RYAN WARDEN

rwarden7@gmail.com | baton rouge, la
985.264.1260

career profile

Award-winning Graphic Designer with knowledge, passion, and talent for advertising, identity branding/marketing, multimedia, packaging, and print design with expertise in freehand drawing, painting, and photography.
• Proven record of visualizing, assessing, and implementing project concepts from inception to completion.

• Experience in ad and cover design for print publications, as well as logos and collateral materials including brochures, business cards, posters, and stationery.

• Excellent collaborative and interpersonal skills; dynamic team member motivated to be a major contributor. • Adept in client and vendor relations; talented at building and maintaining “win-win” partnerships.

• Perform effectively in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget constraints.

• Computer Skills—Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Quark, MS Word and PowerPoint in Mac platform; familiar with Windows.

professional experience

Graphic Designer (August 2014 – present) IMPRESSION WORKS – Baton Rouge, LA

Creating and preparing photo products for a national client (100,000+ products sold to date) to be loaded online, customized and printed all within strict design standards.

• Work with & provide direction to other designers and developers to ensure the client’s expectations are met. Make sure files are exactly to spec, customizer testing, loading and then enabling the final product to be customized and purchased online by the customer.

• Provide ideas for new products, suggestions for improving upon the current production process and helping manage an image database.

Graphic Designer (November 2008 – June 2014) BIC MAGAZINE – Baton Rouge, LA
Work closely with clients to design ads that meet their needs/specifications, offering recommendations, as well as successfully generating alternative ads for their consideration. Meet with clients to discuss advertising focus, potential layout, text placement, deadlines, etc. Handle all facets of the classified section of BIC Magazine and its online counterpart. Accurately proof layout of the publications and other design materials.

• Design advertising and promotional materials (invitations, calendars, flyers, etc.) for BIC Alliance (publisher of BIC Magazine) and its 4 divisions.

• Collaborate with editors and other designers in the company to ensure strict deadlines are achieved.

• Represent BIC Alliance at events to network with current and potential clients.

• GDUSA 2010 American Graphic Design Awards – 1st Place Award for 2009 NPRA Invitation.

• 2010 16th Annual Communicator Awards – Two Silver (2nd Place) Awards for the 2009 NPRA Invitation and 25th Anniversary Cover.

Print Production (February 2007 – May 2008) LSU STUDENT MEDIA – Baton Rouge, LA
• Designed advertisements for the Daily Reveille, Legacy, Gumbo, lsureveille.com, and various other publications.

• Placed ads for the Daily Reveille newspaper, and designed layout for selected sections of the Gumbo yearbook.

• Louisiana Press Association 2007 Student Newspaper Competition – 3rd Place and Honorable Mention for Advertising Idea or Promotion. Awarded for two separate projects worked on with 3 other designers.

Freelance Design/Art Direction (June 2007 – Present) RYAN WARDEN/GO KART DESIGNS – Baton Rouge, LA
• Researched, created brand identity, and facilitated art direction for start-up Mexican restaurant including name, logo, and other corresponding items.

• Designed album artwork for local band, Cataphora. • Generated various promotional posters for the national business fraternity, Pi Sigma Epsilon.

education

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) -– May 2008, GPA: 3.5 | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Major: Graphic Design | Minor: Art History

interests

Import Cars | Guitar | Music | Photography

References available upon request.