Gregory Stewart
818-345-3576 or 818-445-5210
Stewart@gmail.com

Experienced Senior Graphic Designer with a solid Advertising, Branding and Licensing background.

EXPERIENCE
2003 - Present Primedia Enterprises
Art Director Brand Development
Forecasted product businesses and created corresponding effective marketing programs for execution. Led effort to plan, develop, coordinate, and initiate licensee programs for top US magazine publications, including Hot Rod, Lowrider and others. Successfully organized and implemented plans for trade show presentations for potential licensees, developed marketing and program material for managing business. Created effective national advertising campaigns for branded products. Coordinated between licensee, target audience and magazine source for proper brand development and on message delivery. Supervised and directed vendor relationships related to PRIMEDIA licensee programs and assigned product promotions. Executed new product launch promotions.

1999 - 2003 Verizon
Graphic Designer, Advertising
Managed all phases of graphic design and pre press projects for a wide range of clients. Worked directly with clients to assess their needs and develop specifications, planned and implemented projects from initial conceptual design through final printed piece. Provided complete design solutions including marketing and design for management. Managed and directed of all art work within office, interacting with freelance talent, and printers. Also, handled creation of collateral artwork such as presentations and all other marketing material. Proven efficiency in organizing large projects and coordinating with outside vendors.

1989 - 1999 GTE/Verizon
Customer Care Specialist
Center Supervisor, In-Charge of staff and operations. Contact person for local, state, and federal emergency agencies for after hour telephone issues. Office trainer new products and technology. Duties included handling sensitive customer issues and employee labor issues. Daily interaction with multiple departments company wide for trouble resolution of customer service.

EDUCATION
2002 Art Center College of Design, Flash Design for the web
2001 Art Center Web design fundamentals, Dreamweaver
1996 CSULB, BFA Illustration
1996 LA Valley College, General Education

SOFTWARE SKILLS
Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, Streamline. InDesign, Quark, Multi-Ad Creator. HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fetch and more.

PUBLICATIONS
ILEX Press Publications, UK 2004

Awards and Achievements:
-2004 Winner, Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival, Pasadena
-2003 Lankershim art walk, sidewalk art show, North Hollywood
-2003 Finalist in "Call to Artists" art show, Northridge, CA -April
-2002 Gallery Exhibit, Group Show, Lankershim Gallery
-2002 Gallery Exhibit, Group Show, Lankershim Gallery
-2002 Participant, Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival, Pasadena
-2003 Participant, Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival, Pasadena
-2002 Winner, City of Claremont, Banner Design Contest.
-2001 Winner Lakewood Artist Guild, Mixed Media, Mixed Media
-1998 Winner California State Univ. Long Beach BFA Club Art Show,
-1998 Nominated for Presidents Research Presentation, CSULB.
-1998 Deans Honor List for Academic Performance, CSULB.
-1997 Presidents Honor List for Academic Performance, CSULB.