inc. (Objectware was acquired in July 2007 by Bridgeline Software)
1999 - 2007 - VP of Creative Services
- Manage creative and application development staff through complete process of web site conception, construction and programming stages
- Hiring of creative staff
- Primary point of communications and account management for a large number of clients
- Creation of new project proposals and change request estimates
- Developed User Interface Architecture and site map structure for a variety of large and small projects
- Design web sites and application process mock-ups in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe PhotoShop
- Optimize individual graphic components for web compatibility and custom hand-coded page formatting in HTML, ASP and ASPX languages
- Testing and quality control of web site development prior to client delivery
- Internal and client brand development including print collateral and logo design
- Sales Support, including proposal development
- 2002 Leader of the Year
- 2003 Employee of the Year
- 2005 Manager of the Year
Dunham Creative Services
1997 - 1999 - Owner
- Sole practitioner for contract art direction and graphic design
- Creative concept, design and production for web and print materials
Cindy Erni
1995-1999 - Freelance Graphic Artist
- Assisted with mock-up materials for client presentation
- Pre-press production of brochures and other collateral materials
Ted Roman and Associates
1992 - 1999 - Freelance Designer / Production Artist
- Assisted owner in concept development, design and pre-press production of advertising and collateral materials for clients such as Siemens and Alltel
- Maintained Macintosh equipment, network and file management
Donino, White and Partners
1995 - 1997 - Production Artist
- Prepared advertising and collateral materials for print production per the instructions provided by in-house and freelance Art Directors
- Collaborative concept development of various projects from web banners to magazine ads
- Recommended hardware purchases, managed Macintosh network and developed file management system
J. Walter Thompson, Recruitment
1993 - 1995 - Production Supervisor
- Hired to assist with the start-up of a collateral materials department for recruitment clients such as IBM, Arthur Anderson and FedEx
- Developed composite photographs, type setting, and pre-press production for multi-page print brochures
- Managed Production staff in high-pressure, quick turnaround environment
Type Designs / The Project Center
1987 - 1993 - Graphic Artist
- Created marker comps of advertising and collateral material for client presentations.
- Worked with first page layout computerized visual typesetting equipment from Agfa Compugraphic.
- Produced hand-kerned headline type from PhotoTypositor equipment and integrated headlines into camera ready mechanicals.
- Stat camera operation including half-tones and line-art.
- Produced custom multicolor dry transfer rub-downs.