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Julia P. Ames is a seasoned graphic designer with expertise in logo design, graphic design, art direction, and layout. With a strong background in magazine design, book design, and advertising, she has worked with various clients, including the University of Idaho, Amz Design, and Etienne Dupuch Jr Publications. Julia has also honed her skills in event planning and promotion, and has experience with digital signage and online platforms. Her portfolio showcases her versatility and creativity in visual communication.

Experience

    • Marketing And Communications Assistant For Caa And Cos

  • University of Idaho
    • Moscow, Idaho, United States
    • Graphic Designer
      • Feb 2023 - Sep 2023
      • Moscow, Idaho, United States

      Working in the division of Auxiliary Services in the division of Finance at the University of Idaho, I designed collateral for a wide variety of campus clients. I designed menus for the Lookout restaurant, posters, signage and brochures for the University Vandal Golf Course, large scale banners to promote on-campus concerts, digital signage for the Kibbie Dome Stadium and the ICCU Arena and the on-campus Soda Spout shop. I designed posters for the on-campus Thomas Hammer coffee shop. Auxiliary Services also supports Housing and Residence Life for which I designed the 2023 Viewbook: https://www.uidaho.edu/student-life/housing/apply/residence-halls/viewbook

  • University of Idaho
    • Moscow, Idaho, United States
    • Web Designer & Communications Specialist
      • Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
      • Moscow, Idaho, United States

      For the Office of Technology Transfer at the University of Idaho, I re-designed the departmental pages; write and design a bi-monthly newsletter; and design flyers to promote various webinars and events.• Website design for the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT): www.uidaho.edu/research/ott• I wrote weekly communications to university faculty researchers about funding and intellectual property learning opportunities• Worked with IT to create a digital service portal/ticketing system for OTT:https://support.uidaho.edu/TDClient/40/Portal/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=789• Created concept, wrote content and designed an ongoing bi-monthly newsletter entitled, Tips & Tricks• Wrote press releases, designed fliers to promote webinars, including StartUp Stories, speaker series

  • Amz Design
    • Moscow, Idaho
    • Magazine designer, Book designer
      • Jun 2016 - May 2020
      • Moscow, Idaho

      • Investment and tourism magazines• Book design, journals, poetry• Advertising and promotions• Shakespeare in Paradise visual art director: I helped launch the inaugural Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival in Nassau, Bahamas in 2009 by designing all the promotional collateral in print and online. Since then, I have continued to art direct the poster designs, and create the program books, flyers, eblasts, brochures for each festival.• Logo design• Illustration• Event planning and promotionAs a former editorial designer for tourist and investment magazines, I design festival collateral for the Shakespeare in Paradise theatre festival, create promotional collateral for musicians and design logos for entertainment entities and educational foundations.I raise funds for the Leo Edwin Ames Arts Scholarship at the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. and promote his artistic legacy by organizing art exhibitions of his plein air paintings and promoting the books I've designed of his artwork.

    • Senior graphic designer
      • Jun 2003 - Jun 2016
      • Nassau, Bahamas

      SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER. My responsibilities at this publishing house included:• magazine and photography art direction• editorial layouts for The Bahamas Investor, the Dining & Entertainment Guide for Nassau, Cable Beachand Paradise Island, What to Do Freeport, Welcome Bahamas and the Bahamas Handbook• design of advertising, editorial inserts and retail brochures• design of editorial inserts and retail brochures• online Digipage flip-page editions of magazines for www.bahamasnet.com• checked art files submitted by advertisers• supervised and trained design staff, tracked workflow, problem-solved tech and design issues

  • John Kennedy and Associates
    • Etobicoke, Ontario Canada
    • Senior graphic designer
      • Jan 2003 - Jun 2003
      • Etobicoke, Ontario Canada

      Providing brand name hotel clients with print advertising and design/layout for various travel guides.

  • Neglia Design Inc.
    • Toronto, Canada
    • Graphic designer
      • 1997 - 2002
      • Toronto, Canada

      Designed corporate identies, corporate communications, conference and seminar collateral, websites.Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • University of Idaho
    • Moscow, Idaho, USA
    • Art director of Alumni magazine, UI Communications
      • Apr 1995 - Sep 1997
      • Moscow, Idaho, USA

      Art director of the UI Alumni magazine, the UI President's Report, various university brochures and newsletters and the design and implementataion of the UI Communications and other UI websites.

Education

  • 1982 - 1985
    Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
    Associate, Graphic Design and Illustration
  • 2013 -
    Harper Burnham, Toronto, Canada
  • 1987 - 1988
    OCAD University
    Graphic Design, 4th year course
  • 1977 - 1978
    University of Idaho
    Fine and Studio Arts

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