GRAPHIC DESIGN // BRANDING // ADVERTISING // MARKETING // COMMUNICATIONS

SUMMARY: A seasoned art management and senior graphics design professional with a diverse background in the corporate and agency sectors seeks a dynamic career opportunity allowing for growth and collaboration to improve an organization’s appearance inside and outside the company.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Logo & Identity Creation // Branding & Re-branding // Marketing & Advertising // Corporate Communications
Event Marketing // Business to Business (B2B) // Business to Consumer (B2C) // Photojournalism // Trade Shows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Larson Binkley, Inc. 2005 – Present
Art Director & Brand Manager Overland Park, KS

Established a corporate identity and branded the organization and art direction for materials used for the sales team, human resources department, and overall nationwide corporate communications.

Engaged in re-branding efforts to improve corporate recognition in internal and external channels.

Performed project management activities for trade shows, across the marketing function in areas such as booth coordination, advertising, collateral development, and giveaways.

Created a collateral development program, managed logo requests, performed photography duties, and collaborated with the sales team for branded information being shared outside of Larson Binkley.

H&R Block World Headquarters 2002 – 2005
Senior Graphic Designer Kansas City, MO

Produced retail collateral for 17 regions (10,000 offices) serving over 20M clients and 140,000 seasonal employees.

Designed collateral packets for account holders and collaborated with the publisher for layout and graphics utilized in the book series sold across all major retail outlets.

Created press release documents placed on the company website and various media outlets for easy information downloads for current tax seasons.

For 57 strategic partners, launched various communication vehicles to improve strategic partnership programs and collaborated with outside agencies for the completion of Annual Reports for SEC filing deadlines.

Black & Veatch World Headquarters 1998 – 2001
Graphic Designer II & III Overland Park, KS

Developed art materials used for college recruitment programs to inform applicants about the company within the Corporate Career Development Program, shared with over 9,000 employees.

Created a trade magazine advertising campaign to bolster corporation awareness.

Controlled projects, overseeing a campaign to attract clients in Thailand and led the process across brochure design, writer management, and print production.

Utilized strong photography skills when creating and directing photo shoots, gaining the best shots to be used in various collateral and documents.

The Marketing Consortium 1997 – 1998
Graphic Designer Prairie Village, KS

Branded a corporate identity and formulated logos, letterhead, envelopes, and business cards.

Collaborated with Art Director in the creation of monthly alumni magazines and hospital newsletters.

Internships:

Spring North Supply, New Century, KS

Developed new artwork and banners for an internal annual sales award meeting and performed various print duties including: typesetting, page layout, and image creation for printing.

University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City,MO

Created athletics media guides and performed tasks including: typesetting, page layouts, camera-ready and electronic materials for printing, photo scanning and image manipulation.

EDUCATION

Johnson County Community College, Associates of Arts – Communication Design

University of Kansas – Liberal Arts & Sciences

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software:

Adobe InDesign // Adobe Photoshop // Adobe Illustrator // Adobe Acrobat // Adobe Dreamweaver // Adobe Flash
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) // WordPress // Sketchup // QuarkXPress

Platforms:

Macintosh (OS X) and PC Windows platforms

MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Print Development // Web Design // Newsletter // Banner // Kiosk // Promo Products // Collateral
Trade Show // Interactive Design // Outdoor // Video Social Media // Brochures // TV & Radio

AWARDS

ICE (Independent Creative Excellence) Awards – The Freelance Exchange, Kansas City
2010 – Silver – Logo
2008 – Gold – Advertisement
2007 – Silver – Advertisement
2007 – Silver – Brochure

Stora Enso – What Teams Can Do
2003 – 2004 – Design and Printing Excellence Achieved Through Teamwork – Finalist
H&R Block Financial Advisors Benefits Calendar

H&R Block Associate Appreciation Award
2002, 2004, 2005 – Awarded for exceeding expectations daily.

H&R Block Outstanding Achievement Award
2003 – Quarterly award in recognition of impressive achievement far exceeding expectations.