Sara Psachos
Design Manager
Issaquah, WA, USA
206-852-4134
www.sarapsachos.com
Work Experience
W Creative
Creative Director
Currently I am the Creative Director for Windermere Real Estate's in house creative agency, W Creative, where I lead a team of 3+ designers to visually problem solve for 20+ real estate offices and 1,200+ real estate agents.
May 2018
- Present
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Jones Lang LaSalle
Senior Graphic Designer
Worldwide commercial real estate firm.
May 2013
- January 2014
Seattle, Washington, United States
Davis Wright Tremaine
Senior Graphic Designer
In-house senior designer for a 500+ attorney law firm. 9 offices in the U.S. and Asia.
Projects consisting of pitches, proposals, internal and external communications, print, web, interactive, direct mail, trade shows, event production, videography and photography.
Managing freelancers and vendors. Planning and strategy for Marcom group. Working on tight deadlines and winning multiple awards.
Art directed redesign of 7,000+ page external website with vendor. Worked in tandem with IT department to redesign company intranet built on Sharepoint.
Created award winning video campaigns in the first year of bringing video to life within the firm. Our Vimeo channel went from 0 videos to 38 in the 1st year.
Built an easy to use email suite/template system for anyone in the firm to use. For managing all internal and external communications.
Introduced the Podio project management platform to collaborate with members of the marcom team in each office.
Projects consisting of pitches, proposals, internal and external communications, print, web, interactive, direct mail, trade shows, event production, videography and photography.
Managing freelancers and vendors. Planning and strategy for Marcom group. Working on tight deadlines and winning multiple awards.
Art directed redesign of 7,000+ page external website with vendor. Worked in tandem with IT department to redesign company intranet built on Sharepoint.
Created award winning video campaigns in the first year of bringing video to life within the firm. Our Vimeo channel went from 0 videos to 38 in the 1st year.
Built an easy to use email suite/template system for anyone in the firm to use. For managing all internal and external communications.
Introduced the Podio project management platform to collaborate with members of the marcom team in each office.
October 2009
- May 2013
Seattle, Washington, United States
Freelance
Freelance Graphic Designer
Lumicor (The Creative Group)
Catalysis
Weber Marketing Group
Davis Wright Tremaine (The Creative Group)
Catalysis
Weber Marketing Group
Davis Wright Tremaine (The Creative Group)
April 2009
- July 2009
Seattle, Washington, United States
Fusion Partners
Graphic Designer
Real estate marketing and advertising agency.
Print, web, interactive pdfs, 3D displays, transit, outdoor, advertising, interior design of presentation centers, identities/branding, direct mail.
Clients: Bennett Homes, Burnstead, Seattle Housing Authority, Port Blakely Communities, Yarrow Bay Group Seattle, WA, USA.
Print, web, interactive pdfs, 3D displays, transit, outdoor, advertising, interior design of presentation centers, identities/branding, direct mail.
Clients: Bennett Homes, Burnstead, Seattle Housing Authority, Port Blakely Communities, Yarrow Bay Group Seattle, WA, USA.
June 2006
- February 2009
Seattle, Washington, United States
Remer Inc
Graphic Designer
Advertising agency. Print, web, interactive pdfs, promotional design, advertising, identities/branding, online interactive.
Clients: Corbis, Getty Images, ESPN, H.D. Buttercup, Boys & Girls Clubs.
Clients: Corbis, Getty Images, ESPN, H.D. Buttercup, Boys & Girls Clubs.
June 2004
- June 2006
Seattle, Washington, United States
Education
The Art Institute Of Seattle
AA Graphic Design
Internship at Museum of Flight
Internship at Seattle Publishing
Internship at Seattle Publishing
September 2002
- May 2004
Seattle, Washington, United States
Green River Community College
AA Art & Photography
January 1997
- May 1999
Auburn, Washington, United States
Languages
English (Native),
Awards
Skills
Adobe CC,
Advertising,
Art Direction,
Branding,
Corporate Events,
Creative Planning,
Digital Marketing,
Email Design,
Graphic Design,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Interactive Design,
Interactive PDFs,
Marketing Strategy,
Mentor,
Microsoft Office,
Photography,
Photography,
Photoshop,
Project Management,
Video,
Visual Design,
Web Design,