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Tan Grimes
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SUMMARY
Designer and instructor with more than 12 years of experience designing marketing and branding materials for print and web. A constant learner, eager to expand skills and knowledge of digital design. An independent and analytical thinker who knows how and when to both support the team and work alone.


SOFTWARE SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Flash
Adobe InDesign
HTML/CSS
Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint
Macintosh and Windows




PORTFOLIO
http://www.darkeninghorizon.com/portfolio


EXPERIENCE
2008-Present
Web and Graphic Designer, freelance, Boulder, CO and Greater Los Angeles, CA
  • Fulfill all graphic needs for environmental consulting company including corporate website, marketing materials, and branding materials.
    • Provide design services for dozens of clients and events in various media and formats including logos, brochures, flyers, mailers, posters, resource books, trade show displays, event presentation slides, information packets, maps, newsletters, websites, marketing emails, branding specifications, stationery, and promotional items
    • Work directly with printers to ensure printed materials are of highest quality and executed to client specifications
    • Interface with site tech team to manage audio/video at events, ensuring speaker presentations proceed smoothly and professionally
    • Provide photographic documentation of events and latest environmental technologies
    • Keep abreast of latest clean vehicle technologies and pass along relevant news to other teammembers

1998-Present
Web and Graphic Designer, freelance, Boulder, CO and Greater Los Angeles, CA
  • Create and update client websites and collateral.
    • The Heart of Voice — Designed flyers, postcards, and business cards to promote singer and expand client base
    • Jakks Pacific, Inc. — Produced catalogues, sell sheets, and marketing materials for sales team, improving sales and increasing customer base
    • Science Adventures — Updated website, creating more than a hundred maps to summer camp sites across the nation
    • Sin Kwang Thé — Created biographical promotional material for martial arts grandmaster as part of press kit for film script

2003-2008
Visual Coordinator, Alpha Retail Technology, Inc., Calabasas, CA
  • Solely responsible for creating corporate website, corporate marketing materials, and graphic user interfaces for retail software company. Reported directly to senior leadership on marketing and branding projects and managed an assistant.
    • Designed web site and trade show booths, improving corporate image and increasing client base
    • Designed all printed and digital marketing materials normally generated by a large external marketing firm, saving the company thousands of dollars
    • Updated look and feel of software interfaces and e-commerce tools to improve functionality, usability, and aesthetic appeal, contributing to turning prospects into clients
    • Introduced SEO and web page tracking elements to web site, increasing traffic and providing visitor tracking data to senior leadership

2003-2007
Instructor/Trainer, ITT Technical Institute, Digital Design LA, et al, Greater Los Angeles, CA
  • Taught post-secondary graphic and web design courses using many graphic software programs.
    • Provided full-day and half-day training sessions to faculty on specific programs and platforms, expanding general knowledge base
    • Advised students on careers, projects, and practical business experience outside of class, better preparing them for the design field

1996-2001
Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  • Developed and taught several new courses involving various graphic applications integrated with non-graphic disciplines such as English and Film.
    • Spoke before hundreds of new students and parents annually about design courses
    • Started Bits and Bytes newsletter discussing technological trends in education


EDUCATION
Bachelor of Environmental Design (Design)
University of Colorado at Boulder, CO


CERTIFICATES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Certified Trainer — Bureau for Private Postsecondary & Vocational Education
Assistant Instructor — Chinese Shao-Lin Kung Fu Center, 3rd degree black belt


Calabasas, CA 91302        ·        spyrel@yahoo.com

Last updated Tuesday, January 4, 2011