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Jim Crosley

Senior-level graphic designer with ten years experience in print, web, illustration, point-of-purchase,
display and collateral design across a diverse range of industries. Creative thinker, highly skilled in
technical execution and accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments, consistently
delivering projects on time and within budget.

Creative Expertise

Illustration

Corporate Identity

Signage & Hand Lettering

Product Development

Book Design

Logo Development

Point-of-Purchase Design

Team Leadership

Web Design

Newspaper and Magazine Pre-Press

Collateral Material

Client Relationships

Technical Proficiency

Operating Systems: Macintosh and Windows
Software: Adobe CS4 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Acrobat) Adobe InCopy, QuarkXPress, MS Office
Programming: HTML, CSS, Javascript

Work Experience

Senior Illustrator, Graphic Designer | Kaplan K12 Learning Services | New York, NY | 10/03–present

Lead designer of multimedia educational product, targeting the K-12 market.
Produced all Flash presentations used to market new product launches.
Designed all web graphics and online collateral for web-marketing campaigns.
Developed concepts for online gaming environment, including Flash mock-ups.
Illustrated and designed book covers and interiors for Kaplan K-12 book series.
Illustrated technical art specs for science and math projects.

Key Achievements:

Received “Outstanding Performance” award in 2009 for completion of flash sales video.
Generated significant company savings by performing all web/graphic design-related activities in-house.

Illustrator | The Onion | New York, NY | Freelance 2008

Illustrated maps for the Onion’s Our Dumb World.

Graphic Designer | Blue Man Productions | New York, NY | Freelance (2006–2008)

Hired to create the identity of Blue Man Group’s corporate newsletter, designed each issue and then migrated newsletter to an onscreen, interactive PDF format.
Designed retail merchandise program for Blue Man Group’s Las Vegas Show.

Designer | Whats Up Magazine | Boston, MA | Design, Layout and Illustration | 04/02–04/05

Volunteered my services to produce this bi-monthly non-profit magazine for the homeless and disadvantaged.
Designed the magazine’s logo.
Provided illustration, ad design, layout and covered all pre-press duties.
Organized and produced all collateral merchandise including vinyl banners, t-shirts, posters and flyers.
Secured new printer for publication resulting in higher paper quality and increased page size while bringing down costs.

Sr. Graphic Designer | The Irish Emigrant Newspaper | Boston, MA | 01/01–07/03

Designed and produced two weekly publications distributed in Boston and New York City.
In charge of all ad building, photo imaging, layout of text and graphics and plate making.
Supervised graphics department, working closely with sales department, ad agencies and clients.

Graphic Designer | Richmond Times-Dispatch | Richmond, VA | 07/00–12/00

Designed and created ads for Virginia’s largest newspaper. Responsible for ad building, logo design, spec ads, layouts and graphics.
Worked closely with account executives, advertising agencies and customers to create ad units and other materials on very tight deadlines.

Store Artist | Sign Maker | Tower Records | Richmond, VA | 09/98–07/00

Responsible for designing and creating all display materials including; end racks, 4’ x 4’ album cover renditions, sales information, title signs and three dimensional merchandising displays.
Coordinated in-store promotions with records label representatives and Tower management.