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About
I'm an artist and enthusiast who thoroughly enjoys the exploration of design and multimedia arts. I have worked as a freelance Graphic Artist since 2008, with a focus on branding, graphic arts and web design. I have been the Director of Marketing for a chain of Convenience stores for the past 6 and half years, creating and managing vast marketing programs with a focus on digital traffic driving ad campaigns. I also am the Creative Director of my design business Kuma Creative.
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Education
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Bachelor of Arts Graphic DesignThe Art Institute of Colorado2008
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General StudiesUniversity of Oregon2005
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General StudiesFront Range Community College2004
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Experience
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Creative Director/FounderCOAug 2008 - Present (17 years 11 months)Freelance work. Creative branding services and design consulting.
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GIGABYTE SOLUTIONS LLC.Provided conceptual designs for clients that need an upgraded image or fresh start to their company's web site. Main focus was the front end work, designing the overall aesthetics for the entire site. Assisted in marketing Gigabyte Solutions to bring in new clientele.
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L.L. BEANDeveloped an IMC plan to help advertise and promote the L.L. Bean name to a younger demographic. Through catalogs, micro sites and guerrilla marketing several teams researched and generated new designs to be compared with other mass retail markets. My team built a mock catalog (6 spreads) and promotional advertising collateral . FAST SIGNS -
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KUMA CREATIVE LLC.Complete list and portfolio of all freelance deisgn work available upon request.
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Director of MarketingSCHRADER OILSchraders Convenience stores. Create and manage all marketing and advertising campaigns. Manage a marketing team that executes the live marketing campaigns.
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Creative Director and lead designerCONTRADO INC.a consulting, marketing and non-pro t promotion company based in Arvada, Colorado. Building a sponsorship book template inside and out to serve non-pro t organizations by promoting various communities nation wide. Designing full scale game boards based o of Monopoly for communities nation wide that bene t local non-pro t organizations.
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Fabricationproduction and construction of vinyl and solvent signs, banners and decals. Perform sign installations on cars (vehicle wraps) and commercial buildings.
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Marketing/FounderFort Collins, COAug 2015 - May 2024 (8 years 9 months)Partner, founder of distributing/brokerage company. Started as a DSD delivery company and is now a brokerage firm and master distributor of Chill CBD products.
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Director of MarketingFort Collins, COMar 2013 - Jan 2021 (7 years 10 months)Coordinating all marketing campaigns, as well as designing and producing materials for company advertising. Working directly with non-profit organizations and managing all donations, grants and fundraiser activities.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@kyleschrader, member since 2012