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Versatile Art Director/Graphic Design Professional

Benjamin Facer

Seattle, WA
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    A creative and versatile design professional quickly adapting to a variety of settings with a history of success determining the specialized needs of any given situation. Strong ability to maintain the delicate balance between art and commerce to produce persuasive and compelling messages across multiple mediums and produce aesthetically pleasing and commercially viable results. Entrepreneurial, versatile and innovative leader with a natural ability to attract, train and lead teams of various strengths and skill sets. Background includes extensive design experience, interactive multimedia design, project management, editorial, internal and external communications and PR.

  • Education
    • Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS) Interactive media design
      Art Institute of Seattle
      2004 - 2007
    • Batchelor of Arts (Hons) Graphic Communication
      Bath Spa University
      1984 - 1988
    • Batchelor of Arts Englsh
      University College London
      1980 - 1984
  • Experience
    • Technical Illustrator II
      Allen Institute for Brain Science
      Seattle, WA
      Nov 2010 - Present (15 years 3 months)
      Piloted and developed pipeline process, created the color ontology and was
      lead technical illustrator for BrainSpan – three online interactive
      human brain atlases, as well as working on a 3D atlas for mouse common coordinate framework.
      Additionally, provided digital and print design materials including posters, figures and scientific illustrations for various papers and publications which included covers for Nature (September 20th, 2012) and Cell Stem Cell (Jan 5th, 2017).
    • Art Director/Partner
      Dreamhand Design Studios
      Seattle, WA
      Dec 2008 - 2017 (8 years 7 months)
      • Walked clients through end-to-end process of corporate identity development including initial brainstorming, iterative
      changes to digital and print design concepts, print services and web management
      • Wine label/packaging ideation and design
      • Designed and developed multiple web sites
      • Designed corporate identity pieces
      • Digital asset management of photography/graphics
    • Art Director
      Competition Specialties
      Sep 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year 2 months)
      • Oversaw and mentored small graphics staff
      • Managed production and design of various catalogs
      • Designed and developed Flash interactive store locator
      • Designed and developed website and online catalog
      • Designed several packaging pieces
      • Negotiation with print vendors to reduce costs by 15%
      • Digital asset management of photography/graphics files
    • Graphics Lead (contract position)
      Allen Institute for Brain Science
      2004 - 2006 (2 years)
      • Oversaw illustration of gene expressions in mouse brain via a series of annotated coronal and sagittal images
      • Lead technical illustrator for Allen Reference Atlas (ARA) - version 1
      • Designed brain atlas book layout
      • Designed and developed ARA flip book
      • Revised RGB color brain structure tree
    • Graphics Manager
      Insurance Advocates
      2002 - 2004 (2 years)
      Worked directly with company president to address agent’s informational, educational and marketing needs by overseeing and providing various design services including, designing a user-friendly web site, corporate identity for FMO division and corporate marketing communications collateral pieces
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    • Art Direction
    • Graphic Design
    • Visual Design
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