Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Illustration) 2005
Savannah College of Art & Design
Professional Experience
Freeman Company
Graphic Account Manager (Current Position)
January 2018 – Present
Duties: Management of all Graphic Design and Production
Freeman Company
Graphic Layout Specialist
September 2013 – January 2018
Duties: Workflow management and graphic layout for 28 different Freeman branches across the country. These include tradeshows, conventions and any other form of exposition.
Windsor Outdoor Advertising
Contract Graphic Artist
February 2013 – January 2014
Duties: Providing billboard designs for clients throughout the metro and surrounding Chicago area
Seiz Sign Company
Creative Director
April 2008 – September 2013
Duties: Workflow Management. Leading the design and production staff, ensuring a project (Sign, Billboard etc) has been completed and produced in a timely manner on budget and before deadline.
Accomplishments & Skills
Recently I have been working for the largest Exhibitor Graphics company in the world. I provide layouts for not only the Chicago area, but all 28 Freeman branches in many major cities across the country.
I was the sole designer for the NCAA Sun Belt Conference Basketball, Softball, Baseball, Volleyball, Swimming and Cross Country tournaments for three years. This included surveying the arena beforehand and meeting with Sun Belt executives to create an impressive experience for all visiting Sun Belt Conference fans and teams.
I provided all the designs for Magic Springs Water and theme park. These were bot massive projects that required leadership and cooperation with my clients and staff.
I have extensive experience in the print industry. From supply usable files for Billboard outsource companies such as Formetco, Georgia Printco and Independents; to maintaining and operating the following large format printers for four years:
I also have extensive experience controlling and monitoring Watchfire LED Billboard applications and also digital signage platforms such as Rise Vision and Scala.
72” Colorspan HP Dislaymaker UV Flatbed Printer
60” HP L25500 Designjet Latex roll-to-roll media printer
Gerber edge process printer
60” Graphtec Plotter.
References
Terry Patrick
Current Supervisor, Freeman Company
847.561-3033
David Hamilton
Owner and President of Seiz Sign Company
501.623.3181
Kathy Keene
Senior Associate Athletic Commissioner Sun Belt Conference
504.299.9066 – ext 212
Elmedin Nuhbegovic
Freeman Company
Graphics Resource Specialist
773-680-0701