Resumé

Employment:

Booz Allen Hamilton 9/07 - Present
- Work closely with team members to develop web, interactive and print related material
- Develop websites that our both accessible and 508 compliant using the latest HTML5/CSS3 requirements. Using 1140 grid systems and boilerplates to provide responsive web solutions for desktop and mobile.
- Conceptualize and Develop brand identities for specific clients
- Design print material for specific clients

Shape Your Design 11/03 - Present
- Design of logos, packaging, & illustrations
- Design & production for web projects
- Illustrate yearbook covers for Taylor Publishing (2004-Present)

Sacunas Integrated Communications 11/06 - 6/07
- Handled promotional designs & campaigns
- Conceptualized in team environments
- Design & production for web projects
- Design of logos, advertisements, brochures, direct mailers,
tradeshow displays, billboards, invitations, marketing
material, & POP displays
- Design heavily in a B2B & B2C marketing climate
- Handled all prepress guidelines and procedures
from start to finish
- Prepared printer quotes, client estimates, purchase orders & handled
relationships with printers & photographers

The Art Institute of Philadelphia 3/05 - 6/06
- Handled promotional designs & campaigns
- Conceptualized in team environments
- Design of logos, brochures, direct mailers, invitations,
- Handled all prepress guidelines and procedures from start to finish

Scott Design Communications 10/05 - 1/06
- Design of marketing materials, brochures, & employee
packets for client meetings
- Conceptualized in team environments
- Handled prepress guidelines and procedures

Skills:

Art Direction
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to produce accurate schedules & estimates
- Effectively build and maintain solid relationship with
clients, vendors, publications, printers and free-lancers

Web
- Understanding of Responsive Web Design trends and adapting to latest standards
- HTML/CSS - HTML5/CSS3
- jQuery
- Wordpress front end development (Theme manipulation and design)

Design
- Preparation and design of user interfaces for both web, mobile, and tablet devices
- Produce excellent layouts combining diverse combinations
of copy, photography & illustration
- Ability to produce accurate schedules and estimates
- Experience with multi-page documents, magazine & newspaper
ads, flyers, brochures, pocket folders, stationary packets,
billboard displays, roll-up banners, & tradeshow booths
- Understanding of Data Visualization

Typography
- Carefully select fonts indicative of each piece
- Respectful of leading, tracking and kerning

Illustration
- Extremely efficient in producing vector art
- Comfortable with a wide array of additional mediums

Photography
- Good color correction and manipulation
- Art direction as well as production of photo shoots

Software: (Multi Platform)
- Adobe Creative Suite including Ae, CP
- Wacom Tablet Skills

Education:
The Art Institute of Philadelphia
Bachelors of Science in Graphic Design 9/06
- Two pieces displayed for Best of Quarter in Type Design &
Corporate Identity Packaging
- Awarded Best Portfolio of 2006 in Graphic Design

Archived Awards:
The Communicator Awards - Gold for DC Youth Brochure, 2010
GDUSA for the designs of FDA Training Portal, 2009
Bronze Omni – Program Mgmt. Envmt. Interactive Video, Jun. 2008
Bronze Omni – VHC Medical Brigade website, Jun. 2008
GDUSA for the design of the Arkema Chemical brochure, Nov. 2006

Projects by Nick Brock

2012 PRINT
3 Files

2011 PRINT
6 Files

2012 Interactive
4 Files

2010 Portfolio
24 Files

2009
5 Files

Web 07-08
3 Files

Print 07-08
11 Files

Web 09
0 Files

Interactive
0 Files

Identity
0 Files