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Graphic Design/ Web Design/Art Direction/ Copywriting

Ray Messina

Madison, WI
raymessinadesign.com
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    I am a designer, art director, copywriter, and web developer with close to 20 years of experience in communications, marketing and advertising design. I have a balanced mix of technical skill and creative talent and am equally comfortable working on print or web projects. I specialize, simply, in delivering brilliant ideas and elegant execution.

  • Education
    • BFA Fine Arts / Graphic Design
      SUNY Oswego
      Graduated with academic and portfolio honors
  • Experience
    • Sr. Graphic/Web Designer
      Hy Cite Enterprises
      Madison, WI
      Nov 2013 - Present (12 years 7 months)
      Responsible for conceptualizing and designing advanced collateral material for print ads, promotional materials, and additional marketing purposes including brochures, catalogs, periodicals, logotypes, displays, PowerPoint presentations, and banners. Also responsible for carrying projects to completion, producing final digital files for vendors, and supervising photography and print production. Charged with designing email and webpage layout, creating and maintaining websites, producing web ready assets, reforming light development duties (including: HTML, javascript, PHP,CSS,jQuery, WordPress).
    • Art Director/Principal
      Mundane Egg Design / Dazzlefish
      Rockford, IL
      Feb 2001 - Nov 2013 (12 years 9 months)
      Providing art direction, creative direction, copy writing, print and web design services for a wide variety of clients. Scoping projects from concept to completion, advising clients on their graphic goals, working within determined time lines and meeting budget plans.
    • Marketing Graphic Designer
      Rockford Register Star
      Rockford, IL
      Sep 1998 - Aug 2008 (9 years 11 months)
      Acting in the capacity of art director, involved in all steps of design,from concept to production, of all advertising and collateral materials branding and promoting Register Star products and events.
  • Awards

    * Sitepoint's Dan Schulz Web Design Award

    * Sitepoint's Graphic Design Guru of the Year Award

    * Gannett Marketing and Communications Award

    * Newspaper Association of America ACME Award

    * Recognition for the design of the City of Rockford's Sesquicentennial Logo

    * Blue Ribbon Award, Inland Press Association

    * Heart of Rockford Award for the design of the River District's logo

  • Affiliations

    AIGA, Chicago Chapter; SitePoint.com, Advisor

  • Industries
    • Advertising
    • Entertainment
    • Food & Beverage
    • Publishing
  • Skills
    • Art Direction
    • Communication Design
    • Copywriting & Editing
    • CSS
    • Graphic Design
    • Ideation
    • Illustrator
    • InDesign
    • Photoshop
    • Web Design
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