Jo Po
Sr Graphic Designer
Houston, TX, USAHighly creative, enthusiastic, and multifaceted Senior Graphic Designer, possessing 18+ years extensive experience in a creative agency and corporate marketing. I am in pursuit of joining a collaborative environment to deliver proven results from ideas, concepts to execution through print, web, digital, and video. A “Joe of All Trades” capable of wearing multiple hats on demand and bring to the table technical expertise, entrepreneurial vision and resourcefulness.
Work Experience
JOPODESIGN
Freelance Sr. Graphic Designer
Confident yet meek Senior Level Designer and Art Director with 13+ years of professional interactive agency, corporate and entrepreneur experience seeking to join an amazing boutique studio or creative marketing team. The "complete package" hybrid designer extremely dangerous to design for a full spectrum of projects B2B / B2C, from Brand Identity, Print Marketing Collateral, Email Campaigns, Concept + Prototyping Development, AV Tradeshow Presentations, Website Design and Development to comfortably Lead & Conducting Client Meetings. JOPO has Account Executive and Salesman Experience from selling websites to real estate properties and thus totally understands the Sales Process and Cycle. A "Joe-of-all-trades" JOPO wears many hats and truly adaptable in all social conditions and YES, works and plays well with others including staff and high-level executive personalities.
March 2001
- Present
Texas, United States
JOPO REALTOR
Licensed Realtor
Assist All Home Buyers in complete showing, purchase and transaction of homes in the greater Richmond, Sugar Land, Katy and greater Houston areas
March 2006
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Sugar Land, Texas, United States
2020 Exhibits
Sr. Marketing Designer
Hired as 1st designer to lead the marketing department to Consult, create, and design from scratch, logos, brochures, ads, tradeshow graphics, website concepts, RFP proposals, video wall presentations and other professional-grade marketing collateral for B2B companies.
Deliver creative concepts under very tight deadlines while maintaining balance of quality work
• Ability to interact and engage with ALL levels PERSONALITIES of sales, design peers, vendors, and executives
• Plan, design, build and produce, deploy, manage, maintain content and update company's 2 corporate websites
• Create and produce visually appealing LCD video wall presentations for tradeshow exhibits and kiosks
• Build, create and maintain email campaigns using Constant Contact and Campaigner
• Install and track using Google analytics and constantly improve webpage SEO results
• Winner + Finalist of ADDY, AMA Crystal Awards, MOD, and BMA Lantern Awards
Performed multiple roles as a Print Designer, Web Designer, Flash Designer, Project Manager and more.
Deliver creative concepts under very tight deadlines while maintaining balance of quality work
• Ability to interact and engage with ALL levels PERSONALITIES of sales, design peers, vendors, and executives
• Plan, design, build and produce, deploy, manage, maintain content and update company's 2 corporate websites
• Create and produce visually appealing LCD video wall presentations for tradeshow exhibits and kiosks
• Build, create and maintain email campaigns using Constant Contact and Campaigner
• Install and track using Google analytics and constantly improve webpage SEO results
• Winner + Finalist of ADDY, AMA Crystal Awards, MOD, and BMA Lantern Awards
Performed multiple roles as a Print Designer, Web Designer, Flash Designer, Project Manager and more.
September 2006
- June 2011
Houston, Texas, United States
CBRE Commercial Real Estate
Art Director
Manage 5 designers in a fast paced corporate marketing department for national broker teams
• Give + take creative direction, collaborate closely with Marketing Director & Creative Director
• Effectively manage and delegate day to day project workloads along with extremely short deadlines
• Creatively analyze and suggest the best conceptual design to achieve the marketing objectives for Brokers
• Maintain and enforce CBRE brand standards and identity for all print and web deliverables
• Give + take creative direction, collaborate closely with Marketing Director & Creative Director
• Effectively manage and delegate day to day project workloads along with extremely short deadlines
• Creatively analyze and suggest the best conceptual design to achieve the marketing objectives for Brokers
• Maintain and enforce CBRE brand standards and identity for all print and web deliverables
January 2006
- September 2006
Houston, Texas, United States
IDEA Interactive
Flash Designer
Develop, and produce Flash timeline-based animation product tours with dynamic XML template for HP
• Maintain and enforce HP brand standards and identity for all creative deliverables
• Collaborate closely with Creative Directors, Account Executives, Flash Designers and Developers
• Strategic brainstorming, campaign development, creative brief development and creative execution
• Conceptualize and animate interactive B2B demo presentations for HP on storyboard & voice-overs
• Design website concepts and multiple pages in Photoshop
• Maintain and enforce HP brand standards and identity for all creative deliverables
• Collaborate closely with Creative Directors, Account Executives, Flash Designers and Developers
• Strategic brainstorming, campaign development, creative brief development and creative execution
• Conceptualize and animate interactive B2B demo presentations for HP on storyboard & voice-overs
• Design website concepts and multiple pages in Photoshop
March 2005
- January 2006
Texas, United States
Shell Trading Oil And Gas
Sr Flash Multimedia Designer
Develop Photoshop mock-ups of creative front-end UI designs for Internet/Intranet sites and applications
• Cameraman and broadcast support for in-house digital video production studio
• Designed company marketing communications of brochures, full color magazine ads, posters, etc
• Create new corporate identity for various internal depts. (gas pipeline, e-applications, etc.)
