Experience, Technical Skills & Testimonials
I am a graphic and web designer with 20 years experience.
I specialize in creating professional, modern customized designs to reflect each businesses personality according to their needs.
For the past few years I’ve been freelancing for many types of clients: startups, creative agencies and companies, working on small business sites and more. Startups have been a lot of fun to work with as I’m able to play an intrinsic role in helping shape and build their product.
I love being able to take an idea from start to finish. I enjoy working with new clients and people. I also recognized the necessity of keeping my finger on the pulse of the latest trends and styles in addition to staying current on emerging technologies and techniques.
I truly look forward to working with you!
Experience
• INT CREATIVE (Buffalo Grove, IL)
A variety of projects including designing product labels, web images, web banners, business cards. Coding html in websites, including mobile design. Creating html emails for bulk emails.
• A Great American Balloon Company (Winnetka, IL)
Updating and redesigning four business websites including optimizing content (SEO). Revamping the social media sites and managing their presence. Creating graphics and images for the websites. Designed new company logos. Devising promotional flyers and business cards. Video editing customer promotional videos.
• UMcDeal (Park Ridge, IL)
Developed and refined images used in advertising by a daily deal website. Conceptualized 5-7 different image sets for each client’s ads, including placement of taglines. Retouched and adjusted images. Created typography to fit ad layout. Designed web backgrounds and online menus for retail establishments. Created direct mail pieces in print publications.
• Ione, Inc. (Niles, IL)
Created graphics for existing website and social media sites for an online retailer. Designed weekly email blasts. Maintenance of website with HTML and admin panel. Posted material on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Edited videos for the company's YouTube channel.
• Pittsburgh Reporting Service (Pittsburgh, PA, 2008-2011)
• Powers, Garrison & Hughes ( Pittsburgh, PA, 1993-2008)
Graphic & Web Design/Digital Editing: Developed concepts to fit the theme of various advertisements, marketing materials, and websites. Prepared formats and layout for print brochures, postcards, notecards, business cards, labels and ad inserts. Edited images, including retouching and resizing. Ad layout design for print and web publications. Enhanced photo exhibits used during court proceedings.
- • Constructed and managed websites for two companies, including page layout, designing web images, forms, drop down menus, uploading embedded video and SEO.
- • Created company newsletters (print and PDF).
- • Designed mailers to optimize messages while controlling costs.
Marketing: Identified potential clients and how to reach them. Coordinated projects for the production of marketing materials, overseeing design, layout, and formatting. Wrote ad copy and headlines to fit the company's messaging strategy and industry language. Collaborated with several
co-workers to generate new ideas and refine messages. Solicited feedback from clients to identify strengths and use them in copy. Organized mass mailings and email campaigns.
- • Achieved #1 ranking in several search engines for the industry category (court reporting) in the Pittsburgh Market.
Videographer Duties: Recorded meetings, transferred DV to digital and edited for video playback for use at trial. PowerPoint presentations. Managed videographers.
Education
ART INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Associate Degree: Music & Video Business; 1992
Skill Levels
Level | Graphic |
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Familiar | |
Functional | |
Competent | |
Proficient | |
Expert |
Tool | Mastery |
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Photoshop | |
Illustrator | |
InDesign | |
Dreamweaver | |
Edge Animate | |
Flash | |
Premiere Pro | |
Audition | |
Quark xPress | |
Word | |
Publisher | |
Access | |
Excell | |
FrontPage | |
PowerPoint | |
HTML5 | |
CSS3 | |
SEO | |
Javascript | |
JQuery | |
PHP |
Testimonials
Yours truly,
Chris Jung, Former President,
UMcDeal