Candace Young
Creative Director
Tampa, FL, USAI am currently the Creative Director for the Client Communication, Automation and Management division of Investcloud, an award-winning, international FinTech company. Working mostly in B2B, I enjoy guiding clients in the financial industry through the creative process of their web or mobile (iOS and Android) project. I have also art directed and designed some internal Product projects.
My Work History:
After graduating from the University of Florida College of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts Studies, I spent almost 6 years working at The Tampa Tribune as a Graphic Designer in the Advertising Department. There, I had the unique opportunity to learn first-hand the inner workings of a major newspaper during an important period of transition in the new digital age.
After leaving The Tampa Tribune, I was a Marketing Project Manager for Western Reserve Life, an AEGON Americas company. I worked with several internal clients on a variety of products that included event collateral design, advertising, web design, branding and so much more.
I have done freelance for organizations that include Transamerica Asset Management Group, Birmingham Electrical JATC, Lazydays RV, EUPEN Cable USA, CreditLoan.com, and St. Joseph's Hospitals Foundation.
My Work History:
After graduating from the University of Florida College of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts Studies, I spent almost 6 years working at The Tampa Tribune as a Graphic Designer in the Advertising Department. There, I had the unique opportunity to learn first-hand the inner workings of a major newspaper during an important period of transition in the new digital age.
After leaving The Tampa Tribune, I was a Marketing Project Manager for Western Reserve Life, an AEGON Americas company. I worked with several internal clients on a variety of products that included event collateral design, advertising, web design, branding and so much more.
I have done freelance for organizations that include Transamerica Asset Management Group, Birmingham Electrical JATC, Lazydays RV, EUPEN Cable USA, CreditLoan.com, and St. Joseph's Hospitals Foundation.
Work Experience
InvestCloud
Creative Director
• Direct projects and client relationships with companies that have multi-billions of dollars in assets under management (AUM) in regards to the design aspect of their project
• Manage vendor relations for all creative teams within the company
• Create and implement internal processes for efficient workflow
• Responsible for quality of creative work produced in my division
• Work closely with Project Managers to establish schedules and meet deadlines
• Project quoting and spec'ing of projects
• Manage vendor relations for all creative teams within the company
• Create and implement internal processes for efficient workflow
• Responsible for quality of creative work produced in my division
• Work closely with Project Managers to establish schedules and meet deadlines
• Project quoting and spec'ing of projects
June 2015
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Florida, United States
InvestCloud
Senior UX Designer
April 2014
- June 2015
Florida, United States
Self-Employed
Freelance Designer
Part-time (2003 – 2009) | Full-time (2009 – 2014)
Some Clients and Projects:
Birmingham Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee (BEJATC)
• Web Site design and implementation
• Event Collateral
• Marketing Collateral & Press Releases
Lazydays RV
• Website: Content Creation, Content Management, SEO, HTML, CSS (http://www.betterRVing.com)
• Product Design for RV Store (t-shirts, mugs, etc)
• Interim Editor for Summer 2011 (http://issuu.com/betterrving/docs/summer2011)
EUPEN Cable USA
Branded Holdings
Transamerica Asset Management Group
Ryah Productions
Some Clients and Projects:
Birmingham Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee (BEJATC)
• Web Site design and implementation
• Event Collateral
• Marketing Collateral & Press Releases
Lazydays RV
• Website: Content Creation, Content Management, SEO, HTML, CSS (http://www.betterRVing.com)
• Product Design for RV Store (t-shirts, mugs, etc)
• Interim Editor for Summer 2011 (http://issuu.com/betterrving/docs/summer2011)
EUPEN Cable USA
Branded Holdings
Transamerica Asset Management Group
Ryah Productions
May 2009
- April 2014
Florida, United States
Aegon
Marketing Project Manager
• Multiple in-house clients: InterSecurities, Inc. (ISI) Recruiting, ISI Banking Center, and new Western Reserve Life (WRL) insurance products
• Drafted and monitored project budgets bidding out to 3rd party vendors to fulfill various marketing needs
• Responsible for creating and maintaining brand guidelines for company entities and products.
• Directed event marketing and collateral design, including promotional and event photography, signage, HTML emails, web banners, amenity cards, advertising and field communication pieces for multi-million dollar events.
• Committee member for AEGON’s storefront in Pinellas County’s Stavros Institute Finance Park
• Helped design physical room presentation and was Chairperson for the committee’s Curriculum Team.
• Creative Director of Focus magazine, ISI’s corporate publication
• Drafted and monitored project budgets bidding out to 3rd party vendors to fulfill various marketing needs
• Responsible for creating and maintaining brand guidelines for company entities and products.
• Directed event marketing and collateral design, including promotional and event photography, signage, HTML emails, web banners, amenity cards, advertising and field communication pieces for multi-million dollar events.
• Committee member for AEGON’s storefront in Pinellas County’s Stavros Institute Finance Park
• Helped design physical room presentation and was Chairperson for the committee’s Curriculum Team.
• Creative Director of Focus magazine, ISI’s corporate publication
October 2006
- February 2009
Florida, United States
Media General
Advertising Graphic Designer for The Tampa Tribune
• Selected as Project Lead for The Tampa Tribune storefront at Junior Achievement’s new EV campus in Tampa. Researched and trained JA staff to facilitate 5th grade student programs, resulting in implementation worldwide.
• Facilitated two major departmental platform and software transitions, by managing workflow, software testing, and employee training.
• Editorial designer on Flair magazine.
• Art Director and designer of Florida Bride Magazine
• Art Director and designer of Lowry Park’s “Zoo Chatter Magazine”
• Facilitated two major departmental platform and software transitions, by managing workflow, software testing, and employee training.
• Editorial designer on Flair magazine.
• Art Director and designer of Florida Bride Magazine
• Art Director and designer of Lowry Park’s “Zoo Chatter Magazine”
April 2001
- October 2006
Tampa, Florida, United States
Education
University Of Florida
Bachelor of Arts
August 1996
- August 2000
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Skills
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite,
CSS,
Digital Painting,
HTML,
Illustrator,
Javascript,
Jquery,
Advertising,
Content Management,
Illustration,
Marketing,
Photo Manipulation,
Photoshop,
PHP,
Sitemap,
UI/UX,
Web Design,
Wireframe,