Blair Reed Email & Phone Number

Temple, Tx

Create digital artwork for fabrication within outside agencies, customers, and global arenas. Effectively communicate and present ideas about the project with both the customer and fellow team members. Work collaboratively with customers and sales representatives to produce final design. Having a strong ability to identify color and any color subtleties that may appear in a project. Strong capability to communicate with many different agencies engaged all in one project, and a strong ability to keep everyone well informed and organized. • Pre-press coordination including pre-flighting, and proofing of large vector and raster images for laminate production.• Pre-flighting raster and vector artwork to verify it is correctly prepared to be printed and produced into laminate.• Coordinating with contractors, sub-contractors, general contractors, architects, interior design firms, graphic design firms, ad agencies, fabricators, and end users to successfully execute projects.• Creating digital layouts with enumerated measurements to aid in fabrication process once the laminate is produced.• Meeting scheduled graphic deadlines.• Color matching Wilsonart’s Spectrum Alteration structures to customer requested pantones and paint colors.• Communicating with customers and clients regularly to provide design updates, project updates, and clarifications regarding the Wilsonart custom laminate process.• Utilizing Photoshop and Illustrator to seamlessly integrate customer and client logos onto requested laminate backgrounds.• Working directly with the Smartsheet interface to organize and manage all assigned projects.• Brainstorming and executing solutions to long standing digital printing limitations. (This included the creation of True Tones – a digitally printed, color customizable, optical solid.)• Coordinating closely with Wilsonart’s digital print team to monitor color, identify printing defects, and identify color shifts.

Killeen/Temple, Texas Area

Maintained Billboards, Facebook Ads, and all graphic materials for clients. Maintained website updates for clients. Presented finalized graphic ideas to clients and manager. Worked as part of a team with Illustrators, designers, photographers, and web developers. Managed design, copywriting, photography, and production of client work. Developed print and digital material for client products, branding, websites, and other media. Managed simple website development jobs.• Successfully coordinated graphic design projects from concept through completion.• Collaborated within a small team of a designers to produce all marketing collateral for various companies and corporations.• Designed and produced print and digital marketing materials such as brochures, catalogs, advertisements, e-mail blasts, websites, social media campaigns, business cards, letterheads, logos, trade-show materials, packaging, and vinyl wraps.• Created logos, altered existing logos, and translated raster graphics into vector.• Designed and submitted concepts for outdoor signage and billboards.• Developed graphics and layouts for product illustrations and websites.• Determined size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy.• Met with clients to determine marketing and design vision, scope of work, and deliverable timeframes.• Collaborated with back end web development to execute website designs for corporations.• Utilized knowledge of UI/UX design to implement front-end and back-end website design as envisioned by the client and their brand.• Paginated four-color and black and white layouts prior to publication and submission to printer.• Shot and coordinated photography shoots for company brands.• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of Adobe Suite projects such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Lightroom.

Waco, Texas Area

Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas Area

This job was heavily focused on assisting customers with the emphasis of total and exemplary sales service. It helped me understand the nuances of salesmanship and gave me the confidence to explain the products efficiently and accurately to the customer.

Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas Area

I learned a lot of organization during my time at Forever 21. Our store in particular was always in disarray at the end of the day, and one of my duties was to reorganize the store for the next day. This job also taught me a lot of patience and focus - it was important to hang the clothes in the correct area.

Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas Area