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Creative Services Manager
Danville, VA
Oct 2014 - Present (9 years 7 months)
• Manage a 7-person team in the Creative Department for a Global luxury packaging company.
• Oversee the daily Creative task of all individuals in the department.
• Oversee the Quality Control aspects of all our packaging components.
• Work daily with spectrophotometers.
• Handle all company wide branding, including but not limited to, website, business cards, etc.
• Work closely with all account teams to make sure all deadlines are met with design, production and shipping.
• Set yearly goals for all members of the creative team in conjunction with the company goals.
• Proficient with most Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
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Senior Graphic Designer and Production Manager
FastSigns South Tryon
Oct 2009 - Present (14 years 7 months)
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Photoshop CC, AutoCAD and Gerber Composer.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel
• Proficient on HP Latex 360, HP 700 flatbed printer, Epson GS 6000 and Graphtec & Gerber plotters.
• Responsible for all design, art creation, and file review between the
South Tryon and Matthews-Ballantyne locations.
• Design consultant for the Rock Hill, SC location’s graphic designer and sales team.
• Responsible for scheduling all internal and outside installations.
• Oversee the production staff to ensure jobs are produced correctly, efficiently and by deadlines.
• Manage ordering of materials and supplies for design and production.
• Meet one on one with clientele to ensure design follows any company branding guidelines
and customer expectation.
• Work closely with all sales staff to make sure all deadlines are met with design and production.
• Set goals for both the design team and the production team on a monthly basis
for performance enhancement.
• Lead weekly work start meetings to ensure all staff are up to date with current assignments.
• Manage 5 subordinates daily.
• Contributed to making Fastsigns South Tryon land in the top five Fastsigns in the world.
• Awarded Employee of the Year 2010, for attitude and work ethic.
• Awarded 2nd place in nationwide Fastsigns video commercial competition, July 2014.
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Graphic Designer / Visual Display / Wrap Installer
Transport Graphics
Aug 2007 - Jul 2011 (3 years 11 months)
• Used Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and FlexiSign to produce artwork and designs for vehicle wraps, store front display graphics and a variety of signage types.
• Worked closely with clientele to produce designs to meet company branding guidelines and budget.
• Installed full viny graphic wraps on a variety of vehicles, including buses, race trailers,
boats, hummers, trucks and cars.
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Graphic Designer / Dept. Manager
Precision Printing
Jan 2004 - Aug 2007 (3 years 7 months)
• Pre-press graphic design from 2004-2005
• Head graphic designer and Department Manager in the Sign Department from 2005-2007
• Managed 3-4 subordinates, produced all designs, and managed weekly schedule.
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Graphic Design
Tape Corporation of America
Jul 2000 - Dec 2003 (3 years 5 months)
• Designed compact disc and cassette layouts for bands and artist. Used Adobe Creative Suites and QuarkXpress.