Marc Engle
Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer
and Fine Artist

Summary
  - 20+ years of concepting, design and execution experience with superior print, web, presentation and display expertise.
  - Proven track record in all major areas of commercial art, including art direction, graphic design, illustration, photography and production management.
  - Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  - Software expertise includes Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat), Quark, GoLive, Cinema 4D (3D Illustration/Animation software), PowerPoint, Word and others on both PC and Apple systems.

Skills and Competencies
Creative direction/art direction
  - Brand identity design and implementation
  - Direct mail/internet advertising and marketing
  - Designer/freelancer management
Graphic design
  - Website/html email design - including html, xhtml, css and javascipt
  - Print/poster/banner design
  - Logo, stationery and annual report design
Illustration
  - Presentation, publication, stylistic and technical illustration
  - Computer illustration and 3D illustration and animation
  - Advertising comps
Photography
  - Product, presentation, special-use and technical photography
  - Photoshop/digital editing and digital painting and image retouching
Project management
  - Promotional campaign management
  - Direct mail campaign management
  - Hypersite management (through Eloqua Corp.)
  - Lithographic and custom print vendor management
  - Internet/Intranet website management and maintenance
  - Customer research and results application

Professional Experience
Osmegen, Inc./Natural Magic
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer
February 2008 to Present
  - New product line identity design, including; identity name creation, logo design, identity design, label design, marketing materials design and retail display design.
Other responsibilities include; 3D modeling of products and retail displays for use in design development as well as various sales and marketing promotions and materials, creation of product mockups for products that are still in the sales introduction phase, corporate sales literature design, product photography and print vendor management.

Seagate Technology
Longmont, Colorado and Bath, Pennsylvania
Senior Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer - Global Product Marketing/Global Marketing Communications
June 1999 to July 2007
  - Design, production and implementation of corporate brand elements and standards, including logo, print, web and presentation materials working closely with various internal departments, including Marketing Communications, Product Marketing, Sales, Engineering and Corporate Communications
  - Design, production and vendor management of sales fliers, brochures, corporate and specialized marketing web sites and multimedia presentation materials in support of Global Sales and Marketing offices, departments and personnel
  - Design, coordination, production and user support for various core groups and engineering departments of internal product logo’s, presentation materials, internal and external trade show graphics and awards
  - Design, coordination and production of materials for the annual World Wide Sales and Marketing meetings, regional meetings and other special activities
  - Design and production of training and activity materials for Product Marketing team members in Colorado, Minnesota and Oklahoma
  - Web site design, production and maintenance (using both internal and external web content management tools - including Eloqua)
  - Technical illustration including two- and three-dimensional illustration and animation for various sales and engineering groups
  - Photography and videography support services for Product Marketing, Sales and Engineering groups in Colorado and Minnesota
  - Design, coordination and production of trade show graphics and booth support materials
  - Variety of internal communications materials from banners and posters to all manner of electronic presentations
  - Provide design, illustration and photography support for various non-marketing departments

Graebel Companies, Inc. — World’s largest privately-owned relocation company
Denver, Colorado
Senior Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer - Corporate Marketing Department
June 1997 to May 1999
Responsibilities included graphic design and production of a variety of business-to-business sales materials and other collateral: local and national advertisements, brochures, company newsletter, logos, multimedia presentations, posters, proposals, trade-show materials and specialized marketing promotions.

Jones CreativeWorks — Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Denver, Colorado
Assistant Creative Director, Art Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator
April 1993 to June 1997
Responsibilities included creative direction, art direction, graphic design, illustration, photography, pre-press production, and direction and coordination of vendors. Projects included ads, brochures, logos, stationery packages and specialty advertising products.

The Denali Group, Inc. — Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Denver, Colorado
Art Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator
July 1990 to October 1992
Responsibilities included creative concepts, graphic design, illustration, pre-press production, and direction and coordination of vendors. Projects included ads, brochures, logos, stationery packages and specialty advertising products.

Columbine Printing & Graphics — Graphic design and print shop
Denver, Colorado
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
December 1989 to June 1990
Responsibilities included graphic design, illustration and pre-press production for all in-house printing. Projects included brochures, fliers, logos, stationery packages and specialty advertising products.

Coffman Associates, Inc. — Airport consulting company
Kansas City, Missouri
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
October 1987 to October 1989
Responsibilities included design and production of proposals and presentations, project brochures and technical manuals, as well as a variety of illustrative needs from proposal covers to technical manual illustration.

Matrix Publications, Inc. — Technical publications company
Los Angeles, California
Project Manager and Technical Illustrator
November 1984 to March 1987
Responsibilities included project bidding and acquisition, project organization and production management. Managed a staff of up to 25 graphic artists/illustrators, typesetters and camera-operators. Matrix Publications provided overflow technical illustration and production services to a variety of defense-based aerospace manufacturing companies, including Hughes, Northrop, Logicon, and the UCLA Scientific Departments. Most projects were covered by DoD military secrecy, and included multitudes of technical illustrations, advisory presentations, technical manuals and inter-departmental updates as well as other special classified projects.

Westcoast Tee’s, Inc. — Privately-owned t-shirt printing company
Los Angeles, California
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
October 1983 to November 1984
Responsible for t-shirt design, illustration, pre-print production, print-troubleshooting for this Los Angeles-based tourist t-shirt manufacturing and sales company. I worked at the company headquarters which supplied t-shirts, sweaters and other items to a chain of 15 stores from Santa Barbara to San Diego.

PM Graphics — Graphic design and print shop
Los Angeles, California
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
May 1983 to September 1983
Responsible for graphic design and production of all in-house printing. Mostly 1- and 2-color fliers, brochures, stationery packages and other like items.

Awards & Education
  - Silver Halo and Silver MAME for the “Aren’t You A Little Angel” campaign in 1996
  - Attended the Kansas City Art Institute 1975—1978