Established a freelance service to provide graphic designs and campaign strategies for clients.Network with local industry leaders to market graphic design services, establishing contact with potential clients to identify the requirements and set expectations for each project, and complete quality creations to promote events or products and develop company brands.Provided stunning visuals to captivate target audiences, building an account base containing key clients such as Trademark Nitrogen, Garcia’s Cantina & Café, GROWMARK, Wasilla Physical Therapy, March of Dimes and Helena Chemical.Created a logo for BeYoutiful Salon Studio, working with owners to establish branding for their business cards, menus, advertisements and signs.Assisted with the branding and initial marketing campaigns for a new company, Happy is the goal.

Efficiently lead and administer creative design projects in support of ongoing print and online marketing for a monthly magazine and associated branding materials.Conceptualize and implement design solutions, providing guidance and direction to ensure magazine layout meets branding, requirements and organizational needs. Oversee product workflow, gathering and preparing tools to complete layout under strict schedules and developing design deliverables and ads for print and online. Met with clients to establish project requirements, utilizing innovative design skills to create logos, marketing materials, posters, flyers and direct mailers.Created and introduced a standardized template for the monthly magazine to standardize the brand’s look and feel. Provided hands-on leadership in the design of the ECHO Magazine, turning around distribution to invigorate the design and branding, increasing the size to allow for more content and advertising.Collaborated with key advertising clients like Shine’s Asian Bistro in rebranding their marketing, designing logos, and developing strategies to increase foot traffic and sales.Design up to 70% of the advertising spots for the magazine, working with stakeholders to develop marketing strategies and exceeding expectations on a regular basis to create loyal clients.Developed marketing and other materials for local events, including creating the guidebook for the Bear Paw Festival.

Led user-facing graphic design and layout development for a company targeting agricultural audiences. Interpreted internal client requests and expectations to create visual concepts and communicate ideas that inspired, informed and captivated a target market that included members of the farming community.Redesigned the visual appearance of the print publication, applying innovative design concepts to improve reader engagement and enhance statistics-based content.Utilized understanding of the industry and visual concepts to photograph crop growth, creating a stunning visual look for the annual Agronomy Day book.Collaborated with NASCAR representatives to design a company car wrap for a Daytona race, create Driver Hero Cards for Justin Allgaier, and design postcards and t-shirts to promote sponsorship.Designed and illustrated the paint scheme for the Citation business jet.

Developed, rendered, and expanded art concepts during a company rebranding and renaming, altering all sales and marketing materials to reflect changes.Prepared rebranding visual presentations through the design of artistic projects, planning concepts based upon stakeholder expectations and requests, and ensuring all marketing and associated sales documents met the needs and requirements of the new brand. Monitored and evaluated new marketing and operational documentation to enforce branding standards and make visual changes.Partnered with executive leadership, compiling and organizing information, developing an appealing layout, and editing the annual Agent Yearbook.Oversaw the creation of trade show banners, PowerPoint presentations, signs and sales materials for the company.

Communicated with Ad Reps to develop ads for their cliental and then publish in the companies paper. Developed marketing sales literate and advertising pieces.

Prepared jobs to print to film or output on a large format printer. Responsible for stripping negatives, burned plates for pressman, and created blue lines for the customers.