Shaun Dorris Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas

I worked in two roles at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston simultaneously as both jobs were separate roles before I was hired.I. As the Senior Designer in Publications and Graphics: • Researches ideas and materials presented for exhibit and makes decisions regarding proper visual interpretation; recommends solutions to design problems; serves as a consultant regarding most effective design and techniques to produce desired visual effect and educational message.Assists in the design of publications; collaborates with writers, editors and other production staff to produce a coordinated finished product.• Recommends ways to meet exhibitions printing needs within budget limits for collateral needed. • Supervises installation personnel who assist in the construction and installation.• Due to unforeseen needs by the curatorial staff, many projects need tight turn around which include oversized in-house printing, drafting and cutting vinyl signage, installation of signage.• Performs related duties as required.II. As the Senior Designer in Marketing: • Work well as a key member of the marketing creative services team in a fast-paced environment.• Create for print and digital needs, knowing key principles that separate design standards between the two.• Experience in file-prep and management for print marking collateral (eg: poster, billboards, POP, flyers, brochures, booklets, t-shirts and more.)• Ability to review creative briefs and work collaboratively to ensure the strategy is clear prior to starting design work.• Develops, maintains and manages Museum wayfinding and general signage responding to identified needs and coordinating and implementing both design and content.• Ensures consistent use of brand standards across all platforms.• Works closely with the digital media team on select projects.

Houston, Texas Area

Support all signage and art program activities related to facilities way finding, graphics and art display planning. I also provide support to the Program Management leadership, Art/Graphics Program staff and Facilities Planning & Development department that includes: Coordinating the scope development and installation for operational requests and maintaining graphics and art standards. Additionally, I develop and maintain graphics and art related information for ease of filing, retrieval and reference. I also organize and maintain materials for project reference and signage maintenance purposes.

Houston, Texas

My tasks included but were not limited to signage, advertising, branding and brand management, print marketing, web marketing, animation, UX/UI web design all while thinking on my feet. I did anything that was asked of me from the large to the small. I worked directly with our vendors and facilities team to get things ordered and purchased that it can be handed off to our install team. I worked directly with the team and managed to produce large scale installations from scratch all the way down to ordering business cards for one of the many offices on site. I'm highly proficient in Adobe Creative Creative Cloud programs. I have worked in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Dreamweaver for the past decade. My passion is to learn and to teach those around me what I have learned. My greatest accomplishments included the branding the event for the largest opening at the Houston Zoo in the last five years, the Gorillas at the Houston Zoo. My work on this project was awarded a Crystal Award at the 2016 AMA's for Web design, Print design, and External design. How Magazine featured the Houston Zoo team in three articles online from May 2016 to July 2016 about life as in-house designers.

Houston, Texas

Assist the current design and development team and be a brand keeper for the studio's clients. With a focus on graphics design, responsible for the layout of mobile and business website design and branding solutions. This includes being responsible for revisions, mock-ups, and presentation materials. I oversaw and implemented the visual Brand mandatory consistencies onto print as well the web. I worked closely with project managers and marketing staff through all stages of the product cycle. Our clients ranged from prestige 5-star restaurants drafting menus and websites to large oil and gas firms creating promotional items for trade shows.

Houston

I was required as the junior designer to jump into any project at a moments notice and assist the Art Director with any needs required for the task at hand. I needed to have a hands-on knowledge of design processes which included print production, web design, and several other tasks that popped up at any given time. I was asked to interact with clients in one to one meetings weekly to service the needs of our customers. Some of my clients included: Memorial Hermann, Easter Seals, and Opportunity Houston Magazine.

Houston, Texas Area

The position required a high background design production, but I grew into a project lead in the office tackling all manner of design challenges. Creation Station serviced the University at large as well as outside clients in need of marketing materials. All projects required a personal touch from beginning to end. In this role, I handled the conceptual planning, time and schedule of completion with the end user, and management of final product with the vendor.

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Signage production assistance with a background and knowledge in how signage is made and produced. This also included the procurement and distribution of these items of items

Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Graphic Communications

Activities and Societies: Graphic Communications Student Association (GCSA) - Accepted into the portfolio reviewed Graphic Communication.

Associates, Associates Of Arts & Sciences

Certificate in 3D Modeling and Animation