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Heather Varkarotas

Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Art Director

Houston, TX, USA
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I am a creative marketing/graphic designer and illustrator providing diverse and multicultural approaches to a wide variety of disciplines, both within and outside the artistic community. People find me to be an upbeat, self-motivated team player with excellent communication skills. I have been successful in directing, designing, illustrating, and producing many projects throughout the Asian and North & South American regions for various corporations. I have a continued successful track record of providing branding and integrated marketing and design for clients.

Work Experience

KGA Architecture

Graphic Designer

• Established art direction and re-branding of corporate identity for the firm
• Art direction and design of company website
• Art direction and design of brochures, ads, and newsletters
• Established art direction, design and branding of Hospitality clients’ logos, restaurant menus, ads, and posters
• Art direction and design of pro bono project to re-brand Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation’s collateral materials
• Initiated, directed, and designed pro bono nationwide newsletter for Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Established integrated marketing, art direction, and design for tradeshow branding and collateral materials
August 2004 - March 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Marnell Companies

Senior Graphic Designer

• Art direction, design, and layout of marketing collateral, e-mail blasts, company intranet
• Art direction, design, and layout of branding books and covers
• Created brochures and proposals for DX high-speed rail
• Client logo design for restaurant/club
• Custom artwork for Hospitality clients
• Art direction and design of photographic murals for sports bar and restaurant
• Created illustration for print on glass panel for hospitality deli
March 2010 - July 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Freelance

Art Director, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer

Partial client list: Displayworks, Repsol, Master Meter, Mascot Books, SmartVault
• Tradeshow graphics
• Art direction, design, and layout of marketing collateral
• Book illustration
August 2012 - Present Houston, Texas, United States

PROS

Senior Graphic Designer

This was a 3-month contract job. My responsibilities were to create and design brochures, white papers, data sheets, ads, annual report cover, PowerPoint presentations, and other print and electronic marketing collateral, while adapting and staying within PROS brand standards.
March 2015 - May 2015 Houston, Texas, United States

Education

University Of Bridgeport

Bachelor of Fine Arts

September 1984 - May 1988 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Awards

Mom's Choice Awards

2013 Mom’s Choice Award Honoring Excellence for “Surprise in Auntie’s Garden” children’s book illustrations.

2013

CLIPPA

2014 Honorable Mention from Children’s Literature Independently Published Principals’ Award (CLIPPA), for K-2 Children’s Books for “Surprise in Auntie's Garden/¡Sorpresa en el jardín de la tía!” children’s book illustrations.

2014

Skills

Art Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography,