Vicki Morawietz
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Vicki Morawietz (415) 271-0145 vam@vamdesign.com Portfolio: www.vamdesign.com San Bruno, California “Vicki’s experience and ability to take on creative services projects of any scope is unmatched.” Linkedin testimonial. See more at www.linkedin.com/in/vickimorawietz 16 + Years experience as Art Director, UI and Visual Designer • Established success in web design, user interface and print for fortune 500 companies • Creative skills that exceeded design trends and drove sales • Adaptive abilities to work comfortably in small scale or extensive corporations • Ambitious with excellent leadership skills Experience AGI Shorewood, Redwood City Template Manager 2010-2012 Worked in the Ad agency dedicated solely to single client, Electronic Arts. Created templates used for print publications, packaging, and marketing materials. Produced high quality templates that were easy to follow and work with. • Oversaw constant maintenance, updating, and quality control for hundreds of templates. • Upheld in-depth knowledge of video game packaging requirements for client needs. • Supervised and directed production artists to help maintain templates database. • Maintained evolving work-flow and relationships with project mangers and first-party platform companies such as Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Page Mage Inc., Redwood City Art Director/GUI 2008-2009 Worked as Art Director using Graphic User Interface and design to generate customized auction pages for eBay end-users, transforming auctions into ecommerce-based advertisements utilizing social media. Established the creative services department, hiring necessary designers for product development. Managed a team of four graphic artists, creating weekly tasks to keep track of department deadlines. Created User Interface (UI) and designed look and feel of flash-based template builder product. Oversaw and developed all templates and artwork utilized by template builder. • Administrated and maintained template and clip art database and established conceptual and stylistic direction. • Led wire-frame creation for templates. • Developed category database UI for template builder and processed all images to adhere to eBay categories. • Worked closely with marketing to bring company to the forefront of eBay template subscription services. • Created reports and roadmaps of ongoing creative services projects. • Designed flash banners and updated and improved pages on existing web site. • Worked closely with back-end engineers on the UI to develop exclusive company software used by creative services department to create templates for public builder. VAM Design, San Bruno Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Owner 2003-2008 Partnered with clients to produce conceptual graphic design, packaging, advertising, post-production, logo design and manipulation, web design, business-to-business graphics, and ecommerce-based sites. Oversaw all design and creative concepts from original layouts, production design, and web site wireframes, to user interface for wide variety of industries. • Provided excellent and timely service in a face paced environment • Held responsibility for all aspects of running corporation, including conducting payroll and invoicing. • Ability to communicate design elements from conception to completion in manner that was understandable to all parties involved. Key Clients include: 2KSports, Sega of America, Havok, Electronic Arts, Agetec, Walmart.com, Mentura.com, live365.com, SayIt.com, EVault, Single Point of Contact, and Booz Allen& Hamilton Sega of America, San Francisco Lead Graphic Designer 2001-2003 Created designs from raw concepts to final pieces with packaging, advertisements, and point of purchase. Worked closely with project managers to compare, contrast, and mutually develop concepts geared toward video game sales market. • Produced design on time and on target to departmental schedules. • Experience with drawing rough storyboard concepts, and great art directional and communication skills. TeamWorks Technology, Millbrae Art Director/GUI 2000-2001 Conducted usability tests to make sites for client companies more user-friendly by building interactive ecommerce sites. • Solved interface problems by designing and predicting end-user utilization. With our client Revlon, the goal was to create a site that allowed you to upload a photo and be able to apply makeup to your picture. • Created user interface test web sites that allowed customizable interfaces. • Worked on the UI for Always in Style and Seventeen Magazine to promote beauty products on their web sites. Additional Experience Single Point of Contact, Palo Alto, Management Consultant, 2007-2008. Re-established internal purchasing department, creating new process of operation from non-existing system to smooth-working and profitable department. Managed, recruited, interviewed, trained, supervised, and evaluated staff. Monitored all purchasing activities and relationships with vendors. Created reports on progress of departmental changes and increased productivity of purchasing department. Oversaw order process and all aspects of running purchasing department. Lewis Galoob Toys, South San Francisco, Graphic Designer, 1998-1999. Worked as graphic artist in Star Wars prequel toy design department. Organized various images for specific project involvement, cataloging images for vendors and Hong Kong office. Conducted design work on decals for Star Wars prequel toys for commercial shoots. Worked in creative department on website, logo design, and packaging design for Spice Girls fashion dolls. Education San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, B.F.A., Conceptual Design, 1997 Computer Skills Platforms: Macintosh and Windows Platforms Software: Photoshop Illustrator InDesign HTML / CSS Javascript – read only Flash Quark Xpress Dreamweaver Microsoft Office Applications
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