Aleks Shcherbakov

Senior Graphic Designer, Illustrator

Fort Wayne, IN, USA
is an illustrator and a decent human being. Wrestling bears and Segway jousting, stimulating your mind with visual opium.

Work Experience

Pathfinder Services, Inc.

Graphic Designer, Marketing Project Manager

• Designing and producing marketing communications (print and digital) pieces for a wide variety of projects.
• Amplifying the voice of the customer and enhancing engagement with the thoughtfully designed print media.
• Evaluating and managing production resources to enhance high productivity.
• Creating and maintaining files for all creative assets and resources, such as software,
art materials, which are needed for record-keeping and reference.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the Marketing team on all creative projects.
• Bringing deep experience leading the creation and execution of innovative and brand-consistent digital and physical marketing.
• Work simultaneously on 10+ projects

Conceptualizing: building brand elements, visual themes, and persuasive messages.
Branding: setting the visual tone; creating unique, aesthetic elements that can translate across different media as well as creating icons, logos, and vector art elements.
Print media: With branding guidelines in mind creating catalogs, flyers, brochures, direct mail pieces, promotional material, and packaging design.
Online Media: Execute promotional banners, design web page layouts, and email designs.

Core competencies: advertising, digital/social marketing, global marketing, events, sales promotion, sponsorships, experiential marketing, and brand building.
August 2016 - Present Indiana, United States

Aleks7 Illustration

Freelance Illustrator, Graphic Designer

Using creative skills in art and design to communicate a story, message or idea. Visually solving problems or meeting goals set up by the Art Director or Marketing team to achieve the maximum potential of the project.
Working from commercial briefs (or developing them) to inform, persuade or entertain the client's intended audience, adjusting the mood and style of images accordingly.
January 2002 - Present

Omni Instruments

Art Director / CMO

Providing strategy and execution of all visual communication released by the company in North and South America. Developing areas such as sales management, product development, distribution channel management, marketing communications, including advertising and promotions, pricing, market research, and customer service.
Advancing SEO/SEM, database marketing, CRM, marketing automation to secure continued positive ROI and KPIs
October 2012 - February 2014 Indiana, United States

HiveMind Studio

Art Director / Co founder

• Overseeing all creative process, developing merchandising and corporate branding.
• Social media strategy.
2010 - June 2012 Michigan, United States

Strategic Experiential Group

Logistics Manager - Hennessy

Special events for Hennessy onsite promotions.
March 2012 - August 2012 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Type-B Production

Lead Illustrator

Overseeing all creative process and design created in the Studio specialized in small business and public means.
2009 - 2010 Toledo, Ohio, United States

Education

College For Creative Studies

BA in Illustration

September 2008 - May 2011 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Monroe County Community College

Associate of Fine Art

2004 - 2008 Monroe, Michigan, United States

Monroe County Community College

Associate of Graphic Design

2004 - 2008 Monroe, Michigan, United States

Languages

English (Fluent),
Russian (Fluent),

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Layout, Print Design,