Years plus, professional experience
Lori Garcia
Evergreen,CO
Summary
Deadline-driven Graphic Designer focused on overseeing projects from concept through final delivery. Successfully creates engaging and on-brand graphics for a variety of media by producing visual concepts to communicate ideas that inspire, inform and captivate consumers. Resourceful and hardworking with vendor sourcing expertise and empowering leadership skills illustrated over 15 years of industry success.
Overview
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Work History
Graphic Designer
TLC Unlimited
03.2008 - Current
- Collaborated with clients, marketing directors, tech teams to gather and define requirements, establish scopes and managing project milestones
- Designed print, digital, and websites across multiple platforms
- Applied knowledge of following brand guidelines
- Employed design fundamentals when selecting typography, composition, color theory, and layout in design work
- Designed creative print and digital campaigns used in advertising smaller businesses (1-5 people), and larger companies (6-20+ people)
- Applied creative expertise to marketing materials, sales collateral to support sales/marketing brand strategies
- Built corporate brands by designing cohesive looks between elements such as logos, letterheads, and advertising collateral
- Developed creative multi-page publication designs for proposals magazines (editorial layout), annual reports, brochures, catalogs, manuals and books to create print files, interactive PDFs and E-pubs.
- Created digital image files for use in social media, digital advertising, motion graphics and traditional printing methods
- Distill complex concepts into easy to understand visual solutions
- Leveraged resources and stretched boundaries to exceed client expectations
Graphic Designer
Gearbox Creative
01.2000 - 03.2008
- Developed creative designs for print and digital materials, brochures, banners and signage
- Designed website layouts, templates and unique branded looks
- Applied knowledge of production to create high-quality print files
- Created broad range of work using various design techniques
- Created concepts and collaborated with design team to complete projects
- Worked on design, marketing, directors of teams of 4+ people
Education
Associate of Arts Degree - Design and Visual Communications
Colorado Institute of Art
10.2000
Adobe Creative Conference -
Convention Center
Denver, CO2016
Certified App Developer -
Quark Express
Denver, CO2015
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Acrobat
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- CMS Websites
- Comfortable working on a team or independently
- 10 years working remotely
- Excellent time-management skills and communication
- Deadline and detail oriented
Timeline
Graphic Designer
TLC Unlimited
03.2008 - Current
Graphic Designer
Gearbox Creative
01.2000 - 03.2008
Associate of Arts Degree - Design and Visual Communications
Colorado Institute of Art
Adobe Creative Conference -
Convention Center
Certified App Developer -
Quark Express
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