Brooke S. Cheek Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

As the Art Director at Darwill, I lead a team of skilled graphic designers, working closely with cross-functional teams that include print + digital designers, content writers, sales executives, account managers, and marketing professionals across many industries. Together, we create and execute multi-channel marketing campaigns that align with client goals.- Art Director focusing on strategically creating and/or enhancing multi-channel direct response marketing campaigns for multiple large accounts and clients.- Driven by results and industry trends—researches, analyzes, and designs data-driven campaigns to achieve ROI for each project.- Provides Art Direction and peer guidance on the strategy, design and content writing of marketing materials.- Designs, delegates, and manages multiple clients, projects, and timelines, while maintaining a positive mood and clear communication.- Brainstorms and creates marketing material and client pitch presentations for in-house marketing agency.- Reviews and maintains brand identities and relevant messaging across all projects, making on brand edits.- Designs direct marketing campaigns staying mindful of direct response best practices, equipment limitations, budgets, and public perception.- Experienced in creating multi-channel acquisition and retention campaigns for many industries with an emphasis in the Fintech, Annual Giving, Membership, and Senior Health Care space.

Greater Chicago Area

Art Director focusing on strategically creating and/or enhancing multi-channel direct response marketing campaigns for multiple large accounts and clients.- Driven by results and industry trends—researches, analyzes, and designs data-driven campaigns to achieve ROI for each project.- Provides Art Direction and peer guidance on the strategy, design and content writing of marketing materials.- Designs, delegates, and manages multiple clients, projects, and timelines, while maintaining a positive mood and clear communication.- Brainstorms and creates marketing material and client pitch presentations for in-house marketing agency.- Reviews and maintains brand identities and relevant messaging across all projects, making on brand edits.- Designs direct marketing campaigns staying mindful of direct response best practices, equipment limitations, budgets, and public perception.- Experienced in creating multi-channel acquisition and retention campaigns for many industries with an emphasis in the Fintech, Annual Giving, Membership, and Senior Health Care space.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Graphic Designer for in-house direct marketing agency, focusing on creating and enhancing campaigns for large accounts.

Greater Chicago Area

In-house Lead Designer and Project Manager January 2015-July 2015Designed from initial art concept phase for identity branding, interior displays, and signage. Created new designs for beginning brands, ensuring the identity is followed in signage and consistent with each project. Worked with CADTools to architectural specifications, scaled dimensions, and illustrating appropriate engineering and diagrams for fabrication. Illustrated architectural drawings to render signage, property floor plans, and property site maps using Adobe Illustrator.Developed branding guides and created sign guidelines for national clients. Designed presentations to potential clients using PowerPoint. Managed and coordinated on-going projects, scheduling, customer deadlines, and sign installations, and designer’s schedules. Managed invoicing using QuickBooks and communicate costs to clients Remote Graphic Designer July 2015-February 2016Contract Design work and remote Project Managing to follow through and coordinate on-going projects. Designing from initial art concept phase for identity branding, interior displays, and signage. Designed scaled renderings and detailed fabrication illustrations to scale using CADTools.

Rosemont, Il

Assisted in-house Marketing Department in completion of marketing projects. Participated in group brainstorming, and mocked-up graphics for launch of direct-to-consumer advertising campaign.Transferred existing branding elements into new info-graphics, and white paper layouts of case studies. Completed and finalized international sell sheets, hero web images, and landing web page design elements. Fine tuned product illustrations, and helped tailor branding guide.

Greater San Diego Area

• Head Graphic Designer, Production Manager, and Production Artist for fast paced design shop with in-house production.• Designed and produced signs, banners, brochures, logos, murals, event decor and vehicle graphics, including vehicle wraps. Created professional, clean, easy to use and view files.• Worked with large scale digital files and patterns to fabricate huge corporate inflatables, and corporate event graphics.• Operated and maintained three large format printers using a variety of materials.• Installation of digital media on-site, onto all substrates, trained by 3M in wrapping vehicles, and always utilizing extreme attention to detail.• Crossed trained in sales, purchasing, and marketing the company.

Arcata, California

Aided in launching in-house silk screen darkroom. Registered and exposed stencils on silk screens, head of raw material metal inventory, punched parts using machinist dies, precision silk screen on sterling silver, niobium, and gold. Assisted in photo layouts, organized volunteers for sales, and reception for jewelry manufacturer.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Major In Fine/Studio Arts, General & Minor In Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Foreign Student Conversation Partner, Creative WritingWIU Annual Juried Student Art Show 2004 3rd Place Bill.

High School Diplomna