Résumé

Will Strain
Chicago, IL

TEL: 312.933.3832
designer@willstrain.com
www.willstrain.com

Work Experience:

Art Director / Designer
Aug. 1999 to present
Freelance (Independent / Aquent / HireKnowledge)
Indianapolis, IN / Chicago, IL

- Reworked image, including logos and supporting materials, for several non-profits, festivals, and associations.
- Created successful logo and identity campaign for a local start up.
- Responsible for production and pre-press keylines of advertising, packaging, in-store displays and direct marketing
  materials for a wide range of clients.
- Managed projects, client relations, vendor coordination and budgets.
- Portfolio available

Graphic Designer
Jan. 2001 to May 2002
Vox, Inc.
Chicago / Oak Park, IL

- Art directed and developed concepts for advertising, logo design, promotional materials,
  web design and corporate publications for a wide range of companies and not-for-profit organizations.
- Responsible for developing and refining graphics standards for client companies.
- Responsible for design and production of all client work, including managing production budgets,
  press checks, proofing, and outsourcing.

Designer / Office Administrator
Nov. 1999 to July 2000
Young Audiences of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN

- Created invitations, flyers, pamphlets and assorted collateral.
- Assisted the Director of Public Relations and Technology.
- Refined organizations image.
- Consulted on graphics for Web site.

Skills:
Project management, client relations, art direction, illustration, photography, marketing strategy, electronic pre-press,
production management and vendor relations

General VisualArts:
(10+ years experience) painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, ink), drawing, multi-media construction, sculpture (wood, plaster, clay),
set design and construction, lighting

Photography:
(10+ years experience) multiple formats (large, medium, 35mm, digital), color, b+w, landscape, architectural, studio, product,
advertising, photographic illustration, portrait, experimental.

Software:
(Mac and PC - newest versions of software should be assumed unless noted otherwise) PhotoShop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, InDesign,
Dreamweaver 4, PageMaker, LiveMotion, Flash 5, Fireworks 4, HTML 4.0, Javascript, Fontographer, Freehand 9, Color Management,
Postscript RIPs, PDF standards, Scanning software (SilverFast 6.0, Epson, Imacon, Nikon and UMax drivers)

Education:
B.A. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
Major: English Literature
Minors: Visual Art / Eastern Religions

Awards:
Fine Arts Fellowship (Photography) : Wabash College (4 year tuition reimbursment)

Professional Affiliations:
American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA)