Barry Rush Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia

Highly effective at designing creative solutions for team of 10 communication specialists.• Successfully multi-task to design high-quality assets for a variety of platforms including email blasts, front-end of internal micro websites, printed materials, internal corporate branding and more.• Adhere to Delta business strategies and communication objectives.• Ensure creative alignment to Delta brand guidelines.• Manage outside production vendors for both print materials and web.• Develop and design for web using Dreamweaver, SharePoint, and IBM Acoustic.• Confidently present, explain, and justify creative direction in design reviews.

Greater Atlanta Area

Awarded long-term contracts for creative and production services.Dependable creative director to various corporations and design agencies. Hands on project manager, designer and producer for a wide spectrum of deliverables including websites, branding, print collateral, brochures, catalogs, ads, presentations, P.O.S., trade show booth graphics, product displays, billboards, product and consumer packaging. Select contracts include: Q4 2013 Production Manager for full-service advertising agency Morton, Vardeman & Carlson 2007 – 2013 Art Director and Developer for The Coca-Cola Company as expert in Design Machine 2008 – 2011 Production Artist for daily newspaper and Program Books for the annual NCVS Conference 2006 – 2008 Designer and Production Artist for R.R. Donnelley Q2 – Q4 2006 Packaging Designer for Angle & Moll, Inc. 2003 – 2006 Newsletter Designer for Project Center client The Home Depot 2000 – 2005 Graphic Designer for Afterburner, Inc.

Greater Atlanta Area

Earned promotion to lead the Production Department. Supervised 12 production artists and three proofreaders over three shifts.Hands-on management style. Worked concurrently with production and design studio teams to produce a wide spectrum of creative projects for various clients including IBM, The Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific and The Coca-Cola Company. Responsibilities included leadership, layout, creating art and logos, typography, creative photo retouching, photo color correction, film output and pre-press.• Established processes and managed operations workflow between cross- functional teams of sales, project coordinators, design studio and production.• Researched innovation and implemented new software and equipment.• Supported sales team with quotes, budgeting and invoicing.• Supervised press checks for quality assurance.• Contributed in writing and developing brand standards for clients.• Reliable customer-facing Project Manager.