Alden Thomas Email & Phone Number

Largo, Fl, Us

Florida, United States

Digital illustratorhttp://www.electricshoebox.com

St. Petersburg, Fl

• Design motion & still graphics that are eye-catching, entertaining & informative, using industry standard design software to heighten engagement with multi-platform retail shopping channel, including live/streaming content for broadcast TV and social media.• Review graphic production requests and deliverables to ensure they support visual brand guidelines for consistency and impact.• Develop graphic templates and research processes to automate frequently used graphics to create efficiencies in the creative and content production pipeline.• Manage on-call designers by providing training and design direction.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Design still graphic support aired during live show broadcasts.

Oldsmar, Fl

• Technical proficiency in ECRS Catapult Point of Sale system for health food grocery store.• Management support for receiving, purchasing, inventory, accounting and register terminal maintenance.• Created in store signage and marketing materials.

Tampa, Fl

• 12+ years experience with warehouse shipping environment with peak volume of hundreds of outgoing domestic and international customer orders per day.• Highly experienced with various shipping methods and freight requirements, including UPS, USPS, FedEx & Dazzle shipping system.• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel & Word and Stone Edge Order Manager for managing inventory and reporting.• Exceptional accuracy when monitoring inventory counts for receiving, shipping and quarterly auditing purposes.• Efficient in communicating and negotiating with multiple vendors for comparison to obtain best cost and shipping fees.• Ability to analyze inventory for turnaround for appropriate changes to stock levels and vendor overstock returns.• Displays a professional, congenial and attentive relationship with vendor representatives and coworkers for excellent support and service.

Tampa, Fl

• Designed original motion graphics and authored video elements for DVD menus, features and trailers.• Provided cohesive design within each project to ensure brand consistency and character exposure for all products and advertising.• Contributed to content and design of official project websites; generalized & specific to series.• Communicated with international licensors to meet expectations with design approvals.• Worked with translators and editorial team to balance translation with localization to present a relatable product for American audience while maintaining integrity and respect to original source material.• Outlined and managed production schedules to meet entertainment industry standards, replication and retail release dates.• Gathered production cost quotes and monitored quality control of finished product to ensure consistency, marketability and cost effective overhead.• Coordinated with distributors and retail stores to provide efficient delivery of finished product.• Collaborated with award winning post-production & voice recording studios for additional production needs.• Provided striking header images, front page content graphics, inventory catalog images and online campaign banners to generate sales for online retail store.• Created engaging written and graphical content for weekly mass email newsletter to online customers.• Designed print advertisements for weekly local newspapers and monthly industry magazines.• Produced informative and entertaining weekly audio podcast focusing on anime industry news.• Coordinated promotional contests with vendors and procured prizes to widen exposure and excitement for products.• Provided graphics support for various needs of retail location in Tampa, FL including flyers, product catalogs, bookmarks, postcards and industry convention collateral & displays.• Applied knowledge of current popular trends and characters to stay on the edge and create enjoyable interaction with customers.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Digital Arts, Media & Interactive Web Design - Video Game Foundations

Activities and Societies: WAVE Club - Web, Arts & Visual Entertainment ClubDigital Media

Diploma, Personal Fitness Training

Personal Trainer

Computer Animation