Melissa Kinney
Purple Spider Graphics
Berkley, MA, USA
508-967-7693
be.net/psg14
Work Experience
Purple Spider Graphics
Web/UX Designer & Graphic Artist
-Follows quality standards and procedures to minimize errors and maximize customer satisfaction.
-Worked with customers to understand requirements and provide exceptional service.
-Implement websites into hosting accounts.
-Promote brand identity by creating company logos and delivering attractive, user-friendly and unique websites.
-Creates wireframes, screen-flow diagrams interactive prototypes.
-Produces sample sites and receives feedback about draft sites.
-Assist customers in choosing domain names, completing registrations and maintaining websites and web hosting accounts.
Creates visually stunning websites for clients.
Uses Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign & CorelDraw to create images and layouts for thousands of projects.
Develops collateral such as display, marketing and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
Uses Illustrator, CorelDraw and Photoshop to develop product mockups and prototype designs.
-Worked with customers to understand requirements and provide exceptional service.
-Implement websites into hosting accounts.
-Promote brand identity by creating company logos and delivering attractive, user-friendly and unique websites.
-Creates wireframes, screen-flow diagrams interactive prototypes.
-Produces sample sites and receives feedback about draft sites.
-Assist customers in choosing domain names, completing registrations and maintaining websites and web hosting accounts.
Creates visually stunning websites for clients.
Uses Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign & CorelDraw to create images and layouts for thousands of projects.
Develops collateral such as display, marketing and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
Uses Illustrator, CorelDraw and Photoshop to develop product mockups and prototype designs.
December 2003
- Present
Massachusetts, United States
Camelot Enterprises
Social Media Administrator & Art Director
Responsible for production of all pertinent design work, including print & digital marketing materials.
Manages social media campaigns with intent to engage customers & target future prospects.
Excellent interpersonal & presentation skills for correspondence with customers, vendors, sales representatives, & production department members.
Provides technical assistance to team members in day-to-day troubleshooting.
Assists with development and implementation of several tracking &
company-wide efficiency procedures to increase productivity and improve
interdepartmental communication.
Creation of digital filing system.
Provided informal training to sales department regarding the significance of branding, contributing to Camelot's success in becoming the preferred apparel vendor for Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system consisting of 13 hospitals, 4,000+ physicians and 35,000+ employees.
Development of both written and video training materials for team members.
Engages social media audience by developing visually appealing content.
Manages social media campaigns with intent to engage customers & target future prospects.
Excellent interpersonal & presentation skills for correspondence with customers, vendors, sales representatives, & production department members.
Provides technical assistance to team members in day-to-day troubleshooting.
Assists with development and implementation of several tracking &
company-wide efficiency procedures to increase productivity and improve
interdepartmental communication.
Creation of digital filing system.
Provided informal training to sales department regarding the significance of branding, contributing to Camelot's success in becoming the preferred apparel vendor for Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system consisting of 13 hospitals, 4,000+ physicians and 35,000+ employees.
Development of both written and video training materials for team members.
Engages social media audience by developing visually appealing content.
November 2017
- Present
Massachusetts, United States
UserTesting
Usability Consultant
Complete pre-determined tasks & provide feedback on the aesthetics, effectiveness & functionality of websites, prototypes & general software interfaces. Testing done on mobile & PC devices.
Organization allows clients to rate the usefulness of the testers’ report. (Current ranking: 5 out of 5 stars).
Organization allows clients to rate the usefulness of the testers’ report. (Current ranking: 5 out of 5 stars).
October 2014
- Present
Mountain View, California, United States
Independence University
Graphic Arts Instructor, Adjunct
Conduct classes through discussion & live sessions to create professional relationships & provide context for each student’s individual education background.
Preparing & grading assignments, in addition to providing substantive feedback related to real-world application.
Maintenance of students records (grades, attendance, etc.) is required.
Communicate pro-actively with campus administration regarding student issues.
Preparing & grading assignments, in addition to providing substantive feedback related to real-world application.
Maintenance of students records (grades, attendance, etc.) is required.
Communicate pro-actively with campus administration regarding student issues.
October 2018
- July 2019
Utah, United States
Valassis Communications
Freelance Graphic Designer
Developed print materials such as brochures, menus, and signs.
Applied knowledge of production to create high-quality images.
Created digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing
methods.
Completed final touches for projects such as image sizes and font selection.
Used Photoshop, InDesign & Illustrator to create images and layouts.
Applied knowledge of production to create high-quality images.
Created digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing
methods.
Completed final touches for projects such as image sizes and font selection.
Used Photoshop, InDesign & Illustrator to create images and layouts.
September 2005
- May 2019
Massachusetts, United States
Adlife Marketing
Creative/Production Artist
Coordinated vision with customers, marketing and project managers.
Created digital and print layouts for diverse materials.
Applied knowledge of printing standards to create high-quality images.
Developed collateral such as display, marketing and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
Developed creative design for marketing packages, including print materials, brochures, banners and signs.
Created digital and print layouts for diverse materials.
Applied knowledge of printing standards to create high-quality images.
Developed collateral such as display, marketing and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
Developed creative design for marketing packages, including print materials, brochures, banners and signs.
December 2014
- December 2015
Rhode Island, United States
Shirts, Ink
Office Manager and Graphic Artist
Creation and completion of all graphic work using Corel Draw and Adobe Illustrator (PC-based platorm) while also using large format printers and plotter cutters. Acquired basic knowledge of embroidery machinery and digitizing. Hands-on experience with manual screenprint press and heat-seal machinery.
Office Manager responsibilities include customer reception, quotations for screen printing jobs, creation of filing system, product inventory, shipping and job scheduling. Quickbooks used for invoicing clients.
Office Manager responsibilities include customer reception, quotations for screen printing jobs, creation of filing system, product inventory, shipping and job scheduling. Quickbooks used for invoicing clients.
May 2006
- March 2008
Massachusetts, United States
Stonehill College
Art History Slide Library Consultant
Scanning and digital retouching of art history images for cataloguing in Extensis Portfolio for a search engine for students and faculty.
June 2009
- December 2010
Easton, Massachusetts, United States
Education
Southern New Hampshire University
Master of Science in IT, Concentration in Web Design & Development
May 2016
- November 2019
Coyle-Cassidy High School
High School Diploma
August 1996
- May 2000
Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
Skills
Adobe CC,
AGILE Processes,
Bootstrap,
Corel Draw,
CSS,
Google Suite,
HTML,
InVision,
JavaScript,
Microsoft Office,
Pulse Digitizing Software,
Quark Xpress,
SaaS,
Social Media,
Wireframing,
WordPress,