David Piland Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

• I provide art direction and graphic design for a global commercial real estate firm. Responsible for design and production of collateral work in support of a local real estate broker sales force. Execute custom design.
• Collaborate with sales agents to establish art direction/focus, devise best-suited market strategy and drive conceptual development of various layouts to achieve sales goals.
• Designed hundreds of logos, property brochures, postcards, fliers, property offering memorandums, web campaigns, holiday promotionals, event advertisements, etc., for office and industrial properties.
• Frequently interface with sales agents to debrief project status and respond to product adjustments within short time frames.

Houston, Texas Area

• Self- managed, designed and art directed material for a boutique design firm for hundreds of clients in the oil & gas, medical, science, financial, municipal and government sectors. Executed client account service.
• Interfaced with clients to strategize solutions to weak market identities. Rebranded client images with improved brochures/ads and reinforced client market presence via frequent publications.
• Project management included scheduling, budgeting and tracking the work flow of design jobs from conceptualization to production; and maintaining frequent, varied communication and direct contact with key decision.
• Directed initial client engagement in pre-design meetings to set client market goals and brainstorm tailored strategies to deliver a product tailored to set objectives.
• Advised new clients on various design/advertising options to achieve feasible market goals within established budgets

Houston, Texas Area

Merged with a trade show exhibit venue and managed the production of and art directed/designed high-end print materials, websites, direct mail, trade show graphics, logos and identities.