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Freelance Graphic Designer

I am passionate about design. My name is Michelle and I’m a local award winning graphic designer located in Irvine, California. I have over 16 years experience working with Fortune 500 companies and have a corporate design background in branding, marketing, web, conferences and social events. Of those 16 years, I have worked the last 12 years in a senior/manager role and found myself wearing many different hats and mediums. I enjoy taking ownership of projects and driving tasks through to completion and on schedule. I love design challenges and am very resourceful in delivering high-quality, solution-oriented creative ideas in a deadline driven environment. 

I want to join a company with a strong supportive culture, playful workspace and positive work/life balance. I invite you to view my work at www.michelledidit.com. 

I have been recognized in major design and illustration award publications including GDUSA and have received awards by The Communicator and The International Davey Awards.

PROFICIENT IN: Mac OS X platform, Adobe CC '15 - InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat Professional, MS Office-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Photography, Social Media.

CLIENT LIST: ADP, Bebeani Cosmetics, ISUZU ICTA, MetLife, USC, YPO, Nicolita Swimwear, Shape-Up Fitness Studio, The Gym Fitness, The Strong Movement, Skinflow Serum. 

Ownership and operation of a freelance design firm that provides identity, print and web. (brochures, specialty Invitations, fitness journals, lookbooks and catalogs, websites, eblast marketing, banner ads, social media) for a variety of clients. Manage ongoing projects schedules and budgets while meeting aggressive deadlines. 

• Spearheaded the vision, creation, and execution for Nicolita Swimwear corporate branding and graphics. (Including the corporate logo, catalogs, advertisements, postcards, hangtags, email/social media marketing, heavy photo retouching, photo shoot assistance as well as trade show/fashion show materials and signage.)

• Created stunning designs for corporate meetings and incentive trips for 15-300 attendees for ADP, USC and ISUZU ICTA President's Club clients. Including registration website, extensive trip materials, special events invitations and on-site large banners and signs. 

• Designed engaging bi-annual marketing newsletter magazine RDS Wealth Management/MetLife's. 

• Packaging - Design brand identity, bottle labels, packaging label and bilingual instructional leaflet for Skinflow Serum packaging. 

• Manage client's printing budgets ranging from $2K to $40K.

• Design digital assets for web, eblasts, ebooks and collateral for online marketing & social media.

• Specialize in one-of-a-kind formal invitations created for corporate dinners & galas, award ceremonies, corporate parties, etc. showcasing beautiful foiling, embossing, die-cuts, typography and unique themes.

• Established successful partnerships with specialty vendors and printers and vendors. Monitor complex print jobs, specialty printing (e.g.die-cut, foiling, embossing, etc) and press-check for quality control. Coordinate print scheduling to ensure all jobs are on-time and complete.

CLIENT LIST: ADP, CBRE, ISUZU N. America, Toyota, Toshiba, Panda Express, Transamerica Worksite Marketing, Avnet, YPO, True Value, Carl’s Jr/Hardee’s, Wells Fargo, USC. 

• Managed small team of in-house and freelance graphic designers and designed for multiple national and international corporate trips, conferences and meetings. 

• Successfully supervised over $500k in graphics budgets; managed complex work flow, design schedules to meet tight deadlines on over 25 accounts.

• Developed new offerings for the PLANit Green™ Initiative (a new way of planning conferences and meeting to be more Eco-Friendly.) Redesigned 50 pg+ program book down to a "greener" z-fold pocket leaflet; Sourced eco-friendly print materials and signage. The initiative reduced the event’s carbon footprint by 20%, lowered budget spending, and dramatically lowering the use of resources, printing and paper waste by 60%.

• Re-branded Ambassadors' company website, presentation deck and sales materials, including Ambassadors' sales magazine with adverts and articles about AMB services.  

• Directed complex print jobs and press-checked all projects, ensuring jobs ran efficiently and on schedule. 

Ambassadors is a global travel and event planning company for a variety of National and International corporations.

Creative Services Manager/Lead Graphic Designer

• Worked directly with Art Director developing spectacular branded events, marketing campaigns and promotions, from concept to completion, with a variety of National and International corporate incentive trips, conferences and meetings. (e.g. storyboard concepts, mock-ups, proposals, on-target meeting artwork and 3D mock-ups.)

• Designed signage and registration materials for large conferences and meetings of 15 to 15,000 attendees.

• Adhered to a project’s set budgets ranging from $5,000-$50,000, finding cost-effective printing & resource solutions.

• Created fresh designs while following strict brand standards & guidelines for companies such as CBRE, ADP and Panda Express. 

• Prepared artwork for press and quality controlled over $150k in purchase orders to outside vendors.

Senior Graphic Designer

Company purchased by Ambassadors

• Supervised/prioritized complex work flow, schedules and budgets to meet tight deadlines on over 15 accounts annually. 

• Branded conferences, high-profile meetings, incentive programs, trade shows and marketing campaigns for a variety of National and International Healthcare and Corporate clients. 

• Negotiated pricing with printers and specialty vendors. Monitored complex print jobs, specialty printing for die-cuts/foiling and press-checks. Coordinated print scheduling to ensure all jobs were on-time and complete.

IIM is a marketing and event planning company specialized in healthcare meetings, trade shows, events and incentive programs.

Manager/Senior Graphic Designer

• Designed high-end corporate trips, conferences and meetings materials for our Medical & Pharmaceutical clients. (Logos, conference binders, newsletters, brochures, postcards, email blasts, websites, specialty invitations, badges and signage) 

• Prepared artwork for large print runs, specialty dies for die-cuts/foiling and large format signs for trade shows.

• Used in-house large format printer to print various materials for meetings and conference such as meeting binders, brochures, invitations and name badges.

CTM is a travel and event planning company specialized in Medical and Pharmaceutical Meetings and conferences.

In-House Graphic Designer

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Michelle Maginnis: Freelance Graphic Designer in Irvine, CA

Michelle Maginnis

Studio Mish Mash

AMBASSADORS LLC

Ambassadors, LLC

Innovations in Marketing

CTM Incentives

California State University, Fullerton