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Linda Romanow
Email: Linda.Romanow@gmail.com
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Graphic Design, Software and Scripting Skills:
- Graphic Design: Front-End Web, Email, Direct Mail Marketing, Promotional Materials, CDs, Logos and Production
- Software: Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Quark, Acrobat, Word, Excel and Outlook
- Scripting: HTML/XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Spry and ActionScript
Graphic Design Experience:
Quill.com/Medical Arts Press, Divisions of Staples, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (2/04-Current)
Associate Creative Email Designer (07/10-Current)
- Design and develop new email creative for Quill.com categories; team up with marketing and writing to produce email campaigns that boost customer growth and sales
- Develop new procedures and lead testing for new DASH system, Quill.com's real-time customer email communication tool, assisting a 50+ person sales force and customer service
- Train and document DASH system procedures for 5+ member design team
- Build creative email templates containing branded material and share with web team
- Trouble shoot emails in testing along with IS, marketing and editing departments
- Work closely with lead designers to maintain brand guidelines within all designs
Senior Web/Print Production Designer (09/08-07/10)
- Web/Email: designed web ads, emails and landing pages to boost sales for both brands
- Direct Mail Marketing: designed dynamic postcards and sell sheets to acquire new customers for both brands
- Promotional Items: designed/reformatted top selling products including calendars, postcards and supply bags
- Created and used templates for web and print pieces to help maintain brand consistency
- Worked closely with lead designers to improve work processes and maintain brand guidelines within all designs
Senior Catalog Production Designer (11/06-9/08)
- Assumed team leadership roles including training, page assigning and team coaching
- Assisted supervisor in streamlining production processes to improve workflow
- Approved and created department styleguides to ensure that all media meets branding and printer specifications
- Designed and managed multiple catalogs for both brands including a 50+ page, monthly flyer
- Supported creative team with a variety projects including web ads, emails and postcards
Catalog Production Designer (2/04-11/06)
- Developed new layouts for Paper, Quill.com's top-selling product line and streamlined existing layouts for the Writing Instruments category while meeting target deadlines
- Created new designs for DVD premiums including the Harry Potter series, Narnia and Shrek
- Approved and created department styleguides to ensure that all media meets branding and printer specifications
- Designed and managed multiple catalogs for both brands including a 84+ page, monthly flyer
AVG Automation, Carol Stream, IL (7/02-7/03)
Marketing/Graphic Design Assistant
- Designed sell sheets, illustrations, color corrections, presentations and photography
- Created a 32 page informational catalog
Freelance Design Experience:
LR-Designs.com, Home Office (6/02-Current)
Client List: Images by DavidKay, Dean Sawyer Photography, EvenSkies Band, Journeys from PADS to HOPE and more.
Education:
Diploma in Web Development, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online (June 2010)
Certificate in Graphic Design, The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg (November 2005)
Certificate in Photography, New York Institute of Photography, Home Study (June 2004)
BA in Corporate Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (May 2002)
AA & AFA-Art, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL (May 2000 & July 2001)
