North Grosvenor Dale, Connecticut, United States
Multimedia designer, experienced in the design, print, and web aspects of the marketing field. Direct experience in retail marketing, web design, videography, film editing, and freelance design. Interested in making freelance/off-site business connections, which will further my experience and my skills. Specialties: Adobe CC - Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Audition, Dreamweaver, Media Encoder, Word Press, Camtasia, graphic design, page/mechanical layout, typesetting, photo retouching, creating logos and company identities. https://cargocollective.com/darylhamilton https://new.express.adobe.com/published/urn:aaid:sc:US:8f5a91ee-e2f2-44b8-8cb6-02aae51010b3?promoid=Y69SGM5H&mv=other
Lead end-to-end design projects across print, digital, and multimedia platforms, reducing production time by 22% while ensuring brand consistency and alignment with business goals. Collaborate with the directors, senior executives, and cross-functional teams to define creative strategy, scope, and execution of deliverables. Provide mentorship and guidance during early concepting, reviewing and approving design work to maintain quality, cohesion, and brand stewardship. Manage multiple projects and deadlines, support resource planning, and oversee contractors and third-party illustrators to ensure efficient workflows. Produce and refine high-quality visual assets including print collateral, responsive digital designs, web components, photography retouching, video, and digital media content. Conduct press checks and on-press approvals, contribute to brainstorming and trend research, and help establish templates and annual creative looks.
Senior Level art direction, collaborative design, typography, production art, web design and film production and editing. Creating and holding to customer and brand standards is the number one priority. Creative and innovative individual with direct experience in retail, packaging, film design and invitations. Client Base: • GIT Sports - Graphic & Website Designer/Online Marketing Manager - design print materials, design and maintain the website, manage all marketing campaigns for events, tradeshows and online sales • Crabtree & Evelyn, Ltd. - designing/producing packaging artwork for beauty and home retail products • Warehouse Advertising - collaborative design, typography, photo retouching • Friendly Giant Marketing: Print campaign for the film "Dragons Real Myths and Unreal Creatures" film logo, collaborative design of posters, ads, billboards, banners • Alder Foods (US Military Food Service) - Brochures, ads, POP • United States Military - unit logos, collectable coins, t-shirts, event logos • Grassroots Consulting - client logos • DECA - ads, brochures, signage, POP • Wild Flour Bakery - company logo, ads, banners, menus, signage • Quincy Spa - company logo
Collaborated with creative, project management, and cross-functional teams to deliver brand-aligned design solutions. Designed and edited print and digital materials for presentations, and internal communications. Managed multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining efficiency and quality. Applied strong design and technical expertise to ensure accuracy, consistency, and adhearence to brand standards. Communicated clearly with leadership and senior executives to incorporate feedback and support project goals.
• Partnering closely with the Packaging Production Manager and the Project Managers to edit and update layouts • Collaborating with others on the creative team to design and edit new and existing packaging artwork • Pre-press, press approval and on press color correction experience • Working with typography to update/design packaging for market specific collateral based on brand standards • Expert-level organization and maintenance of the file server • Proficient print production skills, technical knowledge, speed and accuracy • Troubleshoot design software • Retouching digital photography of packaging and product • Communication and developing relationships with co-workers, managers, executives and print vendors • Maintaining expertise, professionalism, enthusiasm and organization while meeting time sensitive deadlines • Follow organization process within the file server and systems while initiating new and efficient means for updates and organization going forward • Guide others through changes while being flexible and adapting quickly • Effectively making recommendations in-order to improve all aspects of New Product Development and be a pro-active contributor.