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Atlanta-based. As a Creative Director with international visual communications education, I’m a versatile designer and director collaborating with both corporate and non-profit sectors. With over a decade in design and creative leadership, I’ve guided teams in print and digital for various industries like beauty, entertainment, healthcare, law, and more. My core belief is in purposeful design achieved through thoughtful research, helping clients tell their stories visually.
MY ROLES PRODUCING THE WORKS IN THIS ONLINE PORTFOLIO
Creative Director/ Branding Development/ Senior Graphic Designer/Print Broker
Creative Director
Supervisor in graphic design firm. Responsible for managerial tasks such as mentoring junior designers, scheduling, budgeting, brokering and overall client management.
Branding Development
Development included aligning brand with business objectives, communicating brand to target market and updating or strengthening brand as necessary.
Senior Graphic Designer
Responsible for managing all design from concept to delivery including creating original artwork and reviewing the drafts of junior graphic designers to ensure quality work.
Print Broker
Experience negotiating a wide range of print and promotional items to provide consistently high-quality materials/items with quick turn times, while understanding a wide range of production equipment to produce jobs with greater efficiency. Expert handling on-site/digital press checks, last-chance proofing step for the main purpose of achieving color accuracy.
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Critical thinking | Verbal Communication | Organization Task Delegation | Traffic Management
Time Management | Project Management | Talent Interviewing | Active Listening
PC/ MAC Platforms Literacy
AREAS OF PROVEN PERFORMANCE
Advertising | Art Direction | Branding | Development Brand & Identity | Concept Development | Corporate Identity | Creative Strategy | Customer Service Illustration | Layout + Design | Leadership Mentoring | Logo Design | Motion Design | Media Buying | Photography | Photo Shoots Purchasing Negotiation | Social Media Marketing Topography | Visual Communication Website Development
TOP SKILLS
Art Direction | Branding Development Corporate Identity | Desktop Publishing | Illustration | Media Buying | Photography | Photo Shoots | Layout + Design | Motion Design | Leadership | Mentoring Purchasing Negotiation Strategy | Team Building | Topography | Web Development
DESIGN SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite
Acrobat | Adobe XD | Bridge | Creative
Cloud | Dreamweaver | Illustrator
InDesign | Photoshop | Premiere Pro
TECH SKILLS
Microsoft Office Suite
SharePoint | Asana
Brandfolder I Clockify
VISUAL SOLUTIONS UNLIMITED –in position 10+ years
Creative Director/
Art Director/
Senior Graphic Designer
Present | Atlanta, GA
Below represents a partial list of client creative development, design and production:
• ACE Therapeutix https://acetherapeutix.com/
• American Association of Anatomists
• American Lung Association
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Inc.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
• Christian Service Charities
• D.C. Tobacco Free Families
• Dynamic3 Inc
• Ergo OccMed Rehabilitation
• Human Research Charities of America
• Kingsbury Day School
• LaVar Arrington’s Sideline Restaurant
• Medical Research Charities
• Minority Corporate Counsel Association
• Miss DC’s Outstanding Teen Org.
• NAACP
• Neighbor to Nation
• Oneseed Solutions
• Prince George’s Community College
• Prince George’s Healthcare Alliance
• R&B Artist + Actor Ginuwine
• R&B Artist + Actor Raheem DeVaughn
• Seamon Corporation
•The Dazey Project https://thedazeyproject.org/
• United Communities Against Poverty, Inc.
• United States Department of Education
• Women’s Bar Association of the DC
• Verizon/Verizon Wireless
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT–in position 4 years
Contract Senior Graphic Designer Largo, MD
SKINTONES COSMETICS COMPANY –in position 5 years
Creative Director
Cordova, TN
PRINCE GEORGE’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE –in position 3 years
Senior Graphic Designer
Largo, MD
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT–in position 2 years
Senior Graphic/ Web Designer Alexandria, VA
ISSUE DYNAMICS, INC.–in position 3 years
Graphic/Web Designer
Washington, DC
ESSENCE MAGAZINE–in position 1 year
Corporate Art Director Intern
New York, NY
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