Bridget Buddenberg
Fresh Picked Design
Orange, VA, USA
(540) 748-1907
www.freshpickedesign.com/
Work Experience
Fresh Picked Design
Principal Designer
Develop my responsive UX designs using HTML and CSS
Art direct multi-channel marketing campaigns
Develop branding for companies of all sizes and industries
Design packaging, merchandise, signage, and other marketing collateral
Design, animate, and develop custom responsive emails
Illustrate products, murals, and tattoos
Paint traditional media
Past clients include Terminix, Lennar Homes, Sleep.com, USGA, Capital One, Hello Fresh
Art direct multi-channel marketing campaigns
Develop branding for companies of all sizes and industries
Design packaging, merchandise, signage, and other marketing collateral
Design, animate, and develop custom responsive emails
Illustrate products, murals, and tattoos
Paint traditional media
Past clients include Terminix, Lennar Homes, Sleep.com, USGA, Capital One, Hello Fresh
June 2006
- Present
Virginia, United States
Wondrium
Freelance Senior Visual Designer
Concept and design for marketing website layouts, landing pages, and microsites using CMS templates, online web builders, and basic coding. Assist with static and animated ad designs for paid and organic social, emails, banner and display, paid search, and other digital marketing channels. Lead designer for True History, Signature Collection, Library Collection, and all other indirect partners.
January 2021
- Present
Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Buffalo Group Rawle Murdy
UX Design and Front-End Development
I was responsible for designing, animating, and developing custom responsive emails using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, and CSS. Additionally, I did social media marketing using both static and HTML5 banner advertising.
July 2016
- July 2022
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Charlottesville Parks & Recreation
Graphic and Web Designer
Part-time print design, web design, and web development for the City of Charlottesville Parks & Recreation. Brand management for Charlottesville Parks & Recreation, City Markets, Meadowcreek Golf Course, The Grill at Meadowcreek, and Access Arts Charlottesville/Albemarle. Duties included print design and pre-press troubleshooting, merchandise design, digital asset management, web design and development, and target marketing.
July 2016
- July 2021
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Crutchfield Corporation
Email Specialist [ Aquent Freelance ]
Need: Email specialist able to work creatively within a well-established brand
Role: Concepted, designed and coded custom, personalized marketing email templates for audiophiles’ favorite electronics retailer.
Role: Concepted, designed and coded custom, personalized marketing email templates for audiophiles’ favorite electronics retailer.
March 2008
- June 2008
United States
Circuit City Stores
Email Specialist [ Aquent Freelance ]
Need: Email designer on the Online Marketing team through the holiday season
Role: Award-winning email design, coding and experience with a content management system.
Results: Marketing Sherpa Award: Best Email Opt-in Campaign Gold Consumer, Circuit City marketing email
Role: Award-winning email design, coding and experience with a content management system.
Results: Marketing Sherpa Award: Best Email Opt-in Campaign Gold Consumer, Circuit City marketing email
October 2007
- December 2007
United States
West Cary Group
Graphic Designer [ Aquent Freelance ]
Need: An independent designer who was willing to work both onsite and remotely. West Cary Group needed someone who could art-direct and work production at an “agency pace” on projects with an extremely tight deadlines.
Role: Designed, illustrated, researched photography and project-managed production for a credit card mailing with complex components (pre-press, laser type).
Role: Designed, illustrated, researched photography and project-managed production for a credit card mailing with complex components (pre-press, laser type).
August 2007
- September 2007
United States
International Auto Parts, Inc.
Web Designer [ Aquent Freelance ]
Need: Temporary on-site web designer for coverage in absence of full-time employee
Role: Designed and coded emails, maintained company website and created a Flash online catalog for these two specialty automotive outfitters.
Role: Designed and coded emails, maintained company website and created a Flash online catalog for these two specialty automotive outfitters.
July 2007
- July 2007
United States
Capital One Financial
Graphic Design / Graphic Artist [ Aquent Freelance ]
Need: A graphic designer for small business account management within the Global Financial Services department
Role: Managed and designed direct mail packages and the customer rewards catalog for one of the nation’s largest credit card companies.
Role: Managed and designed direct mail packages and the customer rewards catalog for one of the nation’s largest credit card companies.
September 2006
- June 2007
United States
The Martin Agency
Photoshop Expert [ Aquent Freelance ]
Industry: Advertising
Need: A Photoshop expert to work onsite and remotely for two weeks to meet an extremely tight deadline on a large project.
Role: Photoshop color correction and vector masks for Discover Card Flash microsite.
Need: A Photoshop expert to work onsite and remotely for two weeks to meet an extremely tight deadline on a large project.
Role: Photoshop color correction and vector masks for Discover Card Flash microsite.
August 2006
- August 2006
United States
Plow & Hearth
Production Artist: Internet & Retail [ Full-Time Permanent ]
Web Site: designing & optimizing web site pages, tabs,
images, banner ads, splash pages & emails
Graphic: brochures, ads, catalogs, signage, collateral
materials & package design
Illustration: creation and application
Art Direction: photo shoot direction for web images and
collateral materials
images, banner ads, splash pages & emails
Graphic: brochures, ads, catalogs, signage, collateral
materials & package design
Illustration: creation and application
Art Direction: photo shoot direction for web images and
collateral materials
July 2004
- July 2006
Virginia, United States
Media General: Central VA Weekly Group
Composition Supervisor [ Full-time Permanent ]
Art Direction: supervision of 7 designers and typesetters
Graphic: print work, illustration, pagination, pre-press preparation
Illustration: creation and application
Communication: internal 'customers', local & national clients
Graphic: print work, illustration, pagination, pre-press preparation
Illustration: creation and application
Communication: internal 'customers', local & national clients
October 2003
- July 2004
United States
The Sporting Edge
Sr. Graphic Designer [ Full-time Permanent ]
Systems Administrator: all networking, procuring hardware & software
Identity: creation and application of 3 corporate identities
Illustration: creation and application
Graphic: letterhead, envelopes, business cards, flyers, labels, signage, & a forty-page catalog
Web Sites: design, production
Identity: creation and application of 3 corporate identities
Illustration: creation and application
Graphic: letterhead, envelopes, business cards, flyers, labels, signage, & a forty-page catalog
Web Sites: design, production
May 2001
- October 2001
United States
Baldwin Filters
Graphic Design Intern [ Full-time Permanent ]
Graphic: logos, collateral materials, billboards, flyers & tee shirts
Communication: internal 'customers', national and international clients
Photography: digital catalog photography
Illustration: creation and application
Communication: internal 'customers', national and international clients
Photography: digital catalog photography
Illustration: creation and application
May 1998
- January 2001
United States
Education
University Of Nebraska
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Visual Communication and Design
Kearney, Nebraska, United States
Languages
English (Native),
Skills
Art Direction,
CSS,
HTML,
Marketing,
Photoshop,
User Experience,
Visual Communication,
Web Design,
Branding,
Graphic Design,