A graphics designer/art director that seeks to be a member of a creative team in a solid organization within a fast-paced
environment, handling an array of ever-changing projects.


Summary
• Highly motivated, creative and multi-talented
• Over 25 years of professional experience
• Excellent department management skills
• Proven time management and project coordination skills, successfully manages multiple simultaneous projects
• Exemplary client communications and staff relations
• Manages productive working relations among several departments and many individuals
• Seeking a position in the visual design field that offers creative projects and new challenges


Recent Awards

  • Gold Medal, Most Unique Label, 2011 Pacific Rim Wine Competition for South Coast Winery’s “Big Red Table”

  • Best of Show Label Design and also another award for Gold Medal, Brand Builder’s Awareness, 2006 New World Wine

  • Competition for South Coast Winery’s “Elevation: Peaks & Valleys” label and marketing program


Skills and Accomplishments

  • Works effectively with clients to design and produce graphics for a variety of projects, including product labels, trade show exhibits, commercial sets and movie props, product and event brochures, retail environments and store displays.

  • Efficiently designed and managed production of graphics for various client trade show exhibits and numerous retail stores and shopping centers in the U.S. and internationally.

  • Accomplished with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere), SketchUp, Lumion, other graphics programs, and the requisite Microsoft Office software.


Work History

2020 • SWX Global • Graphics Designer/Department Manager/Production Manager • Southwest Displays & Events rebranded to SWX Global in June 2020. During this time of COVID-19, our company has transitioned to become more diversified when trade shows and events were forced to cancel. I have learned new software and broadened my capabilities to assist our sales team with our new initiatives. These new skills include interactive walk-around software with photo-realistic baked-in renderings. I have also began using Lumion as a guided photo-realistic 3D video presentation. I will add examples of these when possible (currently under NDA agreements with clients for which we have produced these elements).


2013 – 2020 • Southwest Displays & Events • Graphics Designer/Department Manager/Production Manager • Main clients include Nespresso, Fossil, Formica, Southwest Airlines, Peterbilt, Cognizant, and others. Responsible for design and production of graphics for trade show exhibits and retail sales fixtures. Worked closely with outside vendors and contractors to complete and deliver hundreds of client graphics and environmental elements on schedule throughout the year.
 

2006 – 2013 • STAK Design • Graphics Designer/Department Manager• Main clients include Macerich, General Growth Properties, Taubman, Weyerhaeuser, and others. Responsible for design and production of graphics for retail sales fixtures and trade show exhibits in an industry-leading multi-million dollar company. Also created company advertising collateral and web-based marketing campaigns. Successfully managed a variable-member staff to maintain a highly efficient in-house large format production department, as well as utilizing various out-sourced graphics vendors.


2002 – 2006 •  Contract design and production • Clients included Neiman Marcus, Brinker International/Chili's Restaurants, The Container Store, JCPenney, South Coast Winery, and more. Responsible for all phases of design and production of graphics, illustrations, logo and character designs, wine labels, layout and graphic content creation for brochures and printed promotional items and websites. Also created conceptual designs for retail spaces, stage designs for corporate meetings, television commercials, sets and retouching for photo shoots, and storyboards for commercials.

 

1997 – 2002 •  DS Arts •  Graphics & Exhibit Designer• Responsible for graphic design and layout of custom exhibits and retail interiors. Worked directly with clients to design and create store graphics packages for United Supermarkets, and exhibit graphic designs for Mattel Toys, Fisher-Price, and Disney. Oversaw production and performed vendor checks of out-sourced graphics, and supervised quality control of in-house 2D/3D sign department.

 

1994 – 1997 •  Freelance designer and producer • Created projects for clients including Neiman Marcus, Mattel Toys, NationsBank, Brinker International, AVW Audio Visual (Freeman AV), the feature motion picture Rushmore, and numerous television commercials. Digital design and physical production for a variety of projects.


1990 – 1994 • Enstrom Studio, Inc. • Chief Artist & Designer • Designed and assisted in the designs of gift shops for Busch
Entertainment (Sea World, Busch Gardens Parks). Designed and produced artwork and special event decor for clients
including The Galleria, Hyatt Regency, NorthPark Center, Six Flags Over Texas, North Hills Mall, Collin Creek Mall,
and others.


1988 – 1990 • Design and production of commercial and retail sets, displays, graphics, illustrations, and props. Clients
include Disney, Neiman Marcus, Dickies, AVW Audio Visual, Horchow, Dallas Apparel Mart, Eastman Kodak Credit
Corp., Modern Toys, Hard City Theater, and others.


1986 – 1988 • Neiman Marcus • Assistant Designer • Produced window displays and various in-store visual presentations.

 

Education
Majored in Fine Arts, 2-D Studio, Painting, Drawing, Printmaking. Texas Tech University 1980-1985