Jason Willis
Rochester Hills, MI, USAWork Experience
Grid4 Communications
Graphic Designer
Work with marketing team at a telecommunications and technology company to
promote brand awareness and develop internal and external communications. Created
marketing materials including corporate book, folder package and service overview
brochures. Design advertisements for print publications. Design, write, and develop
monthly HTML newsletter. Work with web team to design and develop new website.
Created brand for 10th anniversary celebration.
promote brand awareness and develop internal and external communications. Created
marketing materials including corporate book, folder package and service overview
brochures. Design advertisements for print publications. Design, write, and develop
monthly HTML newsletter. Work with web team to design and develop new website.
Created brand for 10th anniversary celebration.
February 2010
- March 2013
Troy, Michigan, United States
The Detroit News
Page Designer
Designed features and news pages for the Weekend, Arts & Style, Drive, Your Money, Business and GO! sections using CCI Layout Champ. Worked with section editors, photo editors and graphics editors toward completion of pages on strict nightly deadlines.
September 2011
- April 2012
Detroit, Michigan, United States
The Oakland Post
Design Editor
Responsible for overseeing weekly publication’s layout, graphics and photography for
web and print. Worked with team to redesign newspaper and website to enhance user
experience through design and content choices. Designed page layouts and graphics for single page and multi-page news, sports and features articles. Created cover designs for weekly issues based on chosen topic. Photographed and videotaped events on and off campus. Edit photos and video for specific uses. Created multimedia projects through motion graphics and video editing software.
web and print. Worked with team to redesign newspaper and website to enhance user
experience through design and content choices. Designed page layouts and graphics for single page and multi-page news, sports and features articles. Created cover designs for weekly issues based on chosen topic. Photographed and videotaped events on and off campus. Edit photos and video for specific uses. Created multimedia projects through motion graphics and video editing software.
August 2009
- September 2011
Rochester, Michigan, United States
American Photographers
Graphic Designer & Photo Editor
Designed wedding albums and color corrected digital photographs for wedding, senior, business and family clients. Scheduled and ran meetings with clients to place orders and discuss album design process. Created and maintained system for organizing album and photo libraries. Created advertising and marketing pieces. Videotaped and edited wedding videos.
June 2006
- January 2010
Shelby Township, Michigan, United States
Education
Oakland University
B.A. in New Media and Minor in Graphic Design
September 2006
- Present
Rochester, Michigan, United States
Awards
Skills
After Effects,
Digital Publishing Suite,
Dreamweaver,
Final Cut Pro,
HTML/CSS,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
MAC & PC,
Microsoft Office,
Photoshop,
SLR Photo/video,