Dustin Smith Email & Phone Number

Greater Salt Lake City Area

* Create graphics for qualification, proposal, and presentation activities.* Work with technical staff to develop graphic proposal and presentation elements.* Manage collateral materials development, public relations and advertising programs, corporate identity development and implementation, special events and direct-mail programs.* Establish programs to accomplish marketing-related aspects of the corporate mission.* Assist with marketing budget development.* Assist with marketing plan development.* Manage project signage program.* Mentor marketing staff on graphic and presentation software.* Make commitments on behalf of firm only under previously established guidelines.* Assist social media efforts.* Creative direct, manage and maintain company website.

Salt Lake City, Utah

* Design and produce drawings, from initial concept through to design development. * Meet with clients and sales associates to present and review designs.* Establish procedures relating to the Design Department and to ensure that these procedures are followed, i.e. regular meetings, quality checks, monitoring workflow, mentoring staff, etc.* Assist in the scheduling of all design projects, to ensure even workflow in the department and to monitor the time spent on any given project, thus ensuring the highest possible profitability.* Organize, file and search for appropriate information on each project before distributing to design staff.* Track job revisions, jobs completed, amount of jobs designed that sell, etc.* Manage and monitor staff performance to ensure that high standards are kept both personally and by design team and design deadlines and expectations are met.* Work with internal teams to generate ideas for pitching and proposals and advises and keeps the sales managers informed on the status of design activities.* Maintain design log, respond to issues and concerns, and responsible to solve problems relating to design, staffing, software, customer expectations, etc.* Hire, train and mentor staff and conduct performance assessments.

* Designed packaging and scene artwork for multimedia products available online at costco.com’s photo center. * Worked with design team to implement and carry out design for product sold on Amazon.com and every Walgreens in the U.S.A. * Worked with design team to design packaging/product artwork, displays, marketing material and handouts for product sold at all Walmart photo centers in the U.S.A.

* I designed signs and graphics for many companies around the US. * I designed many billboards for companies like: McDonalds, Cheveron, Escape Motorsports, Days Inn, Castle Creek Homes, Sumerset Village, Tripple Stop, Burger King and more.

I was the head graphic designer in-charge of setting up new clients, finalizing artwork, and designing new artwork for clients. Artwork generally consisted of business collateral (business cards, stationary, etc.) and banners/posters.