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Salinas, California Area

Experienced Graphic Designer specializing in story telling through graphics. Designed, produced and directed branding, product graphics and marketing campaigns within various industries including, sports, cycling, outdoor, health, produce, food, beverage, and real estate.

Created and developed inline and limited edition graphics for various mountain and road bike families which included but not limited to, Roubaix, Tarmac, Allez, Diverge, Epic, and Chisel Worked with color team to create bike family's Visual Line PlansMember of color and pattern team, which collaborated to develop annual color, pattern and texture pallets. Painted in house sample and speciality frames for shows and or part of color and graphics development.Produced graphics tech packs with production specifications for paint and graphics

Morgan Hill Ca

Managed the Bike Component Graphics team. Responsible for creating component graphics for all bike families and models. Components included but not limited to saddles, wheels, handlebars, stems, cranks, suspension shocks, forks and seat posts. In depth knowledge of product graphic applications, materials and finishes such as waterslide, vinyl and foil decals, pad printing, laser etching, anodizing, bead blasting, paint, powder coating, etc.Also designed graphic and created production tech packs for various equipment products and limited edition collections which included helmets, shoes, saddles, socks, grips, tools

Morgan Hil, Ca

Supporting Global Marketing creating graphics for retail merchandising, marketing campaigns and product launches. Included packaging, display graphics, product catalogs, brochures, and info graphics.

Salinas, California Area

Contract Graphic Designer and Packaging Consultant, Dole Fresh Vegetables and Freelance Designer. Design and produced collateral, packaging, web interface, promotional materials, product design concept and development, etc.Partial Client List:Dole Fresh Vegetables, Paraiso Vineyards, Newstar Produce, Church Brothers Produce, Classic Salads, Edge Sales & Marketing, Specialized Bicycle Components

Salinas, Ca

Blu Creative Design & Marketing, Salinas, California 2004 – 2008 Creative Director/PrincipleSuccessfully managed, coordinated and produced graphic design projects from concept to completion. Worked closely with clients to achieve the overall objective through fresh design and marketing solutions . Effectively directed design and production teams while coordinating freelance designers, photographers, consultants and vendors to meet all project requirements. Art directed photo and video shoots. Attended and managed press checks. Created and conducted sales and marketing presentations. Managed all operational, strategic, financial, estimating, staffing and administrative functions.Partial Client List:Monterey Gourmet Foods, Mann Packing, Tanimura & Antle, Missionero, Church Brothers, Salyer American, Naturipe, Beach Street Farms, Fresh Leaf Farms, Organic Girl, Newstar, Diversified Foods, Mills Family Farms, Allsafe Alarms, Monterra Realty, National Steinbeck Center, California Strawberry Commission, Paraiso Vineyards, Classic Salads, Masters of Food & Wine Key Achievements:• Awarded best fair campaign in the nation for Monterey County Fair 2007 - International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE)• American Package Design Award for Mann Packing Co., Inc Steam in Bag - Graphic Design USA 2007• Received top honors for outstanding package design - Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit 2007• Published designs in Global Corporate Identity, 2003 - David E Carter, Editor

Salinas, Ca

Full Steam Marketing & Design, Salinas, California - Creative Director 2002 – 2004Successfully managed and directed the agency design team, conducted weekly team meetings. Met with principles biweekly to review projects and overall status of the department. Sourced and worked with vendors to produce a quality end product. Met with clients to discuss and determine marketing goals to construct successful campaigns. Conducted presentations of design concepts. Directed various projects and campaigns which included web, packaging, print, multi media advertisements and photography.

Monterey, Ca

Lead the creative and art development of marketing campaigns for large and small businesses within various industries including food, wine, art and hospitality. Designed print collateral, logos, packaging, direct mail and websites. Created illustrations for story boards, posters, packaging and product concepts. Art directed product photoshoots and attended and monitored press checks.

Beaverton, Oregon

Nike Inc., Beaverton, Oregon - Graphic Designer 1996 – 1998Designed fresh and progressive packaging and marketing materials for various Nike products and sponsored events. Events included national track meets, Nike’s Annual Spring Sales Meeting, Nike Super Show, World Cup Soccer, sport camps. Created graphics for Foot Locker store installations. Collaborated with Creative Director to design Nike merchandising display installations for Niketown New York. Designed and rendered concepts and created production files for graphic interactive displays within the Nike soccer park - World Cup Soccer Tournament Paris, France, 1997. The project budget was over 18 million dollars and gave Nike a huge presence at the world cup, generating millions of dollars in sales.