DAMON MAY
211 Bay St
Glens Falls, NY 12801
cell: 518.321.2792
damonmaydesign@yahoo.com
Online Portfolio: http://www.damonmaydesign.com
Summary of Qualifications
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree plus 8 years of business and design experience
Manage projects from beginning to end. Proficient in both MAC and PC
Computer Skills MAC and PC
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark, Studio 8,
CAD-SignLab, Vinyl Express, Corel Draw,
MS Office
Design Achievements
Created print advertisements placed in industry leading magazines, newspapers and movie theatres
Created branding campaign for National Amusements Theatres
Conceptualized and developed customized artwork and logos for a variety of businesses
Produced original illustrations, drawings, paintings for various clients
Education
State University at Binghamton, Vestal, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts 2003
Employment History
Tribune Media Services Glens Falls, NY June 2006 to present
Fortune 500 firm and one of top media companies in U.S. Operates and owns businesses in broadcasting and publishing. Reaches more than 80% of America’s households. Only media organization with television stations, newspapers and websites in top 3 markets.
Graphic Designer
Work on 3-person design team designing covers, cover stories and features for weekly magazines
Design 30 – 40 layouts per week in a 2 - 3 day production schedule under strict time constraints
Handle the design work load for the New York branch working with director of marketing and features departments (Posters, mailers, sell sheets, logos, web design etc…) Act as designer while doing own art and creative direction for team
Chosen to lead various magazine redesign projects under strict time constraints to keep clients. Successful on all projects (Took the projects from beginning to end leading all aspects of the redesign process)
Chosen to lead freelance brochure project for the AARC Chamber of Commerce dinner. Lead team, designed brochure and was point man on all correspondence with client and printer
Was able to save company money by proving we could create Zap2it magazine product
in house
Freelance Designer/Artist 2005 to present
Tribune Media Services, Glens Falls, NY February 2004 to April 2005
Designer/Graphic Artist/Ad Gen Rep - Movies Department
Managed Approximately 10 accounts; (Boston Globe, National Amusements, Sony-Loews, etc...) designed and implemented media campaigns for diverse customer base
Quickly joined senior designer to work on various branding campaigns
Created fresh and new designs more appealing to the target markets,
increased name recognition for clients and encouraged new and repeat business for company
Assigned to more complex and challenging projects based on creative ability and success designing campaigns for key customers such as National Amusements, Chicago Tribune and Sony-Loews
Graduated from Customer Service Training Program sponsored by companies
NY office
Zappia Athletic Products, Vestal, NY August 1997 to August 2003
Designer/Graphic Artist
Privately owned company specializing in design and distribution of athletic products and apparel.
Designed, prepared and applied logos and artworks to apparel, signs, banners and
other items
Supervised three member design and production team
Johnny Mac Motor Sports, Dayton, OH March 1999 to November 2001
Designer/ Graphic Artist/ Sales
Privately owned company that specialized in sales, distribution and installation of performance parts for sport compact cars.
Managed Vinyl Design/Application department; credited with nearly
doubling revenue
Interim manager of sales and customer service departments
Designed graphics for vehicle that took 1st place in nations largest car show