As part of the new Schawk Digital Team I completed additional web development training. Courses I completed included: XHTML and CSS. Javascript. JQuery. AJAX. Adobe CS5 InDesign-Photoshop-Illustrator-Flash Catalyst and Dreamweaver for Web Design.
I served as a contributing author to the Schawk Innovation Blog. I wrote several blog articles outlining some exciting trends in digital media. I explained how our agency can utilize these technologies to help our clients and position ourselves more strongly in the digital marketplace.
Contributed Content to the Schawk Innovation Blog
While working at Schawk Retail Marketing on the True Value Hardware account, I created this concept for a holiday gift catalog. It was designed to be compatible online or on mobile devices and featured interactive touch points that revealed product details and led to an online shopping cart for purchase.
True Value Hardware Interactive Holiday Catalog Mobile App
My Schawk team and I developed a 40 page catalog for our client True Value Hardware. The client later gave us very positive feedback about the outcome of the project. This helped them reach their sales goals and strengthened our relationship with this new client.
Developed 40-page True Value Hardware Outdoor Catalog
After conducting a talent survey of all their designers with experience in web development Schawk chose me to be one of the few first members of their newly formed digital team. As a member of the digital team I began advanced training to broaden my expertise in web development and […]
Chosen for Special Digital Design Team
I was chosen out of a large pool of candidates to join the Schawk team working on the newly acquired True Value Hardware account. One other designer and I collaborated in setting up the page templates and graphic styles for the entire production. I also worked with the creative director […]
Chosen to Work on Newly Acquired True Value Hardware Account
I was selected to represent Schawk Retail Marketing in a presentation to potential client Toys R Us. Due to my expertise in the Universal Ad program, I was asked to give a demonstration and explain the workflow my team and I developed for the Kmart SuperCenter account.
Selected to Present to ToysRus Representatives
While working at Schawk Retail Marketing I was promoted to the Kmart SuperCenter account. The existing team was in the midst of transitioning to a new automated publishing program, Universal Ad. My teammates and I quickly learned the new software and utilized it to develop an even more efficient workflow. […]
Promoted to the Kmart SuperCenter Account
As a graphic designer at the Quarasan design firm I worked on the creation of textbook layouts. A teammate and I collaborated on the creative design for each of the many different page types in the book. As the project continued I supervised several other production artists who were added […]