My resume Professional Experience
Incite Media LLC
Privately Owned Design Firm
Freelance Visual Designer | Owner | Founder
Feb 2011-Aug 2018, June 2023-Present
- Handle diverse projects:
- Websites and UI designs
- eBooks and reports
- Infographics and data visualizaion
- Graphics for social media campaigns
- Presentations
- Printed and digital event graphics
- Emails
- Develop these projects from beginning to end, and wear many hats in addition to design; including research, copywriting, and project management.
- In addition to doing work for Enterprise and Small businesses, I have also served as a backup designer for several agencies that needed someone to help with overflow work, including Creative Dimensions, Wire Stone, and Somnio.
- Utilize Airtable, Google Sheets, Basecamp, or Jira for project tracking, and Harvest for time tracking, as well as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), and Figma for prototyping.
Highspot
Series F - SAAS - Sales Enablement Company - 900 Employees
Senior Visual Designer
Mar 2020 - June 2023
- In-house visual design team member, dividing time between website UI/UX, social media graphics, reports, events, and eBooks.
- Helped with the creation of a new Community site, which we designed and launched in under 6 months.
- Completely revamped the UX of Sales Enablement PRO’s courses pages to be more intuitive and show users’ progress.
- Created over 25 comprehensive reports, each with 20+ pages, and a multitude of charts and graphs.
- Worked on 11 large-scale events, which each required large printed signs, digital graphics for the website, programs, agendas, and more.
- Promoted to “Lead” in Highspot Community, responsible for reviewing designs created by team members.
- Tracked my work in JIRA, estimating project size, and providing status updates to partners
- Recognized for consistently delivering high-quality designs, frequently requested for projects.
- I've continued to contract with Highspot under my business, Incite Media, from June 2023-present.
Actualize Marketing
Boutique Marketing Agency, 25 Employees
Senior Graphic Designer
Aug 2018 - July 2019
- Worked as part of the design team for clients in the tech industry, producing digital assets like infographics, social media graphics, event materials, and presentations.
- Collaborated within the team of designers, gaining knowledge on the newest trends and tools.
- Came back for a short-term contracting gig in 2023, for a customer who needed to implement a major redesign before the end of the year. In that time, I worked on over 65 assets, bringing them from early design and review, to final files, in two short months. I started out as the main designer, then as other designers joined in, I art-directed their work to make sure it adhered to the brand.
Wire Stone
Marketing Agency, 250 employees, Eventually Acquired by Accenture
Graphic Designer & Producer
Jan 2005 - Feb 2011
- Specialized in HP design projects, encompassing internal sales kits, websites, collateral, videos, and mixed-media campaigns.
- Promoted to the role of "Producer," responsible for project timelines and assignments within specific campaigns, while overseeing designers and writers.
- Also became "Brand Guru" for HP projects, reviewing work done by other designers from multiple offices, to make sure they were compliant with the templates and HP brand rules.
- Welcomed fresh challenges to expand my skill set.
Education
Colorado State University
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts Concentration Graphic Design
Graduated Cum Laude
Software Skills
Expert Ability in Design Software:
Proficient In:
Other Skills
Analytical Designer
I evaluate the content, even collaborating with the writer, in order to communicate data in an attractive visual way. I have a very high attention to detail and get it right the first time.
Organized and Efficient
Taking a leadership role when needed. Creation of assets that are helpful to the whole team, such as templates and icon or illustration libraries. Dependable; always meet my deadlines.
Agency Trained
Create work for many branding styles; and absorb new brands and templates quickly. I follow design standards while not being limited by them.
Work Well Remotely
I've worked from home for about 10 years, and have developed a routine in my home office, to give work my sole focus during work hours. I do support meeting in person quarterly or twice-yearly.
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