Betsy Widmark Holt

Graphic Designer

Sachse, TX

joyofmarketing.com

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Howdy. I'm Betsy, a creative that thrives on a good design challenge. My passion is building beautiful, successful brands that are simple, powerful and stand out. I specialize in print design, logo design, branding, web design, and illustration. I love the creative process of taking a black and white idea and transforming it into a meticulously and beautifully executed piece of art.

Graduate of University of North Texas, May 2009 | BFA Communication Design; Minor: English, Creative Writing

Have experience working through design problems starting with written research, thumbnail sketches, full sized layouts, color variation and final comps for identity systems, publications, posters, websites, web related designs and advertisements.

Proficient: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, Fireworks, Microsoft Office Suite, Dreamweaver.

Working knowledge: Adobe After Effects, Tower, HTML, CSS.
Education
- BFA Communication Design Design
  
  University of North Texas
  
  2004 - 2009
Experience
- Graphic Designer
  
  Joy of Marketing
  
  Springfield, IL
  
  Jul 2009 - Jun 2014 (4 years 11 months)
  
  In-house, do-it-all graphic designer and branding specialist. Single handedly built their in-house brand from the ground up taking it from a primarily print based brand to a powerful online presence.
  
  Experience sketching concepts and taking them to final finished online or print pieces. Work directly & efficiently with printers, vendors and contractors to get the job done. Oversee/manage all print productions from original concept to finished printed product. Illustration experience through creation of infographics and icons as well as other supporting graphics for web.
  
  Self taught in HTML and CSS simple web coding/development and CMS applications such as Drupal and Wordpress. Over see brand compliance for all web/online instances.
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