============================================================================================ KEITH CAMPBELL 612.267.1051 cell | keith.campbell@gmail.com | 629 Brunswick Pike | Lambertville NJ 08530 ============================================================================================ SUMMARY Seventeen years experience as a creative and versatile graphic designer with a history of clear, clean, cost-efficient design and a proven track record of quality. Freelance practice emphasizes arts, alternative and business identity work; wide professional experience of corporate, non-profit and educational design. Skilled at building productive working relationships with clients, colleagues and vendors. Seeking a challenging design position with a dynamic organization. ============================================================================================ EXPERIENCE Aquent | Freelance Contract Designer | 2007 – 2008 Primary client: RBC Wealth Management | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Oct 2007 – Aug 2008 Contract design support for international financial firm brand conversion. Design concept through pre-press on a variety of projects with strict attention to brand/identity standards. Rebrand thousands of marketing collateral pieces, plus original design for a variety of invitations, advertising, and internal publications. Freelance Graphic Design | 1991 – present Wide variety of freelance design for press, digital print and web. One Voice Mixed Chorus | Marketing Designer | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2002 – 2008 Primary graphic designer for 20-year-old community chorus, responsible for redesign of visual identity across several years; press/digital print promotional materials, posters, brochures, programs, postcards, cds, etc. The Blake School | Office of Institutional Advancement | Hopkins, Minnesota | 2002 – 2005 Graphic design and direct mail for the development office of an independent school, producing materials for press, digital print and web, including four-color brochures, mailers, annual reports, spot-color pieces, signage, banners, ads and informational graphics for school publications. Instructional Materials Lab | Graphic Artist | University of Missouri-Columbia | 2000 – 2001 Sole designer for College of Education division producing instructional materials for government, educational, and corporate clients, including manuals, cds, catalogs, brochures, promotional materials and trade show signage (press, digital, and multimedia). Introduced core visual identity to disparate publications. Created templates to standardize production for current and future publications. Trained colleagues, recommended hardware/software purchases. Kinko’s | Computer Services Specialist | Columbia, Missouri | 1995 – 1999 Graphic design and customer consultation; wide variety of projects for print and web as senior member of a team of three specialists, handling an average of 8 projects/day, 60 projects/week, and assisting 30–50 customers daily in a department doing $20,000/month in design, digital output and self-serve rental. Fast-paced, high-traffic environment with multiple simultaneous projects requiring fast, accurate production, quality design, tight deadlines, and excellent customer service. Center for Educational Assessment | Graphic Artist | University of Missouri-Columbia | 1991 Graphic design, layout and other associated tasks for the production of standardized academic tests. Also assisted with maintenance of office network and trained co-workers in new software. ============================================================================================ SKILLS Wide software familiarity (Windows and Macintosh): Adobe Creative Suite 3 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Bridge, etc.) | QuarkXpress | Microsoft Office | Some HTML and database experience Effective organization and presentation of high-volume content | Excellent proofreading/editing/writing/communication skills | Consistent quality on a tight budget | Careful attention to brand standards | Eye for detail | 65 wpm ============================================================================================ EDUCATION School of Journalism – Advertising sequence | University of Missouri | Columbia, Missouri Coursework in graphics, magazine design, ad copy and layout, news-writing, marketing. Separate professional training in digital printing, color theory, copyright, profitability, software seminars, etc.