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SUMMARY
High energy, creative expert with 15+ years of analyzing and translating subject matter into compelling communications to deliver a return on investments and achieve business goals. Talented designer skilled at visualizing solutions, driving brands, and influencing employees' productivity. Sharp communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrated flexibility working in a dynamic environment. 

DIVERSE EXPERIENCE
American Greetings, Mango Graphic Design, Nike, U.S. Army, and Teledyne Brown Engineering. In addition to the U.S., I have lived and worked in Japan and Germany and bring a multicultural perspective to my work.

SKILLS
Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premier Pro, Acrobat, After Effects 
Other Design Software: Adobe Captivate | Articulate SolidWorks Composer | Arbortext ISO Draw | QuarkXpress 
Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Operating Systems: Windows 7 Windows Vista | Apple OS
Able to acquire knowledge of new software, systems and equipment with ease.

AWARDS and RECOGNITION
· Department of the Army, Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, January, 2015
· Received an Outstanding (5/5) Rating on my annual review 
· Sustained Superior Performance Award
· United States Army Garrison Stuttgart Employee of the Quarter, May 2014
· Department of the Army, Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, May 2014
· NAF Support Division Employee of the Quarter, 1st Quarter 2014
· On the Spot Awards totaling $750, March - December 2014
· Time Off Awards totaling 112 Hours, March - December 2014
· DoDEA (Department of Defense Education Activities) Volunteers Award from DoDDS CFAY Yokosuka, Japan, May 2010
· Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Convention Award, First Place for Informational Graphic Illustration, April 1995

​EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Minor in Journalism 
Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX

REFERENCES available upon request.  
​Hasenyager Consulting, Madison, AL | March 2015–Present
Visual Design | Instructional Design | Senior Consultant
Oversee visual design and development projects for private, corporate, and government clients. Partner with clients to increase revenues, brand awareness, and storytelling effectiveness through visual arts and learning solutions. Employ design thinking abilities to solve complex problems, find desirable solutions, and manage projects onsite and virtually.
School Professionals – New York Department of Education
New York, NY (2016 – Present)
GRAPHIC DESIGN CONSULTANT
Visual Design support for the Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Learning develops, coordinates and manages STEM and service-centered programs for students
​K-12. NYC Department of Education, serves 1.1 million students in over 1,800 schools.
  • Art direction and creative visual design for the branding and marketing of dozens of specialized educational programs for K-12 students of New York City public school’s system.
  • Educational Guide design and layout for program instruction and delivery.
  • Custom charts and planning graphics to aid instructor in delivering a successful program. 
​Training Pros – Nike, North American Supply Chain (NASC)
Memphis, Tennessee (2016 – 2017)
VISUAL DESIGN CONSULTANT — Training Development
Design and develop learning solutions and performance support tools that educate the company’s workforce while improving organization effectiveness for Nike distribution centers.
  • Composed hundreds of information graphics and illustrations, 6 comprehensive guidebooks, and dozens of custom job aids supporting 12 different departments. Solved for unique locations and uses to provide just-in-time reference.
  • Successfully designed and templatized course products in MS Word to create a library of targeted formats that help increase instructional design team efficiency by 20%. Resulting in beautiful training documents that are easy to use.
  • Designed and created standard eLearning template in Adobe Captivate, adhering to Nike brand and training development style guide. Developed rapid prototypes in PPT.
  • Produced videos in Premiere Pro for classroom and individual presentation that tell the story of how the different departments work together and clearly demonstrated processes unique to the Nike apparel distribution center.
Spearheaded system of Performance Support Tools:
Proposed and developed effective visual solutions in the field that directly support informal learning. Solutions are just-in-time learning aids designed to assist employees with on-the-job support, enhancing team member performance and overall DC quality on all outbound orders. 
Inspired the effort to revise existing protocol for one work area that was in effect costing $1.4 mil in charge backs per year. The business will leverage the newly established content and visuals for use in domestic and international facilities. 
Harlan Lee & Associates, LLC — Huntsville, Alabama (2015 – 2016)
GRAPHIC DESIGNER - U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Redstone Arsenal 
​Exceptional customer interface skills working in a team environment to create high level graphic design and print media as part of the Visual Information Production Center (VIPC) within MDA.  
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Create high quality and effective visual information:
Produce unique designs and meet demands of tight deadlines with excellent quality work:
  • Make initial decisions on such design matters as size, layout, kind and quality of materials, medium, color schemes, typography, lighting effects, specific visual elements to be incorporated, or reproduction methods.
  • Generate creative visual solutions for presentation materials that clarify complex processes or procedures.
  • Wireframe and page mockups for the internal VIPC request site used at MDA Huntsville, AL location. 
Teledyne Brown Engineering — Huntsville, Alabama (2015 – 2015)
TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATOR – Logistics Group,  Marine, Aviation, & Manufacturing, DoD Subsea Systems
Develop complex technical illustrations per S1000D and MIL-PRF-40051 specifications for the procurement and production of technical publications for aerospace, defense and capital-intensive equipment applications. 

Developed complex technical illustrations per S1000D and MIL-PRF-40051 specifications for the procurement and production of technical publications for aerospace, defense and capital-intensive equipment applications.

Increase technical illustration productivity and accuracy by 50%:
  • Proficient in the reading of engineering diagrams and accurately reproduce the functional nature of an integrated system (electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic) in an isometric format.
  • Imported 3D model into SolidWorks Composer for deconstruction and creation of illustrations in conjunction with Adobe Illustrator and ArborText ISO Draw.
  • Generated illustrated parts breakdowns and exploded views of the subsea vehicle and various components and systems; averaging 100 complex illustrations per month.
  • Composed Technical Illustration Training for writers and instructional designers to convey a complex request system that manages thousands of illustrations.
USAG Stuttgart Family and MWR, Stuttgart, Germany (2013 – 2015)
GRAPHIC DESIGNER – Marketing Department
Projects Graphic Designer - Business & Military Marketing Campaigns: 

Composed, illustrated, produced, and managed 290+ in-house graphic designs, production activities, and multimedia requests annually for 46+ facilities across four military bases. Designed and managed events, programs, and services for all ages. Projects include graphic design, illustration, photography, advertising (print/digital), copy layouts, websites, social media, product packaging, and accessories.          
       
