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Bethesda, Md, Us

Bethesda, Md, Us

Powered by purpose, my role is to lead my team as visual storytellers. We excel, innovate, and adapt while producing intelligent visual, UX, and marketing strategy that delivers high-quality solutions and exceptional results to our clients. Job duties at Hatcher include: • Work with diverse business teams to help clients articulate their messages to their audiences, then translate that information into compelling creative. Strategize and manage integrated campaigns across all channels, applying the creative process from conception to completion. Deliver results-driven creative, business, and marketing solutions to client engagements.• Apply strategic thinking and analytical reporting that bring value to business decisions that benefit the overall bottom line. Engage in business development by writing and contributing to new project proposals and pitching. Collaborate with company leadership to develop services, pricing, and strategy to support business growth.• Lead the strategic marketing function. Responsible for developing agile, cost effective, marketing strategies focused on ROI. Identify new, innovative, and more effective ways of marketing and reaching our target demographic. Also responsible for driving brand awareness and thought leadership to internal and external audiences. Use business principles and design thinking to bring value to the overall business goals. • Responsible for the creative output of all Hatcher Group work, with oversight of the creative team and processes; the ideation, presentation, and execution of client branding and visual communications projects and campaigns; the profitability and creative quality of all client projects, and the operational readiness of the creative team.

Fairfax, Virginia , Us

Teach several undergraduate and graduate level graphic design courses in the School of Art. Course: Graphic Design Methods and Principles. Emphasis on developing design solutions requiring demographic, historical, and/or cultural research. Course strengthens design and typography skills, introduces conceptual problem solving, audience considerations, and broad-based tools designers use to develop effective visual communication solutions.Course: User Experience Design. This course is an introduction to user experience research and design. The course focuses on research techniques, concept development, information architecture, prototyping, and design. Understanding how to create systems using principles of good design, acquiring the skills on how to critically analyze and communicate your findings, and learning to defend your design decisions are also essential parts of this course. Through study of various methodologies and one major project, this course teaches how to integrate a user-centered focus into a holistic design process.Course: Typography. Introduction to history and use of type. Reading and projects develop awareness of type as a linguistic and visual communication tool. Introduces typographic design elements, including color, hierarchy, integration with imagery, structure, and content. Course: Motion Graphics. An introductory course to motion graphics for upper-level undergraduate and graduate graphic design majors who have a strong foundation in typography and print design. This course introduces the theories, techniques, and practices of motion graphics and the integration of design, photo imaging, sound, video, and animation. Students will leave this course with an understanding of storyboarding, basic software skills, basic sound design, and overall conceptual growth. Software taught: Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Flash, Audacity, iDVD, Motion, and DVD Studio Pro.

Initiate client relationships and work with individuals, startups, small businesses, and government clients such as the United States Botanic Garden and Rochester Institute of Technology. Formulate legal contracts and consult with print vendors to find cost-effective solutions for clients. Freelance and pro bono projects include logos, books, invitations, posters, album art, brochures, business cards, websites, promotional videos, ads, and environmental displays.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Developed and directed the creative direction that supported all organization-wide projects and initiatives and provided solutions and adjustments to the creative direction that met market changes, built competitive advantages, and supported the organization’s strategic plans. Collaborated with leadership to help create, assess, and translate high-level vision into compelling visual and user-focused solutions. Was responsible for leading the art direction and design of all customer-facing products and marketing programs, as well as, managed the daily operations of the 11-person design team. Maintained corporate graphic design standards to ensure the work produced by the unit and vendors met the high levels of quality required. Planned, developed, and defended budget recommendations, work goals, measurements, and training requirements necessary to provide both profitable and quality services to the organization. Monitored the work of the design team by providing critiques, guidance, and training for team members; and helped identify professional development needs. Ensure that the design of all programs, products, and services meets the highest industry standards for brand, creativity, accuracy, consistency, and appearance in a dynamic environment under tight deadlines. Create design team member schedules and assign design projects. Perform staff evaluations. Evaluate schedules, project budgets, and print specifications for accuracy and feasibility. Design for print, web/digital, and motion projects. Provide leadership and motivation that conveys the vision, mission, and values of the organization to staff. Assist in revenue growth with creative ideation and solutions to new and current programs, products, and services.

Conceptualized and designed corporate identities for B2B and B2C companies. Worked with advanced program knowledge in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark. Created visually appealing and market savvy pieces. Projects ranged from corporate brochures, exhibits, logos, and advertisements to web page layouts and multimedia designs. Early in my tenure I developed an in-depth quality checklist, which ensured minimal chances for error during a project's life. Art direction, conceptualizing, client contact, requirements interview, prepress, quality control, project briefing, and cost control were all integral parts of my day.

Master Of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Integrated Design

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Integrated Marketing 360 Certificate

User Experience Design

Bachelor'S Degree, Studio Art

Associate'S Degree, Computer Applications: Multimedia/Advertising Art

Diversity, Equity And Inclusion In The Workplace Certificate, Business Management / Dei