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| Roger D. Blanton 370 Oakley Dr. Apt#1307 Nashville, TN 37211 (615) 428-1213 me@rogerblanton.com Objective To use my experience in a position that requires creativity and meeting visual challenges. Skills Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, & Illustrator Adobe Freehand & Flash Adobe Dreamweaver & Fireworks QuarkXpress Digital Photography & Illustrations Experience 08/06 - 08/07 Senior Graphic Designer The Momentum Group • Built corporate identities. From logo to web presence, package design to business cards & letterhead • Created video & flash intensive websites. 12/05 - 08/06 Graphic Designer MMA Creative • Animated flash banners and commercials for music artists, politicians, and corporate companies. • Designed websites that met web 2.0 standards. 04/05 - 12/05 Web Designer Digital Dog, Inc. • Created 30 second Flash animations for display on in-store kiosks. • Designed the look & feel of a homepage and secondary webpage in Photoshop daily. daily. 01/04 - 04/05 Freelance Graphic Designer Roger Blanton Designs • Designed logos for various companies • Created Digital Illustrations for print Web page design 09/02 - 01/04 Interactive Designer Intellithought, Inc. • Designed websites with advanced interactivity for corporate companies • Worked closely with programmers to create sleek looking computer applications • Learned new technologies and methods for digital media 01/02 - 09/02 Graphic Designer II Sprint Publications & Advertising • Designed Ads for the Sprint Yellow Pages using Adobe Illustrator • Checked for Technical Errors before Ads are sent to print • Produced Ads with a 40 minute time limit 01/01 - 07/01 Flash Animator/Artist Be Smart Kids, Inc. • Developed computer software for pre-school children designed to teach the alphabet, numbers, and speech. • Illustrated graphics for interactive lessons • Utilized Adobe Flash as a computer animator to create character animations and interactive interfaces that were optimized for the internet 12/00 - 01/01 Graphic Designer Universal Companies, Inc. • Helped with design and layout of the 2001 Spa Equipment and Supplies catalog layout using Quark and Photoshop • Recreated and improved company logos for spa labels using Adobe Freehand 05/99 - 11/00 Graphic Designer Grafik Touch Advertising Agency • Designed direct mail pieces, created static and animated web pages • Created logos, laid out monthly newsletters, and designed newspaper ads • E-mailed proofs to clients, and set up pre press work for 2-color and 4-color printing Education East Tennessee State University BFA Graphic Design/Illustration Graduated 12/2001 GPA 3.0 100% Self -Financed Awards 2006 Two W3 Silver Awards, Three Davy Silver Awards 2000 Addy Citation of Excellence 1996"Mockingbird" First place Illustration |