Resume

 

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Passionate, creative art director and graphic designer. An active listener, strategic thinker, and problem solver who loves new challenges. A team player with extensive experience producing diverse print and digital design, executing creative direction, and performing project management.   

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• Developing creative for well-known brands including Georgia Natural Gas, Global Payments, Harland Clarke, Mueller Water Products, SunTrust Bank, and WestRock 

• Projects are always delivered on time and within budget amidst complex, rapidly-changing environments 

• Brought on as a temporary contractor at multiple clients to then be hired full-time

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Owner, Art Director 

2017 – Present

Van House Design 

Atlanta, Georgia

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• Project manager for Mueller, delivering all ads and media placement – 2019

• Redesigning templates for all of Mueller’s Advisories, Case Studies, Data Sheets, Instruction Manuals, Sales Flyers, and White Papers 

• Partnering with a leading agency to create an interactive niche product that led to signing a new client

• Designing for Harland Clarke during multiple time periods. Project managing and design of their corporate print and digital ads. Producing creative for Harland’s corporate brochures, catalogs and major banking clients. 

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Art Director
2012 – 2017
Alpha Comm Enterprises, Inc. 
Lawrenceville, Georgia

 

Alpha Comm manufactures and distributes cell phone accessories. Clients include Cricket Wireless, MetroPCS, AT&T, AT&T Mexico, and Movistar. 

• Catalog design for AC’s Color Burst product line

• Designing Alpha Comm’s corporate logo and Branding Guide

• Lead Art Director for all Cricket Wireless-branded accessories including packaging, digital promotions, and product photography

• Training, managing, and art directing Graphic Designers

• Building strategic relationships with other departments, fostering better communication and teamwork

• Initiating product improvements at no additional cost to the company

• Contributing to Alpha Comm’s growth from $30 million dollars in sales to $70 million

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Art Director
2003 – 2011
Virtual Magic, Inc. 
Atlanta, Georgia

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An Advertising Agency/Design Studio and Technology Company whose clients included The Blackstone Group, Emory University, Georgia Natural Gas, Global Payments, Harland Clarke, Manhattan Associates, Mueller Water Products, and SunTrust Bank

• Designing Ads, Brochures, Direct Marketing, Invitations, Trade Show Booth Graphics, Web Banners, and Websites 

• Serving as Client Contact, Art Director, and project manager for Bristol West Insurance Company, Harland Clarke, and Global Payments Canada

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PERSONAL

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• Previous nationally ranked windsurfer competed in the U.S. Olympic Festival and volunteered as a boat driver in the 1996 Olympics 

• Has been both a professional water skier and a competitor on the University of Georgia’s team 

• Donna is one of the rarest of species – an Atlanta native