Troy Ford Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

Creative Manager 2022Design Supervisor 2020–2021Senior Graphic Designer 2016–2019Graphic Designer 2013–2015Inspire and motivate the graphic design team. Refine the workflow for Creative Development.2020-2021: Supervising the graphic design group by removing obstacles from project completion. Being a resource for inspiration, product knowledge, or technical problems. Leading meetings where we solve design challenges presented to us or found by observation. Identifying key projects and implementing strategies to deliver the best possible result. Improving and elevating design and standards through collaboration, critique, and learning.2016–2019: Leading projects include art direction, design or layout direction, and technical coaching for designers. Design for interior and exterior spaces, workspace planning, environmental design, and wayfinding. Development of new processes and resources for the organization such as project management platforms, media asset databases, and print-on-demand platforms. Building global brand recognition through project management and graphic design.2013–2015: Shared production of the Hunter irrigation product catalog, one of the largest print projects in the organization. Responsibilities include page layout, digital asset management, print production, press check, approval, art direction, concept meetings for messaging, translation, and publishing in 9 different languages. Secondary projects include designing for consumers, distributors, commercial partners, magazines, storefronts, and internal corporate collateral.

Greater San Diego Area

• Update clients’ website and blog content using various platforms including Joomla, WordPress and Dreamweaver• Update and edit text, photos, graphics and videos using Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite• Update headlines, captions, keywords, and tags• Manage Google Alerts and notify clients of both positive and negative postings• Configure and maintain clients’ social media accounts using a variety of tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Eventbrite, YouTube and Twitter• Collaborate to plan, create and implement various custom email campaigns that fall within client expectations and brand guidelines primarily using Mailchimp and sometimes Constant Contact• Research projects and collect necessary materials to complete them• Work with the team to keep necessary records such as compliance reports and analytics• Review Google Analytics reports and make recommendations on improvements• Handle routine projects, often on a quick turnaround basis• Adhere strictly to established deadlines and procedures to ensure compliance standards are met• Ensure continuity among the client company’s external and internal communications• Complete in-house social media projects and other marketing tasks as required• Edit client video blogs using various editing platforms

As a Designer at Volcano Corporation I use my skillset to create marketing materials, medical illustrations and graphics to make the great work here at Volcano that much more interesting.

Greater San Diego Area