Chris Roberto Email & Phone Number

▸ Award-winning design director with a comprehensive background in art direction and graphic design strategies. Consistently deliver standout design work in high-volume, deadline-driven environments. Manage design assets for print, digital/online, events, special projects and e-marketing (social media channels, e-mail). Superior understanding of how great design decisions interact with—and impact—business profitability. ▸ Entrepreneurial mindset. Excellent collaborator. Passionate about doing great work.▸ Detail-oriented project manager. Regular work encompasses assigning and managing contract creatives/photographers, consulting with editors/writers/contributors to produce compelling visual solutions for target audiences. Project areas include brand strategy and content design, magazine covers/features/departments, identity graphics, digital initiatives, short and longer-term strategies for multiple platforms.▸ Management experience: Design teams; creative and production teams. ▸ Foodservice industry: Extensive background in unique content design challenges for the restaurant industry as well as non-commercial onsite foodservice operations (colleges and universities, hospitals and business dining segments). Very familiar with food industry trends and the concept innovators and chefs in today's food and restaurant marketplace.▸ Healthcare industry: Agency experience as a lead art director for 100+ facility, multi-state healthcare account, providing comprehensive print and digital design services for marketing teams and organization stakeholders. Campaigns infused the company with fresh, new messaging that elevated brand recognition across social media, and internally through customized, facility-level marketing. Provided oversight for facility assignment photography across all 100+ sites and management of photo editing rollout for content platforms from print to newly developed website.▸ Specialties/expertise: Visual brand management, creative direction, content design & art direction, typography, publication design, identity/logo development, digital engagement, illustration, editorial process, advertising design, retail product design and manufacturing, package design, surface design, marketing & promotional concept work, digital and print production workflow, archiving/digital assets, color correction/photo editing, and Adobe CC integration.▸ Solid experience with remote workflows using Basecamp, Slack, Trello, and Google Drive to track assets and project details on large teams.

Listed skills include Art Direction, Creative Direction, Layout, Adobe Creative Suite, and 45 others.

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  Baldwin Wallace University

  Studio Art; Emphasis: Graphic Design; Communications