Print Resume

Chris B. Payne

Graphic Designer

Las Vegas, NV, USA
702-406-3647 contact@chrispayne.net www.chrispayne.net
I'm a sushi-loving father of two, sci-fi fanatic, Disney-watching Graphic Designer. Leveraging my super-human creative problem-solving powers and my highly collaborative lead-by-example attitude I'm able to inspire others to learn more, do more, dream bigger, and, of course, meet deadlines while exceeding expectations.

My ability to remain calm and level-headed under pressure and being very easy to get along with make me an excellent team player. My extensive experience with project management and overseeing other creatives make me an outstanding leader.

Quality and efficiency are always my top priorities. I'm always looking for ways to reduce the amount of time spent on the mundane and repetitive tasks so that attention can be redirected to other areas.

My expansive skill set is attributed to my visual memory and my ability to learn and master new skills very quickly (sometimes within hours). I have a passion for learning new things and believe that nobody should ever stop learning and growing. Every person in a team has valuable knowledge/skills that the rest of the team can learn and benefit from.

Work Experience

IGT

Senior Graphic Designer III

Print ads, promotional campaigns, corporate branding, trade show graphics.
April 2017 - Nevada, United States

Influential

Motion Graphics Designer & Video Producer

- Created global video, motion graphics, and 360/VR Video creative templates and guidelines for social media influencer marketing
campaigns. Improving ROI by 30% in 2016-2017.
- Successfully led the conceptualization and strategy for multiple influencer marketing campaigns that over-delivered by 41.2%.
- Improved the efficiency and design accuracy of the RFP process by streamlining client-facing proposal deck templates.
- Significantly reduced the amount of time required to build client-facing pitch decks to boost productivity and efficiency.
April 2016 - February 2017 Nevada, United States

Passion Parties, Inc

Creative Manager

- Directed the modernization of all company-wide and consultant-wide email communications templates, increasing open rate by 74%.
- Led the standardization of all product photography, catalog, web, social, and video branding assets.
- Commissioned and directed the development of a social media marketing tool that boosted consultant efficiency while maintaining
brand consistency for all consumer-facing assets.
- Administered and led the consolidation of the company’s multiple public-facing web properties into one cohesive entity.
April 2015 - January 2016 Nevada, United States

Sportco Sporting Goods

Production Design Manager

- Tripled the number of available products / services the company offered by taking initiative to learn and apply new skills.
- Influenced the elevation of quality and efficiency in producing artwork and in print production.
- Developed a company-wide system of communicating and organizing orders between sales and production departments more efficiently and consistently.
- Managed and maintained the creative and project management processes to ensure that all artwork was created according to exact customer specifications and that projects were output and produced with the highest quality and production efficiency.
July 2005 - April 2015 Nevada, United States

Snyder Design

Production Designer

- Prepared and installed signs, banners, and vinyl graphics on site for various casino properties.
- Touched up photos for large format printing.
- Assembled and installed sign mounts.
April 2004 - July 2005 Nevada, United States

Education

Southeast Career Technical Academy

Graphic Communications

- Developed expert-level skills with producing press-ready color separations for various print production processes.
- Extensive hands-on training and experience with screen printing and lithographic printing for actual clients.
- Appointed ambassador of the Graphics Communications program to present the course at various middle schools to inspire students interested in the program to apply to our school.

COURSES:
Graphic Design
Screen Printing
Offset Printing
Computer Science
Web Site Science
Computer Networking
August 2001 - June 2005 Nevada, United States

Skills

360/VR Video, After Effects, Audio Editing, Cinemagraphs, Dreamweaver, Editing, Graphic Design, HTML/CSS, Illustrator, Indesign, Indesign, Influencer Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Motion Graphics , Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Production, SEO, Social Media, Video, Web Design, WordPress,