VisualCV

I am a Digital Production Designer for Wunderman working on the Best Buy client account. I wireframe, create digital artwork for, and work on the production of the deals.bestbuy.com weekly website. I provide production assistance on banners, emails, special premium inserts, and special projects.

Repackage/redesign news articles and special sections into a print- and frame-friendly format for individuals and companies, using Quark 8.

Updating and redesigning print, video and web collateral as part of a corporate re-branding campaign. Incorporating Flash interactive animations into user-end experiences. Work on ordering guides and sales collateral.

Work on site for Stude-Becker Advertising and Communications. Update brochures, marketing materials, advertisements and a variety of other pieces for Insurance and Medical Companies. Create flash banner ads and modify websites using Dreamweaver CS5 and Flash CS5. Create/modify concepts for sales campaigns. Updated company website and launched 12/2.

Currently freelance for Stude-Becker on website and graphic design for key clients.

Worked part-time/freelance doing production and design for Best Buy for Business. Created and modified sales sheets and pieces.

Design and manage a variety of print, video and digital media items for Schwan’s Consumer Brands. Frequently film and edit internal videos, design sales kits and external sales pieces, and specialty items. Storyboard, script, edit and provide soundtrack for videos, coordinate visual elements to create a unified brand vision. Some experience with animated videos and web design. Completed a course in Sharepoint Designer.

Film, capture and edit DV and HD video, coordinate visual elements, create motion graphics and soundtrack for video and encode in multiple formats for use on various platforms. Manage and design sales and circulation pieces for all print consumer and b2b magazines. Create web banners, buttons, emails and landing pages for various sites. Assist with special issues, media kits, interactive Flash sales pieces, editorial layouts and advertisements.  Troubleshoot technical issues. Moved video editing facilities in-house, saving employer $80,000 per year.

Create and design advertisements and special sections for clients published in the Northfield News and the Area Shopper. Paginate paper, place advertising, edit and classified content in the paper and prepare for pre-production.

Assemble manuals for publication at seminars used in the United States and Canada. Collect information, assemble into manual form; layout, edit, proofread and save files to online database.