Darren Gennetten

Freelance Designer

Chicago, IL, USA

Work Experience

School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago

Designer

Designed materials for the Instructional Fabrication department at SAIC including instruction booklets for the wood and metal shops.
October 2011 - July 2012 Chicago, Illinois, United States

UpShift Creative Group

Graphic Design Intern

Produced and designed for Weber Grill Restaurant, Cinnamon Mueller Attorneys, and Radiological Society of North America
July 2012 - October 2012 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Self-Employed

Freelance Designer

Produced and designed various projects for family and friends.
October 2012 - April 2013 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Energy BBDO

Freelance Designer/Art Director

Designed/Art Directed for SC Johnson's brands: OFF!, Ziploc, Shout, and Raid. For Bayer's brands: Flintstones Vitamins, Aleve, VitaCraves, and I am ProHeart. Also for Lays and Pearle Vision.
April 2013 - September 2013 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Education

School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago (SAIC)

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Concentrated primarily in Visual Communication, but also studied photography, printmaking, and designed objects.
August 2009 - May 2012 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Languages

English (Native),

Awards

School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago

17th and 18th Annual Student Leardership Dinner

2012

School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago

First Position in Juried Rubber Cement Exhibition

2009

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Art Direction, CSS, HTML, Letterpress, Microsoft Office, Photo Manipulation, Photography, Screenprinting, Team Leadership,