Graphics | Illustrations | Designs
Objective
I love creating brand appropriate patterns & graphics, am detail-oriented, a problem solver,
enjoy a fast-paced work environment, and am looking for that amazing design team to work
and grow with.
Experience
Associate Textile Designer
Eddie Bauer | Seattle Washington
425.755.6544 | July 2009 - Feb 2012
Responsibilities Include: creating original art/designs for prints, beading, embellishments,
and embroidery; manufacturing repeats; creating mood boards; engineering prints;
file organization; color reduction; creating stylized embroidery stitches; creating original
typography; scanning & recreating/cleaning/revising existing art; digital color matching;
creating original textures; final file production; uploading to FTP; creating colorways;
vintage art shopping; concepting & researching; digital mock-ups; designer meetings;
inspirational photo shoots; seasonal graphic design trend analysis; technical drawings;
freehand illustration & sketching
Associate Textile Designer & Graphic Artist
Tommy Bahama | Seattle Washington
206.622.8688 | Oct 2007 - Sept 2008
Responsibilities Include: (Textile Designer Oct 2007-June 2008) creating original designs for
prints, jacquards, and embroidery; manufacturing repeats; engineering prints; digital
mock-ups; ModaCAD color separation; scanning & recreating/cleaning/revising existing art;
brand management; contributing to original motif library; concepting & researching; designer
meetings; illustration & sketching. (Graphic Artist June 2008-Sept 2008) creating ads,
packaging, postcards, corporate identities, booklets, mailers for print; fetching quotes; paper
samples; color-matching; concept sketching; marketing meetings
Inhouse Designer & Production Artist
Pratt Industries | Birmingham Alabama
205.424.1127 | Jun 2002 - May 2007
Responsibilities Include: creating designs for corrugated packaging & POP displays; art
preparation for flexographic & lithographic label output; conceptual illustration; product
series development; digital 3D comps; updating re-designs; conceptualizing brand identities;
product photo shoots; client presentations; image restoration; proofing; large format printing;
typography research; full size mock-ups; four-color process, PMS, & GCMI ink studies
Education
Bachelor Of Art in Graphic Design
University of Montevallo | Montevallo Alabama
Jan 1997 - Dec 2001
Won competitive design scholarship; drawing, sculpture, & painting class figure model;
President’s List; Dean’s List
Online Recognition
- Won design contests which resulted in various products being mass produced and sold at threadless.com, designbyhumans.com, popdeck.com & ryzwear.com.
- Have various t-shirts printed at loiterink.com & shirt.woot.com.
- Featured illustration at oddica.com.
