My Background Summary
I am an enthusiastic, creative, and results-driven Senior Digital Graphic Designer, Creative Designer, and Digital Artist, who conceptualizes innovative design solutions for print, digital, and broadcast applications, who is accustomed to surpassing expectations in deadline-driven environments.
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Let me help you realize your goals by utilizing my skills, talents, experience, and education!
I have 26 years of experience in graphic design and creative design in both the print and digital realms. I have been doing work for a wide array of companies in a wide array of industries and business sectors, both on a freelance basis and a full-time basis. Having worked in fast-paced environments, I am extremely efficient at multi-tasking, time management, and organization. I am open to working both on an individual basis and as part of a team. I can take projects from the concept phase through to the finish line and also can jump in on pre-existing projects to move them along, while strictly adhering to branding guidelines when required.
Shawna Macurio
SENIOR DIGITAL GRAPHIC DESIGNER, CREATIVE DESIGNER, & DIGITAL ARTIST
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March 2017 to Present
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Senior Graphic Designer
& Creative Designer
(project-based freelance)
JUDGE LEARNING SOLUTIONS
Take direction from industrial designers and communicate with them directly on projects. Strictly adhere to corporate branding and identity.
My work on eLearning assets includes:
• Graphic design
• Digital graphics
• Video editing and recording
• Motion graphics
• PowerPoint presentations
Judge Learning Solutions clients that I've done work for are Bimbo Bread, Bridgestone Tires, Sprint, Cushman & Wakefield, and U.S. Foods.
March 1997 to Present
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Freelance/Contract Senior
Digital Graphic Designer
& Creative Designer
VARIOUS CLIENTS
Current Projects: Judge Learning Solutions (graphic designer and creative designer), Robert Half (graphic designer, creative designer, software and design consultant and instructor), Creative Circle (graphic designer and creative designer), Aquent (graphic designer and creative designer), Rabbit & Small Animal Rescue (photographer)
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• Graphic Design for print and other, logo design
• Consulting for design and graphics for book covers
• Web design and web graphics
• Digital presentations and presentation graphics
• Digital graphics and illustration and litigation illustration
• Motion art
• Video recording and editing
• Photography
• Production art
• Exhibit wall design and graphics for tradeshows
• Pre-press for book manufacturing
• Strictly adhere to corporate branding and identity when required to
June 2022 to Sept 2022
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Editorial Graphic Designer
(short-term Freelance)
MACMILLAN LEARNING
Division of Macmillan Publishing
Worked on course catalogs, coursebooks, lab books and manuals, etc. for instructors and professors of universities and community colleges throughout the USA. Created new books/manuals/catalogs and updated existing ones. Worked on both print and digital versions. Created forms of books/manuals/catalogs in Acrobat for online/digital classes. Created watermarked PDFs in Acrobat.
Layout design, forms design and other work in Acrobat, production art, prepress, technical expertise in InDesign, and also work in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Sept 2017 to Dec 2017
Clinton, Michigan
Graphic Designer &
Video Editor
(short-term freelance)
EDEN FOODS
Marketing Department (Eden's In-house Advertising Agency)
• Graphic design for print and social media
• Exhibit wall and tradeshow design
• Studio and event photography
• Video recording and video editing for social media
• Presentation design
• Digital illustration and graphics
• Copy editing and proofreading
March 2017 to Sept 2017
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Digital Graphic Designer
(short-term freelance)
RENESAS ELECTRONICS
Marketing Communications and Automotive Division
• Graphic design
• Digital graphics
• Photography
• Videorecording
• Exhibit/tradeshow design
• Social media design
• Market research
— Tradeshows and Events
— Public Relations (PR)
— Display Ads
— Social Media banners and web banners — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn​​, Google
— Strictly adhered to corporate branding and identity
August 2016 to Nov 2016
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Graphic Designer
(short-term freelance)
WASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Marketing and Public Relations Department
• Graphic design for print, Web, digital broadcast display, and social media
• Digital graphics for print, Web, video, digital broadcast display, and social media
• Google display ads
• Exhibit wall design and graphics for trade shows
• Photo retouching, manipulation, and editing for print, Web, video, digital broadcast display, and social media
• Recreation of graphics in vector format
• Technical expertise for files and graphics — resolved technical issues with files and graphics
Dec 2005 to Oct 2015
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Graphic Designer
DTE ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
Design Department
• Graphic design
• Digital presentations, presentation graphics, digital art and illustration
• Web design and web graphics
• Videorecording and video editing
• Digital display design/broadcast design
• Exhibit wall design and graphics for trade shows
• Photography
• Motion art, interactive design, and 3D modeling
• Editing and proofreading
• Assisted clients with technical issues with software
• Worked directly with clients and vendors
Feb 2003 to Dec 2005
Metro Detroit • Michigan
Graphic Designer &
Production Artist
THE CREATIVE GROUP
• Graphic design
• Digital presentations and presentation graphics
• Digital art and illustration
• Production art
• Pre-press experience
Jan 1998 to Oct 2000
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Graphic Designer &
Production Artist
COMPUWARE CORPORATION
Corporate Marketing Department
• Corporate collateral and branding
• Production art
• Graphic design for print
• Digital art and illustration for print and Web
• Exhibit wall design and graphics for trade shows
• Pre-press experience