Steph Timms

http://stephtimms.com
timms.steph@gmail.com
678.467.1452

Education

The Art Institute of Atlanta 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude

Software Competency

Adobe (CS4): Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash
Microsoft: VisualStudio 2008, Visual SourceSafe

Programming Skills

Highly proficient in: HTML, XHTML, and CSS
Working knowledge of: XML, Actionscript 2.0

Recent Web Projects

Quick & Easy Vegan Comfort Food - Site design
Expert Accounting Solutions, LLC - Site design
National Women in Pensions - Logo redesign and site redesign
Swerdlin & Company - Site redesign template

Work Experience - In House

Graphic Designer, Optima Service Solutions, Roswell, GA Sept 2008 - Present

Responsible for all print materials (conception through to printing), all web materials including websites, web-based software graphics and UI, corporate intranet, touch-screen kiosk graphics and UI, corporate branding for Optima and our clients, and PR materials, including copywriting.

Graphic Designer, Ogden-Ritenour, Roswell, GA Oct 2006 - Sept 2008

Responsible for proofreading, editing creative, preparing creative for print, corporate ID, posters, quick reference guides, websites, tradeshow graphics, brochures, direct mailers, and logos.

Work Experience - Freelance

Freelance Designer, National Women in Pensions, Atlanta, GA Aug 2009 - Present

Responsible for redesigning the organization's logo and website. Also set up a basic content management system so members can edit the site.

Freelance Designer, Swerdlin & Company, Atlanta, GA Aug 2009 - Present

Responsible for designing web template for site redesign and for several marketing materials including postcards, tradeshow signage, and brochures.

Freelance Designer, Cole Getzler, Atlanta, GA Jul 2009 - Present

Responsible for designing and building web templates for company product sites including SQLBeat and SimplePart.

Freelance Designer, David Davis, Atlanta, GA  Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

Responsible for designing hardcover and softcover versions of a bookcover for a fiction novel. Also helped arranged the photoshoot for cover photography.

Freelance Designer, Expert Accounting Solutions, LLC, Atlanta, GA Sep 2009 - Oct 2009

Responsible for designing the company's website . Also set up a basic content management system so the owner can edit the site, and helped transfer the site to a new hosting company.

Freelance Designer, Alicia Simpson, Atlanta, GA Jun 2009

Responsible for designing and building a website for a local vegan cookbook author. Also set up basic content management system so author can update site in the future.

Freelance Designer, David McKee, Roswell, GA Feb 2009 - May 2009

Responsible for GUI usability research, graphics, and overall "look and feel" of iPhone calorie counter application.

Freelance Designer, Selhurst Associates, Inc, Roswell, GA Feb 2009 - Present

Responsible for logo design, website design, and marketing materials.

Freelance Designer, Sugar's Homemade, Roswell, GA Nov 2008 - Dec 2009

Responsible for logo redesign, business cards, and e-mail and print bakery flyers.

Freelance Designer, Anna's Hallmark, Roswell, GA Apr 2008 - Aug 2009

Responsible for promotional signage, Webkinz Club graphics and membership cards, and marketing postcards.

Freelance Designer, Optima Service Solutions, Alpharetta, GA Mar 2008 - May 2008

Responsible primarily for creating the front-end design for a touch-screen application. Also responsible for designing a brochure.

Awards and Honors

Nominated for Best Graphic Design Portfolio, AIA, Winter 2007
Intel Scholar, Georgia Tech 2003-2004