Design: logo, brands, client work, page layout, postcards, business cards, banners, signs, product labels, menus, powerpoint presentations and more! In most cases, designing full sets, beginning with brand identity through sets of stationery, website, large corporate signage and vehicle wraps.
Art History & Art Styles: sensitive to past and future art styles and movements, as they pertain to new projects and what makes good design.
Typography: detailed considerations and review of typefaces, letter spacing and alignment for all projects.
Web: front-end UX designer with various experience in html/css, web2.0, php, mysql, javascript, jquery, cms software, joomla, constant contact, lightbox, video editing and publishing, webex, gotomeeting, google analytics, webmail, cPanel, SEO & google adwords campaign management.
Mobile: have worked with some HTML5 and CSS, and learning more. Learning OOP with Objective-C and iPhone 3-day course and ongoing self-learning of various technologies for user interface in Mac iOS SDK toolkit for iPhone / iPad.
Flash: Familiarity with flash. See a couple examples.
Email Marketing: created custom email templates with targeted messaging. Sent to various groups via CMS, server and / or Constant Contact system.
Social Media: iPhone and Android apps, youtube videos, blogs, facebook, twitter, spoke, myspace and linkedin.
Multimedia: video editing in after effects, imovie.
Images: professional level photography of food and vehicles, cropping and placement - manipulation of photos, stock image selection and managing, preparing and managing large files for print, managing files for web in psd, jpg, gif, png formats, transparent image placement for web.
Large Format Design & Printing: trained with hightened attention to detail, while large prints tend to show the smallest mistake. Operated and managed high-end printing, cutting and laminating machinery.
Event & Product Promotions: past experience with large-scale concert planning, promotions, marketing, advertising, staff management (up to 100 staff) and execution to completion.
Business Marketing: past experience within marketing departments, as Promotions Manager for print media companies, generating copy for various promotions.
Planning & Management: weekly departmental head meetings for "Digital Department", workflow management and lead design creative for other co-design associates while initiating & maintaining new company intern program. Color management with matching pms and cmyk color charts.
Client Interaction: client and employee and cross-departmental interaction and coordination. Client meetings to discuss projects and lead clients to select the best visual and backend options.
Applications used: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Maya (novice), Flash, Quark Xpress, Powerpoint, Excel, Word, TextEdit, FileMaker Pro, Various FTP clients, iChat, Various browsers and IE Tester, Custom CMS, Constant Contact, Wordpress, Joomla, JQuery, Lightbox.
Platforms: MAC primarily, but quality exposure to PC environments as well.