Experience

 

Web & Graphic Designer

Freelance / Contractor

2005 – Present (15 years)

• Produced graphic art and web advertisements for the mass marketing of events, businesses, and services using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Animate.
• Created Art pieces and illustrations for books, clothing, and home decor.
• Designed business cards for formal introduction and strategic marketing.
• Created logotypes and ideograms to represent a company’s brand and public events.
• Produced original freehand vector icons and illustrations with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop using the Wacom Intuos Tablet and iPad Procreate.

Front-End Web Developer

Ballard Designs

November 2017 - February 2019 (1 year 4 months) Atlanta

• Front-end web developer, handling the day-to-day maintenance of BallardDesigns.com, such as, homepage banner & promo updates, website bug fixes, and the creation of brand new pages on the site.
• Managed and updated Ballard Design's SVN, maintaining current and historical versions of files such as source code, images, web pages, and documentation.
• Knowledge sets include: cascading style sheets, CSS, DHTML, html dhtml, JavaScript, style sheets, web development, website accessibility protocol.

Web & Graphic Designer

YP / YP Marketing Solutions

July 2013 – September 2016 (3 years 3 months) Greater Atlanta Area

• Executed designs for online advertising such as Flash and static banners, websites, landing pages, and other graphics for national and local clients using commercial and proprietary software in a fast-paced environment.
• Created designs, concepts and mock-ups based on knowledge of layout principles, aesthetic design concepts and SEO friendly websites using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, and the Webs Planet platform.
• Researched client websites, received artwork, and used designer discretion to incorporate the client’s name, logo and color scheme to design effective internet advertising.
• Effectively presented ideas, both verbally and visually, to clients, management and peers. Problem-solved design and operational challenges to create compelling advertising within a fast cycle time.

Education