Donald Linkous
Fort Mill,SC
Summary
An Emmy award winning artist with a proven history of working under tight deadlines and managing multiple projects at the same time. When working at Media General, I was part of their HUB from the beginning and saw the good and the bad of how a HUB operates. I feel my experience can help our HUB be the best in the business.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Broadcast Designer
Cox Media Group
03.2014 - Current
- Planned and executed designs suitable for target audience, bearing cultural and social factors in mind.
- Applied knowledge of graphic design principles to create high-fidelity mockups meeting project requirements.
- Conceptualized, illustrated and created great designs under pressure from deadlines.
- Built daily news graphics and deployed within graphics layout system.
- Edited and enhanced existing artwork and graphics.
- Utilized Adobe Creative Suite to develop creative designs.
- Developed graphics and visual content for social media campaigns.
- Created artwork for promotional materials.
- Created motion graphics and still graphics for websites and applications.
- Created 3D models and animation for producer templates reporter packages.
- Created logos for various campaigns within the organization.
Graphic Designer
Media General
10.2006 - 03.2014
- Create animated and still graphics for 19 television stations from the Graphics HUB MGFX.
- Create templates for producers using their graphics system Miranda.
- Oversaw map creation and set up of templates for other designers to quickly create maps.
- Work on multiple projects at the same time while tracking deadlines across multiple time-zones.
- Collaborated with multiple designers daily.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Digital Media
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City12.2005
Associate of Science - Computer Science
Bluefield State University
Bluefield05.2003
Skills
- Animated Graphics Production
- Graphics Creation
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Digital Media Design
- Content Design
- Dependable and Cooperative
- Enterprising and Innovative
Accomplishments
- Emmy award winner
- Multiple Emmy nominations
- Multiple Best of awards from Media General for still and animated graphics
Certification
- Maya Certified
- "Blue Belt" in Chyron Training Academy
Software
- Adobe Create Suite
- Chyron Lyric
- Cinema 4D
- VizRt Maps
- Curious World Maps
- MapCreator
Timeline
Sr. Broadcast Designer
Cox Media Group
03.2014 - Current
Graphic Designer
Media General
10.2006 - 03.2014
Bachelor of Science - Digital Media
East Tennessee State University
Associate of Science - Computer Science
Bluefield State University