Steve Symkoviak Email & Phone Number

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Responsible for the on-air look for KSL-TV• Manage a highly skilled team of designers and animators• Organize and prioritize creative requests for KSL-TV, KSL Newsradio, Arrow 103.5 & FM100• Create & develop promotion campaigns (TV, web, & print)• Oversee Art Department budget – software, computers and equipment• Oversaw & managed migration from Chyron (Lyric, ChannelBox & Prime) to Ross Xpression

Houston, Texas Area

• Responsible for the entire look & brand of the business from on-air to website to print.• Setup and launched Comcast SportsNet Houston’s entire Creative Services department in a little over two months. Recruited and hired 8 designers, animators, writers/producers & editors. Created show opens, graphics packages, promos, print ads, web ads, billboards and marketing materials. Organized workflows, request forms and approval processes.• In one year, the Creative Services department wrote, produced and edited over 780 TV spots (Averaging about 65 spots per month). Designed over 130 print ads, 150 web ads and 20 outdoor billboards. Animated over 35 show opens and graphic packages for programming (Averaging about 3 shows per month). All while supporting four live news shows per day and 324 live game broadcasts per year (Rockets, Astros, Dynamo, NCAA and high school events).• Promoted to Senior Director of Creative Services within the NBC Sports/Comcast family.• Managed and prioritized all creative requests.• Produced marketing campaigns for million dollar media buys, from idea to final output, which consisted of TV spots, radio, print ads, web ads and billboards. • Directed actors, talent and players in shoots to create show opens, TV spots and print ads.• Developed a marketing campaign (TV, radio, web, print & billboards) with a call-to-action to petition your TV provider to carry the network, which generated almost 23,000 petitions for the network in 8 weeks.• Managed Creative Services budget – purchased software, computers and camera equipment. • Coached and mentored print designers to become proficient 2D/3D animators, which increased productivity for the business.

Denver, Colorado

• Managed the Creative Service department, which consisted of a Senior Designer/Animator & Webmaster/Designer. Responsible for all creative work, the company website (design, maintenance, posting content and traffic trends) and oversaw creative for the promo department.• Established creative workflow, project organization and prioritized all graphic requests. • Promoted from Art Director to Creative Director.• Created studio & live event graphic packages (show opens, rejoins, bumps, transitions, lower thirds, full screen graphics, tease elements, boxes, interstitials, snipes, over the shoulder graphics, score box, tickers, etc.) These graphics were used to annually produce more than 160 live Mountain West Conference sporting events, including football, basketball and olympic sports. Plus nightly news, pre/half/post game shows and original programming.• Increased sales by designing PowerPoint sales decks, video mockups and integrating sponsors creatively using 3D models of their products.• Art directed logo designs, animations, photo shoots, print ads, press kits, one sheets, banners, network stationary, clothing and marketing products.• Designed & launched new website & CMS to improve user experience. Redesigned navigation to maximize traffic & added mobile site. Worked with CBS Sports to add live scores and Game Tracker to website and mobile site. The enhancements increased engagement and traffic.• Purchased software, computers and computer equipment for the Creative Services.• Helped concept, write, design, animate and art direct promo spots.

Denver, Colorado

• Launched the first 24 hour college sports network in under one month • Established creative workflow for the newly created business

Salt Lake City, Utah

• Conceptualized, designed and art directed sports look including: opens, rejoins, reveals, lead to breaks, ids, lower third banners, two boxes, monitor graphics and side keys • Designed graphics for promos and ids • Designed logos, opens and special graphic packages for station franchises and special events • Trained new employees • Worked directly with sales department designing sales print promotional materials (event invitations, holiday cards, power point graphics & budget book) • Prepped files for printing press and coordinated with presses for bids• Designed daily graphics (monitors, side keys, two boxes & full screen graphics) • Supervised other designers & on-air graphics • Setup & designed special After Effects files to update quickly and render quickly • Designed graphic elements for the web site • Setup processes to streamline news into graphics by coordinating with producers, Chyron operators and editors.• Promoted from Graphic Designer to Graphic Supervisor

Salt Lake City, Utah

• Designed packaging and magazine ads for Orbit Sprinklers• Art directed photo shoots • Designed logos • Designed catalogs, brochures, trade show booths, business cards, posters, banners, packaging and sales packets • Handled prepress setup, press checks and obtained bids from printing presses • Coordinated deadlines with clients • Helped train new employees