JJ BLAU
St. Pete Beach
Summary
Creative design professional with strong background in graphic arts and expert abilities in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Collaborate effectively with customers, consistently meeting project targets and exceeding expectations. History of developing innovative and fresh graphics, marketing layouts, and company branding imagery.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Video Creator
98 Buck Social
01.2024 - Current
- Executed highly engaging videos, images and copy
- Developed engaging social media content for various platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
- Analyzed competitors' social media presence to identify opportunities for growth or improvement
Website Designer
Creative Sports
03.2022 - Current
- Attracted users to websites with professional, user-friendly designs
- Designed, tested and debugged applications from foundation to full production
- Conducted regular website maintenance, updates, and backups
Graphic Designer
Creative Sports
03.2022 - Current
- Delivered projects with creativity, speed and accuracy, utilizing exceptional layout and design skills
- Prepared final print-ready image files to send to production
- Helped organize file structure of web content files, imagery and multimedia assets
- Collaborated with marketing team on developing strategy, creative concepts and designs for marketing projects
Graphic Designer
Logo HQ
01.2018 - 03.2022
- Prepared files for print production following proper pre-press procedures
- Created and separated designs into t-shirt ready print files, as well as physically printing and packing
- Created Print ready files for promotional based products
- I was involved in every step of both the promotional product sales and custom t-shirt printing sides of the business including sales, design, production, and shipping
Production Artist
RPM Advertising
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Retouched photos and performed color corrections as needed
- Assisted in developing corporate branding guidelines to maintain visual identity across all platforms
- Prepared files for print production following proper pre-press procedures
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Architecture
University of Illinois
Champaign, Illinois05.2015
Skills
- Graphic Design
- Website Design
- Marketing media
- Print Design
- Video Editing
- Image Editing
- Adobe Photoshop skills
- Adobe Illustrator skills
Current Website and Portfolio
https://creativesports.com/
https://jeblaujr.wixsite.com/portfolio
Timeline
Video Creator
98 Buck Social
01.2024 - Current
Website Designer
Creative Sports
03.2022 - Current
Graphic Designer
Creative Sports
03.2022 - Current
Graphic Designer
Logo HQ
01.2018 - 03.2022
Production Artist
RPM Advertising
01.2016 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Architecture
University of Illinois
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