Jim Gerrish Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Tx, Us

Uvalde, Texas, United States

Uvalde, Texas

Responsible for marketing, advertising and collateral for the newly reinvigorated Lancair International, maker of the sleekest and most innovative high-performance kitplanes in the world.

Uvalde, Tx

• My freelance design studio handled logo/branding design for a wide variety of regional clients, including financial and educational institutions, sport/entertainment consultants, aviation and energy companies (see example client list below).• Designed and produced 100th anniversary historic souvenir magazines for First State Bank and the Uvalde High School athletic department.• System-wide rebranding of Southwest Texas Junior College, creating a uniform identity for 4 campuses in the South Texas region.Provided graphic design & illustration services for a variety of corporate clients, including:Sierra Industries, Ltd.Jim Miller Aircraft PaintingSouthStar Aircraft InteriorsCorrigan Air CenterGlobal Energy, Inc.Kaufman's WestStrategic Sports GroupFirst State Bank of UvaldeThe Uvalde National Bank

Uvalde, Texas / San Antonio, Texas

Manage an in-house advertising agency for a $35M business jet modification, service and sales organization. Responsible for all written and visual marketing, including branding, PR, advertising, direct marketing, product photography, website and trade show presentations.• During first few months of employment, I brought all subcontracted advertising design/production and management in-house, saving the company over $200,000 yearly.• Implemented multiple successful direct marketing campaigns, gradually building a list of more than 14,000 qualified high net worth jet aircraft owners worldwide.• Oversaw design and development of a new custom-built company website in 2011, consisting of nearly 100 pages of product and customer support information. (www.sijet.com)• Designed and produced (and often photographed) brochures and collateral for numerous individual business jet sales, totaling more than $150 million worth of aircraft inventory.

Uvalde, Texas

Responsible for all graphic design, ad creation and prepress for a biweekly small-town newspaper - circulation of approx. 7000. Duties included creative and production responsibilities for all advertising, website maintenance and misc. computer maintenance & troubleshooting.• Managed complete changeover of the publishing process from traditional mechanical art production to a fully electronic workflow, primarily utilizing Adobe InDesign and PhotoShop.• Designed all locally-produced display advertising and ‘special section’ editions, garnering several regional and state awards.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

• Led a team of 5 – 6 members in design and production of marketing collateral for a national jewelry wholesale supplier. Included an annual 300+ page tool/equipment catalog, quarterly magazine, numerous product brochures and other sale support materials.• Led company-wide corporate identity re-design, visually integrating 6 distinct divisions into a single corporate brand. Also responsible for numerous product branding/logo design efforts.

Certificate Of Completion, Introduction To Autocad, A

Intro to computer-aided industrial design, using AutoCAD software.

Architectural Illustration, A

Commercial And Advertising Art, A

2 years private instruction in Advertising Art from Mr. Harry Kallish, retired Art director for Campbell-Mithun Advertising and others.

Mechanical Engineering

Work/Study program in Mechanical Engineering - 3 years. Did not complete degree.