Becky Bohanon

Mesa, AZ, USA
I am an accomplished and award winning creative. I have over 20 years of professional experience as a visual communicator with additional experience in web, marketing, business development and multi-media. My career started back in the pre-digital era of art and design. Along with my traditional skills and knowledge, I have also passionately pursued the newest technologies used in today's web, interface design and graphics industry. I have a broad array of experience communicating with many medias and providing amazing solutions. I strive to create dynamic original works that stand out and get noticed.

I have worked for both large fortune 100 companies as well as small local companies located throughout the world.

Strong proficiencies include:
• Graphic Design
• Infographics (static and animated)
• User Interface (UI) Design
• User Experience (UX) Design
• Web Design HTML/CSS/jQuery
• Vector Graphics
• Animation & Interaction
• Technical Illustration
• Photography
• Instructional & CBT Design
• Video Editing / Video Graphics
• Creativity & Innovation
• Corporate Identity/Marketing
• Art Direction
• Efficient Project Management

I am ready to create for you!

Work Experience

General Dynamics Mission Systems

Sr. Advanced Media Production Specialist

• Created award winning graphics used by the US Department of Defense, national and international civil agencies that made GD stand out from its competitors. Worked closely with engineering, marketing and management to present strong visuals that demanded consumer attention and recognition.
• Responsible for creating a variety of high-end marketing materials including: print/web ads, trade show materials, identities, web design, logos, advertisements, posters, banners, newsletters, proposals, flyers, brochures, displays and multi-media presentations promoting GD’s high tech vision and values well within given time frames.
• Responsible for animations and motion graphics for trade show, web and training materials.
• Responsible for corporate digital photography (product, studio and event).
• Responsible for SharePoint internal portals and sites.
• Created award winning user interfaces and experiences to help engage customers understand GD vision and values.
• Managed and built designs that won national and international contracts.
August 2016 - Present Arizona, United States

General Motors

User Interface & Graphics Designer

• Created and built original interface designs for SharePoint internal portals and sites, external web and mobile applications, well within set time frames, with excellent results with increased and optimized usage.
• Created and built original graphics and animations for instructional materials, proposal graphics, marketing and trade show materials that presented as strong visuals for clients and consumers to enjoy, easily use and navigate promoting GM’s high tech vision and values.
• Designed storyboards for corporate animations and videos. Animated storyboards for corporate videos.
• Responsible for local corporate digital photography (product, studio and event) and created interactive photo galleries for better user experience and distribution of corporate images.
September 2013 - August 2016 Arizona, United States

General Dynamics C4 Systems

Web Developer Senior

• Responsible for SharePoint internal portals and sites, external web sites, apps and interfaces from the design stage to completion. Created award winning user interfaces and experiences to help engage customers understand GD vision and values. Designs helped in winning national and international contracts.
• Created award winning graphics used by the US Department of Defense, national and international civil agencies that made GD stand out from its competitors. Worked closely with engineering, marketing and management to present strong visuals that demanded consumer attention and recognition.
• Responsible for creating a variety of high-end marketing materials including: print/web ads, trade show materials, identities, web design, animations, logos, advertisements, posters, banners, newsletters, proposals, flyers, brochures, displays and multi-media presentations promoting GD’s high tech vision and values well within given time frames. This resulted new efficient timelines and additional work completed over the course of two years.
• Responsible for closed circuit television graphics, animations, programming and broadcasting resulting in higher interest and results from GD broadcast information.
• Responsible for corporate digital photography (product, studio and event) and created interactive photo galleries for better user experience and distribution of corporate images.
February 2011 - March 2013 Arizona, United States

Inilex, Inc.

