Debbie Buchan

Design + Art Director at Freelance, Self Employed
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(386) 825-5501
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Hoboken, New Jersey, United States, JE

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Jennifer Page

Debbie is a thoughtful and meticulous art director and designer. Because she has that dual brain for both the conceptual and the minutiae, our work together was as creative as it was sturdy in its meaning and details. She was able to wear many hats and created everything from logos to traditional ads to short-form social content. One of my favorite things about working with Debbie was her willingness to take an idea, a design, a storyline…anything we were working, as far as it could go. I readily recommend her as a designer, art director, and overall creative thinker.

Evelyn Neill

Debbie is both a designer and an art director and she's very talented at both. If you've hired or managed creative people, you know how rare it is to find that killer combination who can handle everything from an identity system and graphic standards to social content films. She's super diligent and buttons down the details. Lastly, having grown up in a smaller shop, she has been able to work in a vertically integrated system where there weren't big expertise silos. So she's a very valuable holistic thinker.

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Software Development
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Design + Art Director
      • Jan 2019 - Present

      Working/ed with: - Organic [Union Bank, El Pollo Loco] - Prophet [Equitable, MMR, Thrivent, Chick-Fil-A, Home Depot] - Barbarian [New Biz] - Hero Collective [J&J] - DiMassimo Goldstein [PenFed] - Mustache [Intuit/QuickBooks, C-Spire, J&J] - Moving Brands [N-Able, Resolve, Go-To] - Bonfire Labs [Motorola, Vertex, Tipping Point, Rarible, Bitwise, LanzaTech] - FCB NY [Florida Blue] - Doremus [Co-Star, Shell, New Biz] - Additive Agency [Mount Sinai] - MRM [Lysol, AirWick, d-CON] - Howard Hughes Design Studio [Merriweather District] Show less

    • United States
    • Consumer Goods
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Art Director
      • Sep 2018 - Jan 2019

      Designed all media assets (website, email, social) for multiple sale campaigns Conceptualized, designed, crafted, and installed inaugural experience center holiday windows Explored new ways to design and execute the Company’s packaging experience Designed all media assets (website, email, social) for multiple sale campaigns Conceptualized, designed, crafted, and installed inaugural experience center holiday windows Explored new ways to design and execute the Company’s packaging experience

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Designer + Art Director
      • May 2014 - Sep 2018

      Built brands through challenging identity work including: creative concepts, brand identity guidelines, logos, brand/corporate videos, campaigns, etc.Creative development of complex messaging, while providing multiple solutions for both clients and new business opportunitiesElevated design and art direction out of the traditional B2B space and allowed it to feel connected and contemporaryCollaborated with clients to ensure the work is strategic, visually stimulating and powerfulExplored and designed compelling typographic, illustrative and bold solutions across many mediumsMentored junior designers in color theory, logo design, page layout and video editing processesBrought trending ideas and technologies to Doremus by leading the Company in its first stop-motion and 3D printed ventures Heavy hands-on involvement of production work for clients’ social media needs with a focus on photography, stop-motion animation and infographic design Show less

    • Studio Artist + Designer
      • Oct 2011 - May 2014

      DESIGN + ART DIRECTION:Concepted, storyboarded, built and designed props and produced short stop-motion films for clients’ social media channelsBuilt an in-house stop-motion production studio to make social media films and GIFs, which ultimately created a new revenue stream for Doremus.Developed the rebrand for the agency working closely with the Director of the Design Studio and Executive Creative DirectorUtilized multidisciplinary design skills, taking on a breadth of print and digital assignments Liaised with the New Business team on pitches, which included creating presentation decks and developing a full 360 storyDesigned complex layouts, conducted photography research and oversaw retouching for campaign and collateral pieces PRODUCTION:Demonstrated photography, videography, large format printing, print comp mock-ups, and retouching skills With great detail produced print and digital production files for complete media rotation Show less

    • United States
    • Design Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Design Assistant
      • Jul 2011 - Oct 2011

      Supported art directors with typesetting, publication design, logo design, mock-ups, photoshoot prep, retouching, etc Took on the role of project management and prepared files for client review Updated company’s website and helped with other administrative tasks in the studio Supported art directors with typesetting, publication design, logo design, mock-ups, photoshoot prep, retouching, etc Took on the role of project management and prepared files for client review Updated company’s website and helped with other administrative tasks in the studio

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Graphic Design + Editorial Intern
      • Mar 2011 - Jul 2011

      Worked closely with the creative director to design and produce strong, thought-provoking editorial layouts and visuals Worked closely with the creative director to design and produce strong, thought-provoking editorial layouts and visuals

    • United States
    • Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Graphic Designer + Copywriter
      • Jun 2009 - Nov 2010

      Designed effective imagery for posters, trade shows, presentations, advertisements, etc.Heavy involvement in the writing and development of internal and external company announcementsWorked closely with photographer to produce a catalog of product images and illustrations

    • Marketing Communications Consultant
      • Feb 2006 - Jun 2009

      - Executed Company’s Annual and Regional International Sales conferences from concept to completion- Lead team player for all press related actitivites in the United States- Regularly performed content updates to the Company’s corporate webstite, extranet and intranet

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Display Intern
      • Jun 2010 - Sep 2010

      Upheld the overall aesthetic of the store through challenging projects from beginning to end Responsibilities included building, creating and styling window and store displays Participated in regional store display workshops to help unify the goals of the company’s look in the NY/NJ region Upheld the overall aesthetic of the store through challenging projects from beginning to end Responsibilities included building, creating and styling window and store displays Participated in regional store display workshops to help unify the goals of the company’s look in the NY/NJ region

Education

  • Parsons School of Design - The New School
    AAS, Graphic Design
    2008 - 2010
  • Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
    Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Marketing
    2001 - 2005

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