RESUME

Excellence in Design and Art

SUMMARY

I am an accomplished Designer and Illustrator with years of experience in conceptualizing and executing innovative design solutions for UI/UX design, visual design, advertising, brand identity, and print. I specialize in bringing compelling design solutions that greatly increase the bottom line of any creative deliverable.

PERTINENT EXPERIENCE

11 years experience as both Visual Designer and Senior Visual Designer at Safeco Insurance for all internet and intranet interfaces.
Extensive advertising experience for fortune 100 companies
Site Catalyst, Omniture Test and Target experience
Social Media Marketing experience on Facebook and Twitter
Proven track record of highly visible projects
Sole web visual designer for Safeco.com (2010-2017)
Managed, created and published all online ads for Safeco.com (2010-2017)
Experience with CMS systems
Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
Experience as Art Director and 3D artist.
Experience as an illustrator/artist as sole proprietor
Developed web applications using HTML and JavaScript
Funded three successful Kickstarter projects with social media
3 years experience remote worker for Safeco

STRENGTHS

Photoshop
Photography
Creation of mockups and detailed prototypes
Creating detailed redlines for web development
Quick and clever conceptual thinker
Project management and leadership
Excellent Communication Skills
Professionalism
Creative
Team player and advocate
Perfectionist
Strong and creative art direction
Extremely technical
Brand management and identity
Needs minimal direction
Driven self motivator
Exceeds deadlines
100% customer satisfaction

LANGAUGES

Visual Basic, ASP, JavaScript, C, SQL, ADO, DHTML, HTML, CSS, SharePoint

SOFTWARE

Adobe CS, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Acrobat, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Maya, 3D Studio

EMPLOYMENT

01/07-04/18 Safeco Insurance Senior Visual Designer, Seattle, Washington
UX/UI Designer, Advertising, Web design, Web optimization, Branding, Quality Assurance
I was the lead and sole designer on all my projects listed below due to downsizing and budget reduction.

My core responsibilities at Safeco the last eleven years were:

The design and redlines for Find An Agent on Safeco.com (2017-18) - Collaborated with a team in an agile fast paced, iterative environment. Final designs were derived from years of optimization testing of which I was the designer. I also followed through with developers to ensure the final designs were implemented correctly. This project is currently live on Safeco.com.
The design and redlines for the Specialty Quoting pages on Safeco.com (2017-18) - Collaborated with senior stake holders and developers under very fast schedule to design Specialty Quoting pages on Safeco.com. The designs were created to blend seamlessly with the rest of Safeco.com brand and identity. These designs are currently live on Safeco.com.
The design and redlines for Safeco.com (2010-17) - Sole designer for ongoing design, maintenance and optimization of Safeco.com. All new pages, functionality, programs and marketing updates I was responsible for creating designs and ensuring they were published on time and correctly.
Complete redesign of Safeco.com (2010 and 2012) - Responsible for two complete redesigns of Safeco.com involving substantial redline specifications, flow charts and documentation. Highly visible projects involving senior management requiring much follow through on my part to ensure the successful implementation of the approved designs.
Create and publish all ads to Safeco.Com (2010-17) - I managed, scheduled, created and published all ads to Safeco.com. This involved publishing hundreds of ads for many groups and stake holders over a period of years. I also was responsible for tracking the ads performance and reporting data.
Create and publish all ads to Safeco.Now (2015-18) - I managed, scheduled, created and published all ads to SafecoNow.com. I created campaigns working with marketing that had ads running both on Safeco.com and SafecoNow.com. Make More Happen was a campaign that I created ads for and published every Monday to both SafecoNow.com and Safeco.com.
The design and redlines for Find An Agent Micro Site (2013) - I collaborated with team of senior stake holders in an agile environment to design a micro site that fit seamlessly with Safeco.com branding and identity. High profile complicated project involving many people and ideas.
The design and redlines for Safeco.com iPhone app (2010) and mobile app (2011,2013) - I designed the iPhone app based on Apples Human Interface Guidelines. Worked closely with developers supplying hi fidelity comps, flow charts and CSS redline specifications. I also created two mobile apps for the Android system. I did quality assurance on these projects testing them on numerous phones and collaborating with dev to improve the user experience.
Designs for Omniture Test and Target, Safeco.Com (2010-17) - I collaborated with a team creating the designs and assets for the hundreds of optimization tests on Safeco.com. I was responsible for keeping track of and creating a library of test result data that could be easily referenced.
Creating all graphic projects for the company (2007-18) - I was the go to person for creating the day to day graphic needs of many people and groups in Safeco.
3 years experience as remote worker for Safeco - Worked more at home due to heavy traffic and long commute time. I was able to work efficiently and disciplined, managing my schedule and numerous responsibilities while working from home.

01/05-12/06 Winterbauer Arts, Artist and Designer, Snoqualmie, Washington

My work included fine art painting, portraits, websites, 3D art, cover art, print materials, and games

10/02-08/04 3D Environment-Interface Artist, Microsoft, Redmond, Washington (ArtSource)

Built a prototype from plans and input based on loosely defined requirements
Used Microsoft Office products to track and present work to Directors
Collaborated with developers to implement new technology

10/01-06/02 3D Artist, Boss Game Studios, Redmond, Washington

Worked with a team to build an Xbox game from plans and verbal input
Designed and developed deliverables under stringent deadlines and quality control

EDUCATION

Microsoft Certifications:

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
HTML 4.0, Master certification
Visual Basic 6.0 certification

Additional Microsoft Courses:

Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Fundamentals & Development
Implementing a Database on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Mastering Web Application Development Using Microsoft Visual Interdev

UCLA Extension, Information Technology and Information Systems

Certificate, Application Programming
Certificate, The Sequential Program Web Technology Fundamentals

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

B.F.A., Illustration

Pomona College, Claremont, California,

B.A., Art and Math

AWARDS

Safeco Shine Awards, 2017 & 2018
Safeco Bravo Awards, 2010-2016
Advanced Photoshop.com, Image of the Day Award, 2014
Kickstarter Funding, 2017 - Classic Game Covers - Self published book, Beverly Hills Book Award 2016
Kickstarter Funding, 2018 - IF, Children’s Book – Self published book, Pacific Book Award 2018, Purple Dragon Award 2018, Beverly Hills Book Award 2018

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