Rick Whiteman Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia

Communications Specialist and Graphic Artist for The Federal Reserve Bank's National IT communications department.

Glen Allen, Va

PixelWorks provides award-winning, full-service graphic design, photo retouching, web design and print production services to clients in a variety of industries, from initial concept through final delivery. • Clients include Richmond Braves, University of Richmond Spiders, Colonial Athletic Association, Richmond International Raceway, Sunset Custom Publications, Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance, Capital One, and McKesson Corporation.• Print projects include game programs, magazines, posters, media guides, annual reports, trade show booths, logos, and display ads. Digital projects include development and execution of online marketing strategies for Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance, Execute LLC, and RockItSports.• Media Guides produced for the Richmond Spiders Men’s Basketball Team were recognized as best in class at Sports Information Directors’ annual conference.

Richmond, Va

Leader of six-person prepress team at $20 million financial and fundraising direct mail print facility. • Led cross-functional team that redesigned production workflow to cut average proof-to-client turnaround from three days to one. This directly led to an increase in marketshare and profitability. • Led quality control initiatives, employee training, and process improvements across multiple departments that resulted in surpassing goal of 12 months without a reprint charged to prepress. • Doubled department throughput (from 400 to 800 jobs per month) through process improvement and equipment/software upgrades without compromising quality or adding staff. • Scheduled department workloads and coordinated with customer service, external vendors, pressroom and shipping to ensure all deadlines were met.• Coordinated, assigned and tracked all jobs from initial download through plating. Conducted final QC approval of every job. • Consulted with client base of varying expertise to develop artistic and technical improvements in their work to both meet our production requirements and elevate the intended impact of the solicitation.• Assisted prepress operators with technical issues and served as department liaison back to clients to solve problems, implement improvements and gain efficiencies. • Established Gracol-7 color standards from proof to press, greatly improving print quality and consistency, which in turn led to increased sales. • Cut consumable costs in prepress and the production facility without impacting flow of work in the plate room or quality on press.

Led team of six graphic artists plus production staff in design and production of Circuit City’s weekly home entertainment national print advertising. • Ensured all advertising adhered to style guides across 50-75 weekly projects. • Partnered with merchandising and marketing teams to develop creative print, web and television marketing plans for special promotions, including the Circuit City 3-Point Play, which ran successfully during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Developed multi-channel promotions for movie tie-ins, product launches and loyalty programs.• Worked with cross-functional team to develop online and print branding for wholesale product liquidation division.• Produced new style guides geared towards advancing the Circuit City brand. • Directed photo shoots to highlight home entertainment products. • Designed special advertising sections that directly resulted in record sales for specific home entertainment product categories. direction and team lead for national print, digital and television projects.

Led 12-person design department responsible for four monthly magazines, corporate websites, collateral materials, and books. • Planned and designed covers, features, and departments in monthly national sports collectibles magazine Tuff Stuff.• Prepared $700,000 yearly budget across six product lines. • Edited artwork from multiple photo agencies, photographers, and illustrators. • Planned, scheduled, and preflighted the output of 425 magazine pages per month. • Served as Macintosh systems administrator for art, editorial, and production.

Bachelor Of Arts, English And Journalism

Activities and Societies: Design editor and Sports Editor, The CollegianEnglish and Journalism

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