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RssSenior Level Art Director and Graphic Designer

looking for a position that is part of the Marketing Communications' Team whose responsibility is the conceptualization and design of solutions from concept to completion and to help strengthen the visual aspects of a marketing plan. The performance emphasis should be a creative developer, planner and coordinator of multiple project tasks, that achieves high quality, reduced costs & timely completion.

Art Director

Phoenix, AZ

About Me

Industry:

Marketing & Advertising

Occupation:

Art Director

Ideal Companies:

Godaddy, CR Bard, Petsmart
 

Education level:

Bachelor

Will Relocate:

No

Location:

Phoenix, AZ

Work Experiences

10/2000 - Present

(private)

Contractor / Freelance

  • Responsible for the concept, presentation and design of annual campaigns for Homestore.com and 3 individual project divisions of Tucson Electric Power (Greenwatts, Guarantee Home and Ebill). Coz Creative Communications is a memorable company identity that was developed, registered and branded to help promote a wide range of design talents and resources to a larger client base. Coz Creative’s annual campaigns were formed, designed and managed by me as the owner. For the past 8 years my roles have varied as needed; Account Coordinator, Senior Art Director, Graphic Designer, Production Manager, Job Traffic Manager, Book Keeper and New Business Manager. The software familiar with is Illustrator, PhotoShop, Quark, MS Office, Flash, Final Cut Pro and Flexi Sign Pro. I am very knowledgeable in the mediums of print, multimedia, internet, screen printing, vinyl cutting and large format signage.

6/1996 - 10/2000

The Martz Agency

Individual Contributor

  • Responsible for the conception and design of annual campaigns for 4 of the top clients (Bucky’s & Yavapai Casinos, MCO Properties, Hancock Communities, and Southern Highlands). Accountable for the design of new business presentations, off-site setup and the operation of the multimedia presentation equipment. The Martz Agency operated with approximately 50 employees which included a design staff of 12. My duties included supervising the workflow of the Production Artist. The software used was Quark, PhotoShop, Illustrator, MS Office, Director, Sound Edit and Flash. The mediums worked with in included print, multimedia, internet and signage.

6/1995 - 6/1996

Multi Graphic Arts (MGA)

Individual Contributor

  • Responsible for the graphic design and production of marketing material and signage for community homebuilders (Avatar, Columbia Communities, Scott Homes, T.W. Lewis, Beazer Homes and Hancock Communities). MGA operated with 8 Graphic Designers at various skill levels. My role was to design and produce community sales office material from a decorators interior/exterior conceptual style board. The software used was 
Quark, PhotoShop, Illustrator and Flexi-Cut. The mediums included Screen Printing, 
Sand Blasting, Vinyl Cutting, Framing and Matting.

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