Matt Bruns

High end creative sales support and localization of messaging to targeted client market. This consists of document brand standards, mockups for automation, website, and IVR demo models, site layout mockup and renderings, virtual site tours, localized selling message via creative animated videos, collaboration with offshore and onshore marketing team members to support compressed timelines.

Also leading creative development and create motivating stimulus through templates, examples, and training.

Continuing diverse support of internal client needs through the Marketing, Sales, HR, and Operations departments with client facing and internal facing graphic projects.

Key accomplishments include the following:
Creating a customer service "contact us" demo website with multiple storylines, which was presented to a major global fast food company. This demo was then translated into a narrated video with animation. This helped HGS sign an extended contract of new services with the client.

Designing and producing client facing branded RFP documents, site mockup rendering, site visit signage, and production of a 3 minute video showcasing our El Paso, Texas center to a high tech consumer products company. My efforts helped secure a new contract with this company and HGS is currently helping launch and provide support for their new product in a new category.

Collaborating and planning with a small team for an internal HGS global business meeting event that consisted of over 100 top executives from HGS global locations. As with many of my projects, I found the highest quality and most cost effective means to produce posters, decorations, and other related materials. I shot video for the 3 day event and assisted with photography.

Designed and controlled all visual content consisting of collateral, master catalogs, assembly instructions, product photography, and informative websites for more than 120 items.

Build product advertising templates in various sizes for print or web placement

Code elements within each template to correlate with the content of the product website

Clients can then visit the product website and create a custom ad with their logo and contact information

Test MultiAd Creator 8 on an Intel iMac running OSX 10.5 and a PowerPC G4 running OSX 10.4

Troubleshoot discovered bugs and those reported by clients

Collaborate with Client Service Representatives on data and specifications

Construct Yellow Page ads for clients using Quark 6.5 and Adobe Illustrator CS

Modify current designs into multiple sizes and formats

Transmit finished files to phone book directory publishers for publication

Digitally enhance and color-correct stock photography using Photoshop CS2 and Dreamsuite filters

Export files for uploading to the online database

Printed proofs and prepared electronic files for customer proofing

Sent files to the print shop in a direct-to-plate workflow, executed by Apogee software

Designed graphic content and layout for athletic programs

Applied principles of design, type, use of color, and other graphic design techniques

Achieved proficiency at multitasking projects in a deadline oriented environment

Gained expertise in Velocity Oneflow software for direct-to-plate printshop workflows

Utilized Panther, Quark 6.5, Adobe Indesign 2.0, Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Illustrator 10