experienced art director, copywriter and designer seeking position that incorporates creative design and development in an advertising and/or marketing setting
overview
• multi-faceted creative professional with over eight years of B2B and B2C advertising, copywriting, branding and marketing experience in fast-paced environments
• skilled in multiple disciplines, including art direction, sales promotion, public relations, e-marketing, social media optimization, high-level creative executions and website management
• takes ideas from concept to reality through a driven artistic vision
• comfortable handling projects on local and national levels; experienced team manager
education
wittenberg university, springfeld, ohio
bachelor of arts, spring 2003
major: graphic design & photography, minor: art historyexperience
norton outdoor advertising, cincinnati, ohio
network coordinator & designer (november 2006-present)• primary art director and web manager
• worked with local and national clients to create memorable tag lines for outdoor campaigns
• wrote press releases on local and national levels
• composed email marketing and social network campaigns
• created multi-platform marketing solutions for clients, including microsite and mobile marketing campaigns
• responsible for strategic targeting of outdoor campaigns to specific demographics
• consulted with clients to conceptualize outdoor campaigns
• managed and handled all traffic for network of digital billboards
• provided artistic direction to staff
• won key account as creative agency for national back in charge of regional digital messagingspencer photography and design, cincinnati, ohio
co-owner (october 2009-present)• lead photographer and designer
• directed photoshoots
• created layouts for printed pieces, logos, newsletters, albums
• conceptualized and constructed websites
• established branding standards for clientsjungle jim's international market, fairfeld, ohio
art director and web manager (june 2004-november 2006)• oversaw layout and production of weekly ad circular
• wrote copy for television, radio and TV spots
• composed all copy for company website and in-store displays
• managed staff of creative services department
• directed photoshoots, assisted with television commercials, developed press releases, granted media interviews, styled food for collateral material and advertisements
• delivered work within tight time frame and within budget
• guided all elements of website and website traffic reporting
• web traffic increased 30% during tenurehumana, inc., cincinnati, ohio
operations coordinator (october 2003-june 2004)• assisted upper management in preparing presentations and reports
• organized team member schedules
• analyzed service performance datacomputer proficiency
skilled on both pc and mac, adobe creative suite 5, adobe acrobat professional, microsoft office, macromedia dreamweaver (HTML, CSS), macromedia flash, mapinfo, kbworld, qualitap
accomplishments
• cincinnati centurions field hockey club officer (2007-present)
• girl's greater cincinnati league lacrosse coach of the year (2005)
• chi omega athletic award recipient (2003)
• ncaa division III field hockey all-american (2001, 2002)
• volunteer for susan g. komen for the cure
references available upon request
