Sarah Ables

Craft graphic elements, assets, and visual treatments from wire frames or flows produced in Photoshop or Illustrator. Produced interactive behavior flows in Axure. Maintaining graphics and developing solutions to user experiences with creative mock ups. I developed the style guides used to outline product standards. These style guides are used as documentation for development of product. Frequently using Confluence to track work flow and maintain projects. A few more of my responsibilities:
• Meet with clients or the art director to determine the scope of a project
• Advise clients on strategies to reach a particular audience
• Determine the message the design should portray
• Create images that identify a product or convey a message
• Develop graphics and visual for product illustrations, and logos
• Incorporate changes recommended by the clients into the final design

Multi-tasking is the key to my job. I am currently working on making Stahls ecommerce website a user- friendly and efficient for the clients. On a daily basis I will utilize all of Adobe creative suite for anything from logo design in Illustrator to photo editing in Photoshop. Wire framing projects as well as user design flow charts. At Stahls’ I take on large photo editing projects, user tool charts, and ecommerce designs.
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Fireworks
• InDesign
• Illustrator

While at my Miller I work on industrial and maintain live websites. My designs are SEO based and usability for optimal website traffic. Helping companies/clients create their brand through designs that carry the same look through letterhead, newsletters, email campaigns and make their websites efficient and user-friendly. I have developed over the years my ability to design logos, customize email campaigns, website design and user interface design. Customer service is always number one, I work closely with clients to make sure the design they want is seamless for their company’s brand. With my photography experience I utilize my skills to repair images for clients use in websites. The following software I have worked with for several years and have increased my proficiency. My art direction helped with a ad campaign for social media with several clients.

• Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, InDesign, and Illustrator
• Adobe Flash, Lightroom, and Dreamweaver
• Adobe Soundbooth, Pinnacle Studio 12, and Bridge
• Able to read HTML, CSS and edit PHP, WordPress, and Mail Chimp
• Starting knowledge of Google analytics
• Uploading and downloading files off of ftp servers using Filezilla
• Knowledge of responsive and mobile web design standards

Web Site Maintenance, Sep 2008 - Mar 2009
I was an outside contractor fulfilling a variety of Internet Services my ¬assignments included website page design, digital image preparation, mass emailing management, photographic services, and social networking management.

• Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop • Able to read HTML, CSS • Starting Amazon Affiliates • Uploading and downloading files off of ftp servers

Web Developer, Oct 2007 - Jun 2008
My job was to update the eCommerce website, adding new product and maintaining the data base of clients and their orders. My job also included logistics and knowledge of shipping.

• Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop • Able to read HTML, CSS • Ecommerce maintenance • Uploading and downloading files off of ftp servers