Ian Williams, Graphic Designer
JOB OBJECTIVE
To find a position at a company that challenges and expands my skills in a cooperative environment.
DESIGN RESPONSIBILITIES
Design from initial concepts to final production, including:- Logos
- Retail packaging, and displays
- Direct mail materials
- Instruction sheets
- Tradeshow flyers and displays
- Magazine and trade journal advertising
- Design of site navigation
- Designing the user interface
- Designing banner advertisements
- Design of interactive and non-interactive animation
- Updates and revisions the websites
- File management
- Establishing secure site access
Worked under tight product rollout, tradeshow and advertising deadlines.
Assembled and prepared materials created for delivery to printer for prepress.
EXPERIENCE
Web Designer: 8/2001 - PresentEngineering Solutions & Products Incorporated, Oceanport, New Jersey
As a freelance web designer I was responsible for creating a website to support ESP Corp's corporate identity online. Following a meeting with company officers to discuss their needs and concepts. I developed the site using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Live Motion and Adobe Photoshop including design of the user interface to match existing ESP Corp promotional materials, matching interactive animation and secure access to employee-only areas of the site.
Graphic Designer 7/1999 Present
Dragon Magic, Akron, Ohio
As a freelance graphic designer, I was asked to design advertising and online materials for Dragon Magic Online and Retail Stores. My responsibilities included the designs for: logos, store signs, promotional flyers, web icons and web advertising banners that I designed using Adobe Illustrator, Quark Express and Adobe Photoshop.
Graphic Designer 12/1997 - 8/2001
The Media Group/Dura Lube Corp, Stamford, Connecticut
As lead graphic designer, I was responsible for meeting management requests to design materials for The Media Group's wide range of product lines. My responsibilities included design from initial concepts to final production and advertising. This covered a broad spectrum of assignments including: logos, retail packaging and store displays, direct mail material, magazine and trade journal advertising, instruction sheets, trade show flyers and displays that were designed using Adobe Illustrator, Quark Express and Adobe Photoshop.
In addition I was also responsible for the design and maintenance of The Media Group's e-commerce websites. Using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Page Mill, Microsoft Front Page, I implemented the overall design of the site, user interface, site organization and navigation, I also maintained and revised the site to match current advertising and product offerings.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Expert:- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Quark Express
- Adobe Page Mill
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- HTML/CSS
- Adobe Go Live
- Adobe Live Motion
- Microsoft Front Page
- Mac OSX/Mi crosoft XP
ART SKILLS
- Conventional Drawing Media
- Photography and Video
- Pre Press and Printing
URLs
Engineering Solutions & Products Incorporated Company Website: http://www.espcorp.orgLogo Design and Banner Advertising for Dragon Magic Online store: http://www.dragonmagicstore.com
EDUCATION
6/2000 Pace University Workshops in Basic and Advanced HTML and FrontPage8/1997 Western Connecticut State University Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Arts
6/1997 Rochester Institute of Technology classes in Adobe Photoshop and Premiere
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
11/1980 - 8/1997 Eagle Scout and Asst. Scoutmaster with Troop 8, Brookfield CTADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Online Design Portfolio available here.E-Mail Me for refrences or portfolio copies