Resume — Drew Kempin Design

WORK EXPERIENCE

Created digital assets for use in email and social media as well as print pieces from billboards to postcards.
Contributed to the roll-out and expansion of both Conviva and CenterWell, two new brands that cater to in-person care.
Responsible for several portions of the yearly Annual Enrollment Period collateral, ensuring brand consistency from start to finish.

Crafted digital assets for use in email, social media, and website campaigns.
Collaborated with senior designers and art directors to produce designs that captured the essence of each product line.
Participated and contributed to daily and weekly creative reviews to improve and provide feedback for current and future work.
SECTION 127 • Contract Designer

Created print, digital, animated, and video marketing materials for clients including the NCAA, the Pacers, Purdue University, and more.
Helped create templates for social and web banners to insure a cohesive look was attained with multiple team members working on producing collateral.
Edited and produced videos for some of the NCAA’s social media platforms.

Led the company through a re-branding, from conception and discovery, through research and drafting concepts, and to a final branding identity.
Created marketing collateral, such as a custom designed view-master to send to prospective clients.
Designed presentation templates and documents for external and internal use.
Worked with higher education clients to create digital advertisements and landing pages that capture the attention of potential students. Also worked with various other clients on digital and social collateral.
Handled all social, blog, and website graphic needs, while advising on future messaging and advertising efforts.

Within three months became one of the most efficient and skilled designers in photo editing and manipulation. Was trusted to take lead on all photography necessary, and mentored others in Photoshop work-flow improvement.
Directed, filmed, and edited video content for successful Kickstarter campaign, Dice Wars.
Principal Photographer for winter 2017 children’s products. Photographed and edited hundreds of images to conform to Amazon branding standards, all while showing off each product to the fullest extent.
Researched and implemented new techniques to improve work-flow and efficiency, and held instruction sessions to bring new methods into the design team’s knowledge base.
Designed products and artwork, and retail-friendly packaging, for many different types of consumer goods, including: Tabletop Gaming, Children’s Toys, Camping Equipment, Art Supplies, Sporting Goods, and more.
Worked with clients to create custom poker chip designs. Tracked orders and performed quality assurance to insure client satisfaction.
Partnered with marketing department to create Amazon listings that exceeded expectations, selling out stock within weeks of listings going live. Also created new content for previous listings to help bolster sales.

Became one of the top performers in the company, both in quantity and quality of ads created, within three months of starting employment. Trusted to help sub-teams with their queue when work was abundant.
Crafted animated and static advertisements for the USA TODAY network of websites and newspapers.
Selected for a small team focused on crafting premium content for prospective clients.
Improved efficiency and actively experimented in new techniques for Adobe Edge and HTML5 animation.
Designed ads for various industries including: Theater, Travel & Hospitality, Automotive, Education, Medical, and more.

Crafted advertisements and artwork for print and digital distribution, while also working closely with supervisors to maintain highly accurate and creative work that surpassed quality expectations.