Grayson Smith; Print Production, Graphic Design & Illustration

Education

The Art Institute of California :: San Francisco, CA 2003

Experience

  • Genuine Scooters :: Chicago, IL 9-2007 to Current

    Graphic Designer

    Duties involve quarterly flier design and layout, catalog layout design, logo design, weekly email fliers, web production, product and packaging design, production photography, signage, assistance to the Creative Director and President.

  • Ookla Net Metrics :: Chicago, IL 2006 to Current

    Contract Illustration & Design

    On going freelance relationship. Projects involve iconography, vector illustration and optimization for online media.

  • PsPrint :: Emeryville, CA 8-2006 to 7-2007

    Graphic Designer

    Acted as sole point of contact for all customers through their entire custom print experience from the design (of every type of print collateral) through pre-press. Editing existing customer work to ensure print readiness.

  • Mervyn's :: Hayward, CA 9-2005 to 7-2006

    Textile Graphic Designer

    Researched fashion trends and created fresh, fashionable technically accurate graphics for boys clothing (ages 4-7 and 8-20). Articles designed include pieced Tees, Hoodies, Henleys, Pants. Managed graphic standards to see that art direction between seasons was consistent and evolutionary.

  • Lakonic Partners :: Chicago, IL 7-2006 to 8-2006

    Contract Illustration

    Duties involved technical illustration and design assistance for
    Motorola marketing collateral.

Proficient In

  • Brand Identity
  • Custom/Technical Illustration
  • Textile Design
  • Packaging
  • Pre-Press
  • Iconography
  • Screen Printing
  • Web Design
  • Web Production

Proficient With

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Freehand
  • Acrobat
  • Type Management
  • All Popular Operating Systems