aisha miller

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

10 years + corporate graphic design experience focusing on turning ideas into concepts, and translating into visual elements for digital and traditional mediums. Inspiring team leader who sparks creativity in peers both on and off the job. Consistent, independent contributor, capable of efficiently managing time, clearly articulating thoughts and ideas, and collaborating effectively in formal, and informal settings.

EXPERIENCE

Cult - Independent Contributor, Sr. Designer 2016 - PresentMarketing Collateral / Art Direction

Designed customer facing and store associate collateral for the Home Services brand of The Home Depot including corporate T-shirts, flyers, mailers, etc.

Served as brand consultant on due to my prior experience as online brand ambassador for homedepot.com.

The Home Depot - Sr. Web Designer 2012 - 2016Font Design/ Web Design / Art Direction / Online Brand Ambassador

Designed and implemented the first interactive style guide forhomedepot.com to ensure brand consistency across the sites in US, Mexico and Canada, and other 3rd party vendors

Designed and implemented a new live font for homedepot.com US/CA/MX to increase SEO value and image optimization

Art Directed the redesign of the highly trafficked Paint category pages intro-ducing the new Digital Color Center. In just over 1 week, this redesign lead to over 41K visits for the Color Center – 4 times the previous engagement

Art Directed the redesign and launch of the Home Automation category across multiple channels, leading to YTD sales of more than $100M

Managed a team tasked with designing 30+ pages and maintained brand standards and overall aesthetic on all digital platforms; spearheaded monthly outings to CreativeMornings to keep the team inspired

The Home Depot - UX Designer 2009 - 2012UX / Web Design

Redesigned the home page for homedepot.com, cleaning up the experience while providing a foundation to build upon for future redesigns

Designed the splash page for The Home Depot Style Guide, an inspirational app that ran 4 consecutive seasons, resulting in increased customer engage-ment with How-To content and increased sales for project based products

EXPERTISE

AFFILIATIONS

» Iconography

» Logo design

» Branding

» Typography

» Vector work

» Web Design

» Prototyping

» Stationery Design

» Marketing Collateral

TOOLS» Photoshop CC» Illustrator CC» InDesign CC» FontLab» Adobe XD» Adobe Muse

» AIGA» The Ladies Board

EDUCATION

BFA - Graphic Design University of Michigan

MBA - MarketingAmerican Intercontinental Univ

aisha miller

Art directed the sites of 15 affiliate pages leading to greater adherence of corporate brand guidelines.

Freelance Highlights - Graphic Designer 2007 - 2009Graphic & Stationery Design / Marketing Collateral / Art Direction

Conceptualized and designed brand identities for new businesses creating compelling images to best represent their brand

Designed children’s games and workbooks for mass retail distribution.

Art Directed/Designed menus, magazine ads, and marketing materials for local businesses

Dalmatian Press, LLC - Graphic Designer 2006-2007Graphic Design / Prototyping

Conceptualized and Designed original board books for a line to be sold in mass retailers.

Designed and made press ready a line of storybooks featuring animals from around the world.

EDUCATION

BFA - Graphic Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999MBA - Marketing, American Intercontinental University, Atlanta, GA, 2005

BIO aisha miller

Hybrid Designer; UX, Web Design, Print

*Independent contributor, capable of efficiently managing time, clearly articulating thoughts and ideas, and collaborating effectively in formal, and informal settings. *Strong Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop skills

*Strong with navigation and page layout, clean design aesthetic; organization

*Interested in short term, contract roles, both remotely and on site

*Experience in both corporate environments, and independent, remote roles

*Projects: font creation/design, brand ambassador, marketing collateral, web design, experience creating and following style guides and emulating an existing brand, logo design

*Self-starter; needs little direction; great attention to detail and man-aging my projects

*Can work in both collaborative environments and on my own

Technical skills: Mac - InDesign, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Muse, XD, FontLab Studio 5, Adobe CloudSync

Client/Industry experience: The Home Depot/Retail, Dalmatian Press/Children’s Book Publisher, Colorbök/Stationery,Gift, Small Businesses/Various