Experience

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  Aquent Studios

  • Design Operations Lead

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  Aquent

  • Boise, Idaho Area

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Apr 2009 - Present
    • Boise, Idaho Area

    At Aquent I am responsible for art direction and creating and finalizing print ready graphics for Fortune 100 companies. Clients that I work with include a large aerospace engineering company, Aon, Aquent (internal), BoozAllen, Dell, ExxonMobil, HP, Merck, MetLife and Rockwell. For these companies I have worked on manuals, brochures, sell sheets, PowerPoint presentations, ads, folders with complex die lines, and more.

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  (self employed)

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • Oct 2008 - Sep 2020

    As a freelance designer, I create print materials for local organizations. Currently I work with the Treasure Valley YMCA creating program guides, posters, ads and more and am helping them update their look to the new national YMCA branding standards. I have also worked with the Special Olympics and the Cascade (ID) Chamber of Commerce.

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  Stevens-Henager College

  • Adjunct Instructor

    • May 2009 - Dec 2012

    I worked as an Adjunct Instructor in the accelerated Graphic Design program at Stevens-Henager College. In this program I taught students how to use the Adobe CS5 suite and lectured about the theories and practice of graphic design. Classes I taught included Graphic Design I & II, Typography, Print Production and Color Theory, Advertising Design, Logo Design and more.

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  Oliver Russell

  • Production Coordinator/Final Production Artist

    • Jul 2007 - Sep 2008

    My main jobs as the Production Coordinator were to receive bids from local and national printers, give estimates to the account team and press check all printed pieces. In this role, I was also responsible for coordinating the printing and set up of trade show displays. As the Final Production Artist I made sure all print files were ready to be produced. Generally, each job required me to rework CS3 Illustrator and Photoshop and InDesign or Quark files into a format that was color and resolution ready for high quality printing. Files included, but was not limited to, direct mail, posters and floor mats.

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  Albertsons

  • Creative Graphics Coordinator

    • May 2006 - Jul 2007

    In this position I met with clients and defined their needs, assigned jobs, approved art and presented solutions to our customers. I also communicated print specifications to the Albertsons Print Procurement Group calling out color, size, substrate, quantity, distribution and any special requirements for signs, window clings and more.

  • Graphic Design Specialist

    • Jul 2004 - May 2006

    I created printed signs, window clings, floor graphics, labels, brochures and more for in-store and corporate programs, following the defined look. I also managed the forms server that was sent to marketing when Albertsons Printing and Supply closed. I either typeset the forms that were needed or wrote POs and farmed them out and set expectations for due dates.