Sean Causley
Senior Graphic Designer & Creative Brand Strategist
Chantilly, VA, USAAward-winning senior designer, illustrator and creative brand strategist with over ten years of professional experience in print and web design. Highly creative with a strong work ethic and drive to exceed clients' expectations. Excels in a team-oriented atmosphere as well as independently. Reliable and passionate about art and design. Always does what it takes to get the job done.
Work Experience
Fox Architects
Senior Graphic Designer
• Design and maintain branding elements for internal and external clients
• Manage print and web design projects from concept to completion
• Design and produce presentation and support materials
• Art direct all website maintenance
• Develop marketing presentations
• Produce campaign support emails, event invitations and special announcements
• Design and coordinate signage and interior branding for external clients
• Collaborate with designers, marketing and architects across two office locations
• Represent the Design Studio in presentations, marketing and business development efforts
• Lead junior designers and manage schedules
• Manage print and web design projects from concept to completion
• Design and produce presentation and support materials
• Art direct all website maintenance
• Develop marketing presentations
• Produce campaign support emails, event invitations and special announcements
• Design and coordinate signage and interior branding for external clients
• Collaborate with designers, marketing and architects across two office locations
• Represent the Design Studio in presentations, marketing and business development efforts
• Lead junior designers and manage schedules
July 2011
- Present
District of Columbia, United States
ROI Advertising
Senior Graphic Designer
• Art direct, design and execute, from concept to completion, brand identity packages, print and multimedia ad campaigns, print advertising and all other forms of web design
• Work directly with Creative Director and clients to produce design solutions in a fast-paced, team-oriented, deadline driven atmosphere
• Prepare and preflight all jobs to ensure flawless files upon delivery to printers, publications
and clients
• Train and manage design interns
• Work directly with Creative Director and clients to produce design solutions in a fast-paced, team-oriented, deadline driven atmosphere
• Prepare and preflight all jobs to ensure flawless files upon delivery to printers, publications
and clients
• Train and manage design interns
June 2005
- July 2011
Annandale, Virginia, United States
Accurate Lithograph
Graphic Designer
• Head designer of pre-press and offset lithography
• Create and design identity packages including: logos, business cards, letterhead, brochures, flyers, postcards and all other forms of print
• Train and manage two junior graphic designers
• Produce and maintain multi-page monthly and quarterly newsletters
• Manage all projects from concept to execution, including art direction
• Pre-press skills include design refinement, final art preparation, color separation, PDF optimization, type/font management, pre-press layout and file conversions from non-press ready files to press ready
• Create and design identity packages including: logos, business cards, letterhead, brochures, flyers, postcards and all other forms of print
• Train and manage two junior graphic designers
• Produce and maintain multi-page monthly and quarterly newsletters
• Manage all projects from concept to execution, including art direction
• Pre-press skills include design refinement, final art preparation, color separation, PDF optimization, type/font management, pre-press layout and file conversions from non-press ready files to press ready
September 2003
- May 2005
Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
Education
Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD)
BFA Graphic Design
September 1997
- March 2002
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Awards
SMPS National Awards
Honorable Mention
2012
Create Awards
Silver Award
2008
Service Industry Advertising
Silver Award
2007
Service Industry Advertising
Bronze Award
2007
Skills
Art Direction,
Brand Identity Strategy & Design,
Client Interaction,
Copywriting,
Corporate Collateral,
Direct Mail,
Email Campaigns,
Flash Banners,
Illustration,
Invitations,
Multimedia Ad Campaigns,
Promotional Materials,
Proofreading,
Storyboard Layout,
Vehicle Wraps,
Websites,