Raymond Frake - Sr. Multimedia Designer Email & Phone Number

Currently working as a freelance designer doing print design, video production, photography, PowerPoints, motion graphics, and more for clients of all sizes. Visit my Behance site to see much more of what I've done. Here are a few highlights:► Branding and creating the marketing collateral for home goods store Lavender, Lilac & Blu.► Shooting and retouching 30+ employee photos for Plum Grove Printing► Capturing XCM’s annual tax conference with video and photography► Producing a series of conference PowerPoints for AbbVie► Creating 10 instructional product videos for School Health Corporation► Creating my own eCommerce design store using ChatGPT and Midjourney as aids.► Produced an opening video for the annual ContractPodAI conference

Waukegan, Il, Us

► Worked as the lead designer for furniture manufacturer Luxor Workspaces in all aspects of design, processes, and art direction. My duties included:► Lead designer responsible for developing creative content in all formats to drive the sales of Luxor, Stand Up Desk Store (.com), and Kwikboost’s portfolio of workspace product solutions.► Video Production – Created and edited product, promotional, and animated videos. Live-streamed product demonstrations for customers including Staples and Office Depot.► Photography – Produced and retouched product and lifestyle photographs for use on website product listings, sales collateral, email, and social media posts. Also, designed and built a new photography/ video studio including the creation of office and classroom sets for in-house productions.3D Product Renders and Animations – Used KeyShot Pro to create product renderings and 360-degree views for use in product launches, customer websites, Amazon listings, and video productions.► Product Collateral – Designed creative sell sheets and downloadable brochures to support sales reps and trade show marketing.► Email Marketing & Social Media – Created bi-weekly email campaigns targeting customer types and industries. Increased social media followers exponentially on all channels.► Presentation & Trade Show Graphics – Developed PowerPoint presentations for the sales team. Created trade show graphics for live and virtual platforms.

Kennesaw, Ga - Georgia, Us

Originally hired as a senior graphic designer focused on print, I soon moved to a the role of video editing, production and motion graphics to fill a growing need in the Creative Department for those skills. Eventually, I was promoted to Manager of Video Services where I managed another designer and an annual budget of $50,000.Collaborative in nature, whether that was with executives, peers, or subordinates, I made a conscious effort to get involved in projects from the very beginning - brainstorming with product and project managers about their goals and vision for their products. Constantly aware of the business initiatives going on, I always made sure my projects could affect the bottom line – in time savings or cost savings:► Process improvement: Streamlined video approval process by implementing new review platform to capture all suggested edits in one single place, whether remote or not.► Cost savings: Cut software subscription spend more than 87% annually ($6K/yr.) by sourcing new and improved vendors.► Revenue generation: Filmed content for online tax course that exceeded first year revenue goals within 10 days of launch.DESIGN INITIATIVES► Implemented first in-house video promotion to promote new research platform internally.► Initiated 15-30 second micro-videos to improve engagement via social media, combining live video with motion graphics.► Produced and edited highlight videos at our annual user conferences in under 8-hour turnaround times so they would be ready for the closing keynote the following morning. Captured onsite customer testimonials for future marketing initiatives.► Collaborated with creative design manager to source build-out of internal 3-camera production studio.► Partnered with product managers to produce video/digital content explaining what it means to go to the cloud with your software applications.

Lake Bluff, Il, Us

Worked as a print designer, photographer, and retoucher for this marketer of fine wines. Created collateral for over 40 different brands. Some highlights include:► Creating the look and feel for over 40 different brands consisting of sell sheets, direct mail, and multi-page brochures.► Setting up their first in-house photo studio saving thousands of dollars over 5 years not having to send work to agencies► Producing a podcast series for Two Hands Winery based in AustraliaDESIGN INITIATIVES:► Cut 3rd party photography costs by setting up first internal photo studio. ► Initiated a four-person panel podcast for Two Hands Wines.► Implemented transition from QuarkXpress to Adobe InDesign to improve designer efficiencies and save software license costs.