MY SKILLS

With over 20 years of combined experience in multimedia, including website design, graphic design, and marketing materials, I bring exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills. As a dynamic team player with strong written and verbal communication abilities, I am dedicated to delivering impactful messages and high-quality products tailored to your business needs.

Highly creative graphic and website designer specializing in high-quality, impactful multimedia design solutions. Expertise includes UI design, logos, brochures, identity packages, campaign ads, social media ads, infographic concepts, magazine covers, book covers, and apparel design, among others.

EDUCATION

February 2015
American InterContinental University, Chicago, Illinois
Degree: Bachelor's in Visual Communication and Fine Arts

June 2003
Johns Hopkins University Computer Career Center,
Columbia, MD
Certificates: Graphic Design, Website Design

June 1996
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington DC
Concentration: Visual Fine Arts and Photography

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

Using advanced software to refine and complete images for websites, marketing materials, and social media platforms.

CLEARENCE

Public Trust (current)

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP	ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR	ADOBE INDESIGN	ADOBE XD
FIGMA	HTML	CSS	JIRA
MICROSOFT OFFICE	508 COMPLIANCE

MY RESUME

MY DESIGN SKILLS

My Creative and
Conceptual Thinking

Typography: Understanding of font styles, kerning, and how to select or create typefaces that complement a brand.

Color Theory: Knowledge of color psychology and how different colors evoke emotions or brand messages.

Composition & Layout: Ability to balance elements like shapes, text, and spacing for a cohesive design.

Form and Symbolism: Recognizing the impact of shapes and symbols in conveying meaning.

Branding Insight: Understanding the company’s identity, values, and target audience to create a logo that communicates its essence.

Sketching and Ideation: Ability to brainstorm and sketch rough concepts before finalizing the design.

Attention to Detail: Precision in creating clean, scalable designs that work across various mediums and sizes, from business cards to billboards.

Communication Skills: Ability to collaborate with clients, understand briefs, and present ideas effectively, often requiring written and verbal communication.

Trends & Market Awareness: Keeping up with design trends and industry standards to create logos that feel current but are timeless.

LOGO DESIGN

Highly proficient in logo design, applying custom shapes, typography using positive and negative space, vectors to integrate on various material, like company identity packages. MORE DETAIL

PRINT DESIGN

Highly proficient in print design, such as, Report Book, brochures, Flyers, Business Cards, Magazine Layouts, Ads, Posters, Banners and Book Covers, etc. MORE DETAIL

WEBSITE DESIGN

Highly proficient in front and back end web design, creating simple and complex pages utilizing the HTML language, CSS and other technical and non-technical skills/languages to produce the final results that fit the customer's requirements and needs. MORE DETAIL

BROCHURE DESIGN

In using Adobe Illustrator CC, I find an inspiration in creating brochures using some of the tools within the software to showcase various concepts. All brochures designs are develop from the ground up as well as print layout. MORE DETAIL

WILL ARMSTRONG

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