Dennis Harrison1405 Beaver Ruin Rd; Apt 1504, Norcross, GA 30093 • Email: gheshawn@yahoo.com Phone: 770-717-1916 • Website: http://dennis-harrison.webs.com

PROFILEHighly creative and multitalented Graphic Designer with extensive experience in multimedia, print design, advertising and marketing. Exceptional communicative skills; consummate team player with impeccable organizational and project management abilities. Highly-creative in marketing techniques and strategies. Accustomed to producing high-quality results in a deadline-driven environment.

SKILLS Experience designing advertising and marketing materials for a variety of projects including

logos, brochures, packaging, advertising, signage and websites. Technical experience in pre-press, file prep, print, photo editing, color correction, scanning

and video/web production. Experience in coordinating the day-to-day production and design of projects with clients

and vendor-based relations. Stylistic illustrator skilled in hand-drawn and computer generated illustrations.

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE Adobe Creative Suite CS3 -CS5 Illustrator InDesign Dreamweaver Flash Quark Xpress

PageMaker MS Office Suite Adobe Acrobat HTML & CSS Java Script Mac and PC platforms

EXPERIENCEPhil’s Barber & Style School, Lilburn, GA October 2010 – PresentFreelance Graphic Artist Design and create layouts for promotional items, posters, flyers, postcards, in-store displays,

business cards and other various marketing projects. Ensure projects meet client expectations for creativity and accuracy. Editing images and layouts for corrections, resizing and retouching from design files. Consult with client to review updates, estimates, art direction and deadlines. Preparing and reviewing graphic files for off-site print production. Establishing and maintaining critical milestones of multiple projects. Managing and archiving all competed projects and images into file management system.

Intelligent Communications Source, LLC, Lilburn, GA January 2007 – July 2007Freelance Graphic Artist Created new design logos, advertisements and presentations for marketing materials. Prepared and review files for various methods of on-site and off-site print production. Ensured design projects meet clients scheduling and quality requirements. Managed and archive all competed projects and images.

Dennis Harrison1405 Beaver Ruin Rd; Apt 1504, Norcross, GA 30093 • Email: gheshawn@yahoo.com Phone: 770-717-1916 • Website: http://dennis-harrison.webs.com

Network Communications, Lawrenceville, GA May 2006 – December 2006Graphic Artist Designed and created effective page layouts for The Real Estate Book's publications. Ensured layout, design and reformat graphic files meet production and scheduling deadlines. Collaborated with internal staff and customers with ad submissions and marketing materials. Created backgrounds, templates, style sheets, covers and other marketing materials. Assisted the marketing team in conceptual development of other printed marketing projects. Compiled and edited photos and copy from archives' electronic file management system. Prepared graphic files for pre-flight and review files for in-house print production department.

The Home Depot / Aquent, Atlanta, GA September 2005 – January 2006Production Artist Created and built layouts for The Home Depot catalogs and weekly advertisements. Edited images and layouts for corrections, resizing and retouching from provided design files. Ensured layout, design and reformat graphic files meet print production specifications. Collaborated with Advertising Department to ensure on-time, high quality client deliverables. Assisted lead artist and art director with developing design solutions to support Marketing. Consulted with merchant and art director to review options for art direction in advertisements. Managed and organized digital files and backup of files to external drive. Prepared graphic files for pre-flight and review files for in-house print production department.

Blazin Technology, Inc, Tucker, GA June 2002 – October 2006Freelance Graphic Artist Created artwork for projects including ads, brochures, stationary pieces, proposals, posters,

postcards and other marketing collateral materials. Designed graphics for web-based multimedia projects, including creating backgrounds,

banners, interfaces/menus, presentations and graphical content. Managed day-to-day creation and production for multiple advertising and marketing projects. Coordinated weekly meetings to review files with clients to ensure quality of projects. Organized electronic files and backup of files to external drive. Prepared graphic files for pre-flight and review files for off-site print production department.

EDUCATIONKeller Graduate School of Management, Duluth, GA November 2008Masters in Project Management GPA: 3.81 Graduated with honors

American InterContinental University, Hoffman Estates, IL March 2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication GPA: 3.32 Concentration in Digital Design