Impacted sales goals, profits, and objectives:
  • Conceived and produced print and digital advertising that hit objectives; bowling center captured #1 in Europe, earned highest net income before depreciation (NIBD), and exceeded $627K sales   
Coordinated promotional graphic designs across multiple countries and channels:
  • Attracted attendees and participants from across Europe (event sold-out). Designed 12 unique pieces for print, advertising, community posters, and multi-media. Coordinated with video artist to incorporate brand into videos viewed on YouTube, Facebook, Websites as well as television commercials aired on Armed Forces Network (AFN.)
  • Produced hundreds of creative design campaigns that promoted events and expanded reach into Europe. Used artistic judgment to apply brand to multimedia venues and social media.
Created high quality and effective graphic designs:
  • Increased project completion from 37% upon arrival to 63% due to distinct designs, quality of designs, and effective results. Managed business projects to support sales of $2.7 million. 
  • Achieved attendance goals and project objectives by ascertaining vision for events, programs, and services; generated creative and eye-catching graphics that encapsulated messages.
Generated results for special events and projects:
  •  Produced all print, banners, posters, directional signs, advertisements, and digital material for 3 day shopping bazaar with 75+ vendors,  thousands of shoppers, and private organizations. Communicated with clients throughout event planning process, managed project team, and accommodated last-minute requests.
  • Designed campaigns to strengthen mental, physical, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual resiliency of soldiers, families, and civilians to enhance ability to manage rigor of professions.
  • Saved over $8K, met timeline, and exceeded technical requirements for special project; refurbished event facility and transformed six rooms with dramatic design elements. 
Exceeded customers expectations: 
  • Created custom illustrative artwork and designs to advertise six annual theater shows that hit sales of $206K: audition posters, performance posters, show programs, and tickets; crafted one-of-a-kind designs for each show and captured brand throughout marketing campaign.
Awarded for creativity, productivity, and ability to generate results:
US Army, Achievement Medal for Civilian, 2014 & 2015. Employee of the Quarter, NAF Division and US Army Garrison, Stuttgart both in 2014.
Mango Graphic Design Company, US, Japan, & Germany (2001—2013)
GRAPHIC DESIGN PROPRIETOR| FREELANCER| EDUCATOR — National & International Projects

Managed day-to-day operations of the company and multiple concurrent projects from hand-sketched concept to press-ready files. Collaborated with clients/customers to identify and develop most effective marketing plan to reach sale goals and objectives. Produced original graphic sketches, icons, designs and layouts. Determined production activities and arranged layouts per project including illustration, photography, animation, various print, web design, and marketing products and services. Conducted research for market intelligence of current packaging and trends.

Awarded large corporate accounts, and freelance projects:
  • Essential to revenue growth for one account from $2.5M to $6.6M; provided exclusive designs for sales materials, presentations, and advertising. Created, managed websites, and maintained websites with Adobe Dreamweaver, and met tight deadlines and budgets. Coordinated domain name registration and web hosting.
  • Saved DoD school thousands by identifying and implementing art program for 260 students; received DoDEA award for service and program.
Landed opportunity to teach students in Germany:
  • Inspired DoDDS students artistically and presented material to students K-8th grade as substitute teacher between projects.
  • Created original illustrations and designs for learning materials.
Taught and encouraged children with special needs that required small group and individual attention in the subjects of reading comprehension, writing and mathematics.
America Greetings | Plus Mark, Cleveland, OH (1998—2001)
ART DIRECTOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN — Global Market Reach 
Directed team of designers, photographers, stylists, and administrative staff in marketing/branding, display design, facility design, and package design. Consulted with sales managers and product teams. Presented proposed designs to customers. Provided creative direction and print production management for all sales collateral, catalogs, merchandising displays, and retail packaging.   
Directed and executed showroom designs and window exhibit at headquarters and NY City. 
VOLUNTEER WORK
Army Community Services (ACS) 
“Stuttgart Volunteers ROCK!” Event, Stuttgart military community, Germany
· Worked directly with the Volunteer Coordinator of ACS, Stuttgart to develop a visual campaign for the annual volunteer recognition ceremony.
· Designed all marketing materials and environmental design for the event.
· Created large posters, banners, fliers, etc. with a cohesive branding of the event to develop instant recognition of these images with the Stuttgart Volunteers among community members. 
· Compiled and designed a newsletter for ACS that showcased all of their various program details and contact information. This provided the local community with a one-source referral to their many services.

Art Explorers Education Program, Yokosuka military community, Japan
· Identified the need for an art program within the DoDDS Ikego Elementary School, Yokosuka, Japan.
· With cooperation of the principal, developed, proposed, and implemented an art program complete with lesson plans for 260 students.
· Each grade level rotated in for a ninety minute session once a month to complete various projects.
· The year ended with a school art show to showcase every child's artwork.
· Received the DoDEA Volunteers Award from DoDDS CFAY, Japan.  

Ikego Elementary School Yearbook, Yokosuka military community, Japan
· Yearbook design and production to include planning and organizing all of the images and details of people, places and events. Produced in 6 weeks. Over 300 students, teachers and staff; 12 classrooms and field trips; school events were featured. An exciting yearbook with visually stimulating page layouts, showcasing all of the children and their various activities at the elementary school.