David Barrett Email & Phone Number

Asheville, North Carolina Area

• Creative Director for marketing department of a private medical testing laboratory, serving over 10,000 clients.• Oversee, concept, develop, manage, and implement all visual aspects of marketing and educational collateral. Includes print materials, direct mail, conference/trade show presence, multimedia, website, and video. Create work in-house or outsource required talent for job completion.• Touch all aspects of job from ignition, concept, vendor acquirement, production, fulfillment.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Freelance artwork and design services. Originally started as DawgDaze Productions in the Charlotte NC area circa 1980s.Online portfolio at krop.com/smackiepipeHave created a Facebook Fan Page with portfolio albums here:facebook.com/smackiepipe

• Designed and produced promotional work for the Citizen-Times and its subsidiary products, including display ads, flyers, posters, billboards and corporate presentations. • Layout and design of monthly, seasonal advertising tabloid publications. • Concepted, designed and produced marketing campaigns for large-budget advertisers. • Co-coordinated Macintosh Advancements within the Graphic Arts/Production division of the Citizen-Times. • Assisted in production of commercial-print work. Included tabloids, magazines, books and advertisements.

• Coordinated advancement of Macintosh graphics for The Charlotte Observer and KPC’s four subsidiary publications. Included all areas of Desktop Publishing: product research, purchasing, hardware and software setup, networking, training, design and execution of company-related graphics. • Developed and designed prototypes for potential publications. • Concepted, designed and produced all page layouts and graphic elements for weekly Charlotte-Metro area magazine (circulation of 40,000). Included directing photo shoots, editing photos and copy, and producing a weekly full color cover using computer graphics, photography and original illustrations. • Co-produced (along with editor) promotional campaigns and reader participatory contests. • Wrote entertainment previews, CD reviews, as well as a humor column.

• Began as Layout Artist designing advertising and art work for clients of The Charlotte Observer. Advanced to Computer Coordinator in early 1987. Responsible for all Macintosh aspects of department including initial training of new artists as well as continuous training of experienced artists. • Researched and prepared budget justification for new hardware and software. along with continuous maintenance of Macintoshes. • Design area of position involved preparing ad concepts and campaigns for specific Observer accounts and servicing these accounts on an ongoing basis. Included design, illustration (realistic, stylistic, and cartoon), copywriting.

Bs, Broadcasting

Study of TV and Radio Broadcasting with high concentration in audio production. Fringe activities included stage-acting, set design.

Bs, Marketing Communications - Media Advertising

Core studies included graphic design & print, copywriting, public speaking, law & ethics of journalism.