Graphic Designer / Web Developer

• Responsible for SharePoint internal portals and sites, external web sites, apps and interfaces from the design stage to completion. Updated corporate identity to a new and refreshed look and feel that increased web traffic, high Google rankings and continually growing analytical numbers.
• Responsible for all software user interface design and instructional design for various products and demonstrations used by national sales teams and dealerships that made Inilex stand out from its competitors. Worked closely with engineering, marketing and management to present strong visuals that demanded consumer attention and recognition.
• Responsible for creating a variety of high-end marketing materials including: print/web ads, trade show materials, identities, web design, animations, logos, advertisements, posters, banners, newsletters, proposals, flyers, brochures, displays and multi-media presentations promoting Inilex’s vision and values well within given time frames.
• Responsible for marketing research, marketing positioning reports, data analysis. Implemented marketing and business development projects resulting in higher brand recognition and industry awards for Inilex products.
March 2009 - February 2010 Chandler, Arizona, United States

Prest-O-Fit, Inc.

Graphic Designer / Web Developer

• Responsible for internal and external web sites from the design stage to completion. Updated corporate and product line identities to a new and refreshed look and feel that increased web traffic 300%, high Google rankings and growing analytical numbers.
• Responsible for creating a variety of marketing materials including: instructional design, 3D renderings, plan-o-gram (design, layout & render), packaging design, trade show materials, identities, digital photography, web design, logos, advertisements, flyers, brochures and catalogs well within given time frames. This resulted in instant brand recognition, profit increase and an end to outsourcing.
• Responsible for marketing research, patent & trademark research, positioning, data analysis and implementation of marketing projects. This resulted in new selling venues and increased profit over the course of one year.
February 2004 - February 2009 Chandler, Arizona, United States

Chipworks / Integrated Circuit Engineering

Senior Designer

• Created all circuitry lab reports from Scanning Electron Microscope photos and engineering data. Created all technical drawings,
schematics and charts for circuitry and reverse engineering reports well within given time frames resulting with an increase of work flow and efficiency within a year.
• Produced all marketing materials including: advertising brochures, publications, publication covers, promotional posters and materials CD-ROM faces and covers, seminar art and materials, multi-media presentations, trade show display materials, holiday cards and labels resulting in better brand recognition and profitability.
• Created and animated the company mascot and characters for screen savers and web creating high moral and new business for tech based graphics with creativity.
February 1999 - February 2004 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Freelance And Contract Assignments

Graphic Designer, Web Designer, User Interface Designer, Illustrator, Photographer, Animator and Storyboarder

• Created numerous projects for various national and international companies that include:

- Abad’s Martial Arts International
- Arizona Martial Arts and Lion Dancing Association
- Blue Skies Trading Company
- Chipworks
- Cope2Thrive
- Green Creative
- Healthy Home Flooring
- Hitachi Consulting
- Hunt Reality
- IC Lab Services
- Maricopa Ak-Chin STEAM Foundation
- Mom-n-Me
- Nant Health
- Numberfit
- Pathways to Learning
- Pivot Manufacturing
- Prest-O-Fit
- The Potters House
- Sparkplug Media
- Starbright Academy
January 1999 - Present

Education

The Art Institute Of Colorado

Associate Degree of Applied Science in Visual Communications

Associate Degree of Applied Science in Visual Communications; illustration major 3.78 GPA
June 1995 - December 1997 Denver, Colorado, United States

Metropolitan State College Of Denver

Computer Science

General education, computer science, art & production classes; 60 credit hours completed
September 1991 - March 1993 Denver, Colorado, United States

Awards

General Dynamics Mission Systems

Mission Excellence Award x 6 - For recognizing tremendous customer service, patience & consistent quality creative development. Attention to detail & careful handler of some of our most valued customers and for excellent trade show graphics.

2022

General Motors

Transformers Top Award

2016

General Motors

UI Design Award x 3

2014

General Motors

Making Design Look Easy Award

2014

General Dynamics

Eagle Award x 3

2012

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Edge Animate, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Flash, Adobe GoLive, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Animation, Broadcast Graphics, Computer Based Training, CSS, Digital Imaging, Digital Photography, End User Design, Fontographer, Graphics, Illustration, Instructional Design, Jquery, Lightwave 3D, Marketing Support, Microsoft Excel, MIcrosoft PowerPoint, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Word, Quark Express, Search Optimization (SEO), Symon Design Studio, Three Dimensional Rendering, Typography, User Interface Design / User Experience Design, Vector Graphics, Vector Illustration, Videography, Web Site Creation, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Indesign,