EXPERIENCe Xxxx

SR. DIGITAL SPECIALIST / INTERACTIVE LEAD
Geometry Global (2008-present) (formerly JWT Action and Malone Advertising)
Involvement on both the Account Service side and as a Senior Art Director for many of Geometry’s clients. Primary responsibilities: brand development, building website traffic growth with strong SEO; designing website/mobile UI (user interface) with strong ROI; developing strong brand strategy and systems for shopper marketing programs; leading all the digital rebranding of Goodyear Engineered Products to Continental ContiTech; working with major clients including ContiTech, Veyance Technologies, Inc. MFG of Goodyear Engineered Products, John Deere, Nestlé, KCC, BRP, Sherwin-Williams, ExxonMobil, Efco, Firestone Building Products, ITT, HSBC, Nokia, and Internal Programs.

ART DIRECTOR
SmileyHanchulak Marketing Communications (1998-2008)
Promoted to Art Director after serving as Senior Interactive Designer and Graphic Designer; led design projects featuring packaging, brochures, print ads, product catalogs, websites, flash animation, identity systems, store display systems, billboards, truck art, and other multimedia; managed client accounts from conception to final product launch; worked with major clients including Smith Dairy, Parker, GED, Austin Powder, Evenflo, Gentek and Revere Building Products, Allside, American Greetings, General Electric, TDK, Lexar, and Electro Voice.

INSTRUCTOR
The University of Akron (2001, Spring Semester)
Taught Quark, Freehand, and Photoshop course for Mary Schiller Myers School of Art; developed class curriculum; aided students in individual project design and the proper use of application style sheets, color management, and other tools; instructed students on preparing documents for final art; demonstrated what commercial printers receive from designers; performed mid-term and final assessment.

COMPUTER LAB ASSISTANT
The University of Akron (1997-1998)
Oversaw five different computer labs and assisted students with questions ranging from applications to system software.

EDUCATION:
The University of Akron
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Graphic Design
Minors: Drawing and Computer Imaging

COMPUTER SKILLS:
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Constant Contact

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HONORS:

Addy Awards, ContiTech Little Black Book & Synchrochain Eblast Campaign, Advertising Federation of Greater Akron, 2016.

Addy Awards, ContiTech Ability Ad

Campaign, Ability Microsite & Phoenix

Microsite, Advertising Federation of

Greater Akron, 2015.

Addy Awards, Interlock Interactive,

Advertising Federation of Greater Akron,

2006.

International Dairy Award, Best New

Product Design, Smith Dairy Eggnog

and Cappuccino Twister,

2002-2003.

Addy Awards, Smith Dairy Eggnog,

Advertising Federation of Greater Akron,

1999-2004.

Addy Award, Theater Poster,

Collateral Material, Advertising

Federation of Greater Akron, 1998.

Addy Award, Cascade Locks Proposal

Book, Collateral Material, Advertising

Federation of Greater Akron, 1998.

Regional Winner for the Annual

Packaging Design Competition, both

the folding carton design and rigid

box categories, National Paper Box

Association, 1997.

Scholarship in the Annual School of

Art Competition, The University of Akron,

1994.

Awarded Army Achievement Medal,

Fort Polk, LA, 1992.

Awarded Army Achievement Medal,

Camp Giant, South Korea, 1992.