Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Life Philosophy
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Software Knowledge
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Taylor Sterry

Taylor Sterry

Huntington,USA

Summary

Creative Graphic Designer with talent for developing unique custom artwork. Innovative approach to ideas and concept development. Offering 5 years of expertise overseeing individual projects and brand development.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Graphic Designer/Marketing Specialist

a4 Media
01.2022 - Current
  • Designed and developed a company wide re-brand with custom imagery, messaging and a fresh color palette
  • Delivered wide variety of art and creatives: display ads, printed materials, website assets
  • Designed and developed new company website
  • Supported social media content and creatives.
  • Improved website lead traffic by ~20% with new website launch
  • Conducted usability testing using Google analytics to optimize how users engage with the site
  • Worked with two internal product teams to develop their branding, messaging and online presence
  • Doing double duty as marketing specialist and overseeing product development ignited a passion for Product Management

Graphic Designer/Digital Illustrator/Visual Designer

Freelance
01.2014 - Current
  • Began taking digital artwork requests for clients as a hobby and passion
  • Became proficient with the Adobe Suite including Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop, shifted to logo creation, graphics and overall branding
  • Expanded into website consultation; taking cookie cutter website builders and making them entirely customized, unique and on-brand
  • Customizing website and product templates led to a unique insight into how products were built, used and maintained
  • Interest in Product Design and Development led to next career step at a4 media

Design Intern

Bullhorn Creative
01.2016 - 03.2016
  • Assisted in research development for client branding.
  • Performed photo and video color correction tasks to facilitate pre-production graphics wrap-up work.
  • Participated in performance improvement activities or meetings and recommended actions to improve results.
  • Created product, website and infographic illustrations to enhance company brand and promote cohesive marketing strategy
  • Knowledge of the inner workings of an ad agency gave the confidence to become a freelancer

Education

B.F.A in Studio Art -

University of Kentucky, College of Fine Arts
05.2014

Skills

  • Product Design
  • Website Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Corporate Branding
  • Wireframing and Prototype Design
  • User Interface (UI) Design
  • Branding Strategies
  • Product Management

Life Philosophy

"Nature is a haunted house- but Art- is a house that tries to be haunted" - Emily Dickinson

Software Knowledge

  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Figma
  • Procreate
  • Microsoft Office Suite

Timeline

Graphic Designer/Marketing Specialist

a4 Media
01.2022 - Current

Design Intern

Bullhorn Creative
01.2016 - 03.2016

Graphic Designer/Digital Illustrator/Visual Designer

Freelance
01.2014 - Current

B.F.A in Studio Art -

University of Kentucky, College of Fine Arts
Taylor Sterry