• Assisted studio producer / engineer with video editing, storyboards and animations
• Produced Flash animated presentations, banners, and online teasers for intranet / internet, employee training, and company executives
• Cameraman and broadcast support for in-house digital video production studio
• Designed company marketing communications of brochures, full color magazine ads, posters, etc
• Create new corporate identity for various internal depts. (gas pipeline, e-applications, etc.)
• Assisted studio producer / engineer with video editing, storyboards and animations
• Produced Flash animated presentations, banners, and online teasers for intranet / internet, employee training, and company executives
January 2001
- March 2003
Houston, Texas, United States
Skills
Analyze And Suggest Appropriate Conceptual Design To Achieve The Project Objectives,
CMYK And Spot Colors • Investigate,
Creativity,
Layout,
Technical Expertise And Highly 100% Resourceful To Get The Job Done • Solid Understanding Of The Design Process,
Typography,
• 13+ Years Real World Business Design Experience With An Enthusiastic Humble Attitude To Match • Work Philosophy And Ethic Of "QUALITY Over QUANTITY" And Against "Micro-Managers" • Strong Design,
Brand Experience
Manage, delegate and juggle projects through various stages including, but not limited to, discovery, planning, design, development, prototyping, acceptance, and review/revision.
• Photo retouching and manipulation, digital photography and creative direction
• Ability to work independently, creative team members and / or executive level staff
• Can work directly and interact with clients professionally
• Comprehensive understanding of interactivity and the emerging web technologies
• Passion and conviction for design and ability for creative problem solving
• Professional appearance and manner plus excellent oral and written communication
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and develops alternative solutions
• Displays willingness to make decisions and take the lead as necessary
• Adapt to change very well in the work environment and can deal with delays or unexpected fire drills
• Responds well to criticism and feedback and maintain professionalism at all times
• Currently aggressively pursuing motion design video skillset of After Effects
Software / Hardware
Windows and Mac Platforms • HTML/CSS/XML Editing • Configure Networks
• Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign • SEO / Google Webmaster Tool • Custom Build PCs
• Flash / Dreamweaver • Photography • Configure Video Walls
• Joomla CMS* • Campaigner • After Effects*
• Cinema 4D* • Constant Contact
• MS Office • Wacom Tablet Brand Experience
HP • BMC Software • Antech Diagnostics
Air Liquide • Brown Hand Center • Chipolbrok Ships
Waste Management • Shell Oil & Gas • Mustang Engineering
Landry's Restaurants • Keller Williams Realty • CB Richard Ellis
• Photo retouching and manipulation, digital photography and creative direction
• Ability to work independently, creative team members and / or executive level staff
• Can work directly and interact with clients professionally
• Comprehensive understanding of interactivity and the emerging web technologies
• Passion and conviction for design and ability for creative problem solving
• Professional appearance and manner plus excellent oral and written communication
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and develops alternative solutions
• Displays willingness to make decisions and take the lead as necessary
• Adapt to change very well in the work environment and can deal with delays or unexpected fire drills
• Responds well to criticism and feedback and maintain professionalism at all times
• Currently aggressively pursuing motion design video skillset of After Effects
Software / Hardware
Windows and Mac Platforms • HTML/CSS/XML Editing • Configure Networks
• Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign • SEO / Google Webmaster Tool • Custom Build PCs
• Flash / Dreamweaver • Photography • Configure Video Walls
• Joomla CMS* • Campaigner • After Effects*
• Cinema 4D* • Constant Contact
• MS Office • Wacom Tablet Brand Experience
HP • BMC Software • Antech Diagnostics
Air Liquide • Brown Hand Center • Chipolbrok Ships
Waste Management • Shell Oil & Gas • Mustang Engineering
Landry's Restaurants • Keller Williams Realty • CB Richard Ellis