## BIO
MerryLeigh Giarratano SUMMARY: Offers many years experience in web and graphics design gained over a wide variety of projects. Has solid experience in: concept development, art direction, Flash animation, web design, graphic design, writing and editing. Has produced online banner ads, print advertising, ad copy, corporate collateral, logo design, direct mail, email, POS, corporate identity, packaging, and presentations. Expert level with popular design and graphics tools. EDUCATION: Auburn University, Auburn AL Bachelor of Fine Arts TECHNICAL: Mac & Windows, Photoshop, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, ImageReady, HTML, CSS, ActionScript, Illustrator, FreeHand, PageMaker, PowerPoint. Light JavaScript, Actionscript, and GoLive. URLs: [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] AWARDS/MEMBERSHIPS: 1999 Member, Bauder College of Art and Design Advisory Board 1996 IPPA (Internet Publisher Professional Association) DX Award for design excellence - CheckFree Website 1993 ADDY Citation of Excellence- Columbus Airport logo & corporate ID 1993 Conclave Achievement- RCM “Impeccable†brochure 1992 PRSA Prism- Columbus Airport logo & corporate ID EXPERIENCE 2000 To Present: Independent Contractor/Freelancer Atlanta, GA WEB and GRAPHIC DESIGNER Designs and builds graphics for interactive and print media for clients in the Atlanta area on freelance contract basis directly or through agencies. Clients and projects include: The Home Depot - Senior Designer, retail site web design. Teamed with editors to launch an online store. Provided online content for national e-merchant promotions, how-to’s & DIY tips. Used Broadvision template with HTML input where needed. Designed pages in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, JavaScript and CSS. Worked with programmers to meet deadlines for publication to the website. Federated Systems Group - Inventoried intranet content for consolidation to a single Websphere portal build. Convergent - Flash Designer. Created animated intros and teaching aids for client-specific elearning portals. Kilgannon McReynolds - Animated screen design & sound for games. Client: Southern Linc. Bauder College - Instructor. Concept Development, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop, QuarkXPress. • Partners&Napier - Pre-launch tweaks to website using Joomla! cms. • Cotton States Insurance - Photoshop airbrush renderings. • RaceTrac Petroleum - 2006 POP gift card designs. • McKesson HBOC - Executive-level PowerPoint & Flash presentation artwork & sound. • World Financial Group - InDesign & Photoshop file prep, traffic & design for 64-pg. quarterly magazine. • Sterling-Ledet Associates - Instructor. Teach corporate design in Adobe & Quark. • Georgia Pacific - Designer Packaging design comps for product rollouts. • Compass Creative - Created & edited PowerPoint presentations/scripts. Client: NAPA • Marketworks - Created storefront web pages driving eBay customers to merchant stores. 1999 To 2000: IVI Checkmate Atlanta, GA SENIOR DESIGNER Performed concept, design, copy-editing and execution for print & web media. • Print: publications promoting b-to-b relationships with global OEM's & VARs. • Web: Updated corporate website on remote server via ftp; served as "webmaster". Developed/installed design & navigation for new 75-pg. site with Dreamweaver, tweaked tables & tags via HTML source. Created art in Photoshop, slices, rollovers & swap images in Fireworks. Tweaked JavaScript for search, email response forms and news lead-ins. 1996 To 1999: Independent Contractor/Freelancer Atlanta, GA WEB and GRAPHIC DESIGNER Designed and built graphics for interactive and print media for clients in the Atlanta area on freelance contract basis directly or through agencies. Clients and projects include: Kimberly Clark - Internal & vendor pubs and promos. e-Staff, MacTemps, TempArt, Portfolio - Design/layout. Clients: Ernst & Young, Kaiser Permanente, Coker Golley. Mystical Journeys, ATS, Newsletters Plus, Merritt Partners, Norcom Design, layout, copywriting & editing, web design & update, corporate ID, banner ads. 1993 CheckFree Columbus, OH To 1996 SENIOR DESIGNER Managed direct mail & mass media campaigns positioning consumer & commercial software products. Coordinated & managed conceptual message from tissue to final. Wrote & edited copy. Proposed & developed standards for graphic/literary style. Coordinated project management details: account service, deadline, budget, scheduling. ROP ads, direct mail, POS, packaging, web design & banner ads, trade show, multi-media presentations, software icon/splash screen design/prep. 1992 Burkholder-Flint Associates Columbus, OH To 1993 ART DIRECTOR Designed & art directed collateral, ads & logos. Designed Columbus International Airport corporate ID & developed graphic standards. Other clients: BIA, Columbus Zoo, Grange Insurance 1983 Independent Contractor/Freelancer Atlanta, GA, Milwaukee, WI, Columbus, OH To 1992 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Designed and built graphics for traditional media on freelance contract basis directly or through agencies. Clients and projects include: re:Source Marketing - DTP: matrix layout. Client: Apple. Macmillan McGraw-Hill - Member of science textbook team; grades K-8. Design & production. RAN Media - Multi-media presentations, storyboarding. Client: Longaberger. American Municipal Power-Ohio - 1991 Annual Report & Report to Members. Krakoff - Retail promo collateral & ROP ads. Client: JCPenney. Shelly Berman Communicators - Comp design. Client: NBD Bank. Central Benefits Mutual Insurance - Product promo, trade & ROP ads. Ecklectic Publishing - Format design for monthly Wisconsin Woman Magazine; house ads & corporate ID. Coordinated creative & vendors with scheduling & budget. Design North - Pencil comp of collateral, corporate ID, ads, packaging. Supervised mech production. Presented at client meetings. Clients: Miller, Borg-Warner, Oster, Cuisinart, Johnson Wax. King & Associates Advertising- ROP ads, POS & packaging. Client: MCI, Mighty Casey’s, Trammel Crow. Latimer Smith Advertising - Video storyboard; marker comp. Client: Mercy Hospital. Peachtree Publishing - Book cover design, pagination layout & design. Hunt-Snodgrass Advertising - mech paste-up. Compack - Package label layout & mech paste-up. Client: Coca-Cola. Management Science America (D&B Software) - Comp & mechs of product lit. S.P. Richards - Catalogue mech production. Client: Sparco. Turner Program Services - Promo lit & collateral; trade ads. Clients: CNN Radio, TBS. Rich’s Department Store - In-house package design, collateral. Lifestyles Real Estate - Logo design, ROP ads. 1982 BIO LAB Atlanta, GA To 1983 ASSISTANT
