Gary Whitten Email & Phone Number

Albuquerque, Nm, Us

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Over 30 years of experience in visual marketing communications encompassing all facets of art direction, graphic design, illustration, product photography & offset print production. I have designed everything from logos, business cards and brochures, to print ads, annual report wraps and a monthly 20 page magazine for a Scottsdale Real Estate company. My experience has been acquired through agency work, corporate jobs and freelance work in numerous and diverse industries from Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurial startups. I am a self starter and a strategic thinker with strong written & verbal communication skills, capable of handling most marketing / graphic design projects from the initial concept through design, creative and final high-end production to printing companies. As you will see in my diverse portfolio, my skill set goes beyond the traditional graphic designer as I am equally experienced in illustration, product photography, digital image enhancement, animated website banners and large format inkjet graphics for billboards, banners, trade shows and point of sale graphics and signage.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Graphic Design for printed marketing materials such as new product brochures & catalogs, blog posts and eblasts to dealer & distributor networks, regular print ads to industry trade magazines both print and digital, designed large format tradeshow graphics for a half dozen industry shows both domestic and international. Regular edits updates to the company website (Joomla format).

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Created Graphic Design for printed marketing materials such as new listing brochures, marketing proposals for new home listings, postcard mailers and produced a 20 page monthly magazine for the Real Estate brokerage for over 2 years.

Visual Communications & Consulting Services for New Product Development & Marketing. Specialized technical Illustration & graphic design services for Business, Science & Technology. Client list included local Ad Agencies, PR firms, New Home Builders, Pool Builders, Real Estate companies, the Phoenix Zoo, Make-a-Wish Foundation, numerous manufacturing companies and entrepeneurial start-ups.

Vendor chosen for 2 consecutive years to create the annual Grand Opening graphics for the amusement park openings. Design and production art setup for large format graphics output which included banners, posters and bill boards (up to 50 ft).

(1995-1998 and 2001-2005 8 yrs.)• Conceptual Art for new product development & custom sales presentations to current & prospective clients.• Logo Design & Trademarks for new products while maintaining Corporate & Brand Identity for company.• Game graphics for game decals, displays & art panels to create distinctive product identities.• Graphic Design of product sales sheets, brochures, magazine ads and collateral materials to support sales and marketing initiatives.• Trade show / Exhibit layouts as well as design & production of special signage / graphics to support individual show themes and new product introductions.• Daily Graphics Production: digital art set up for daily output as large format inkjet printing for application to games cabinets to meet regular production / shipping schedules. Also recreated decals & game graphics for regular parts orders. (60"wide HP Designjet- inkjet printer using pigmented inks for UV longevity on products. Macintosh based systems.)Client list included such companies as: Peter Piper Pizza, Chucke Cheese, Dave & Busters, Disney Regional Entertainment, 6 Flags Amusement Parks, ESPN Sports Zones and numerous amusement game arcades and parks in over 30 countries.

• Set up company's first internal corporate art department. • Art direction, graphic design and digital prepress for print advertising, direct mail, brochures, flyers, specialty advertising, newsletter and annual reports.• Saved company over $25,000 first year (from previous year) by producing the Annual Report in-house.• Created corporate identity graphics requested by various departments for presentation materials. manual covers, corporate apparel, internet graphics, & LSM Book ( Local Store Marketing - ad template catalog)• Worked with the Legal department regarding copyright & trademark issues in order to define guidelines and enforce standards for UDCS while creating Corporate Identity/ Graphic Standards Manual. • Architectural graphics & creative direction with the Real Estate department coordinating new dealership signage, building graphics and paint schemes.

• Production of magazine covers for SkyMall Magazine ( quarterly in-flight mail order catalogs for 13 airlines)• Graphic Design: illustration, retouching, print ads, product sales sheets, and various collateral / corporate communications materials for a corporate client list which included: Skymall ( Inflight Magazine), Motorola, Honeywell, Sperry Avionics, McDonald -Douglas, Allied Signal, MicroAge Computers, and Arizona State University.

Bachelor Of Science, Graphic Design / Mechanical Drafting

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Alpha,1981 Honors Graduate, "Outstanding Student in Commercial Art" awarded by Art Faculty

Post Graduate Studies (Evenings) In Business, Marketing & Computer Graphics

2 Years, Biology Major