David F. Email & Phone Number

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Auburn, Alabama Area

• Serving clients through project management including print production, art direction, design, and illustration from concept to completion. Clients include hospitality/food services, retail, real estate, sports.
• Work includes logos, menus, brochures, web graphics, illustrations, print/web ads, stationery, mural design, and books.
• Photography enhancement to improve product design.

Auburn, Alabama

• Lead creative direction through graphic design for print, web communications, and social media, strategically promoting brand awareness while increasing customer engagement and departmental outreach. Work includes.
• Redesign of collateral templates to expedite production of upcoming educational training opportunities brochures.
• Work with print and signage vendors

Auburn, Alabama

• Created visual content for social media, electronic out-of-house advertising, website, and internal video monitors.
• Designed promotional and informational material including brochures, advertisements, print and web graphics, illustrations, event programs, magazine layout, and banners.

Blairsville, GA

• Design lead for $12.4 billion full-service bank holding company, servicing over 100 locations.
• Designed cost-effective promotional materials, including newspaper/magazine/web advertisements, intranet and web graphics, out-of-house marketing, direct mail, B2B, brochures, banners, logos, illustrations, and.
• Created the look of the bank’s first footprint-wide comprehensive advertising campaign, including print ads, web ads and out-of-house boards, generating increased brand awareness and product sales.
• Negotiated print bids.
• Developed and illustrated the look of the United Express employee sales-promotion incentive game, motivating employees to be more proactive in offering products and resulting in a significant increase of banking.
• Served as videographer/editor for regional marketing presentation.

Alpharetta, GA

• Art-directed and designed magazines, books, brochures, posters, and educational kits.
• Contributed to creation and development of new products.
• Introduced and implemented archiving and organizational standards for design projects.
• Supervised and mentored 7 in-house designers and temporary design staff.
• Hired and directed freelance designers, illustrators, and photographers to successfully manage workload and increase visual diversity of products.

Nashville, TN

• Art-directed and designed teen magazines, adult educational literature, and youth and special education teaching kits.
• Developed and designed ec-essential connection leisure devotional magazine, resulting in $1.86 million annual sales.
• Supervised and art-directed freelance illustrators and photographers.
• Organized and art-directed complicated photo shoots, creating exciting and engaging new looks for products.
• Designed Open Windows, a devotional guide, yielding $6 million annually.
• Increased ethnic diversity of LifeWay’s teen photo library by organizing, managing, and art-directing photo shoots in San Antonio, TX.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

• Designed logos, brochures, newspaper/magazine ads, outdoor directional/way-finding signage, out-of-house marketing for financial, healthcare, food services, educational, and telecommunications clients.
• Performed essential role in concept and visual development.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

• Art-directed and designed advertising collateral for $3.5 million healthcare marketing and communications company.
• Assigned, directed, and approved designs.
• Served as liaison between Senior Art Director, Graphic Designers, Production Artists, and Production Coordinator.
• Illustrated projects.
• Spearheaded organization of resources, improving departmental productivity, efficiency, and quality of work.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

• Designed logos, brochures, newspaper/magazine ads, letterhead/stationery, and out-of-house marketing for national healthcare corporations, tourism, and retail sales clients.
• Served as illustrator on many projects.
• Illustrated television storyboards.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Graphic Design

Education record

Education record