Reece Quiñones
Creative/Art Direction & Design
- Extensive development of publications, sales and marketing materials, internal and external corporate communications
- Highly skilled in product development, web design, brand imaging, and brand management
- Able to create wireframes that communicate the goals of the business plan, organizes content, and addresses the user experience
- Strong conceptual, layout, drawing, and typography skills
- In-depth knowledge of graphic design theories and techniques
- Able to understand clients business and brand
- Able to create both traditional and contemporary design solutions for print and web/digital
- Art direction, mentoring, and training
- Highly skilled in Adobe CC (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), Quark (My First Love), and Final Cut Pro
- Additional knowledge in HTML/XHTML/CSS and multimedia software including Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Apple Motion, and Soundtrack
- Photography experience, technical B/W photo development and studio work
- Fine Art experience [including lithography; illustration; wood and wire sculpture; painting (all mediums)
Design Management Capabilities
- Manage staff of creatives (direct- and non-direct reports and vendors) in executing all design efforts to ensure staff are on strategy, on budget, and on schedule
- Able to collaborate with marketing and executive staff to develop style guides for internal and external use
- Able to plan, develop, and defend budget recommendations, work goals, metrics measurements, and training needs that provide both profitable and quality solutions
- Able to establish fiscal year work pipeline by meeting with internal clients and report ROI
- Develop and implement department policies, procedures, process improvement, and quality standards
- Complete fair and objective performance reviews that grow the design team and benefit the organization
- Possess solid understanding on the theory and science of design and market dynamics of integrated programs, products, and services
- Provide leadership and motivation that conveys the vision and values of the organization and able to effectively communicate with staff
- Able to establish and work toward success metrics
- Able to build and manage the culture of the design team
- Lead in the education and development of creative staff
- Able to direct and lead the design team to execute assigned projects across all media types (print, interactive, social media, video, events/conferences, and much more)
Project/Client Management Capabilities
- Facilitate the contributions and outcomes of client brainstorming sessions, presentations, and meetings
- Able to participate in the new business ideation and strategic initiatives
- Detail oriented
- Solid organizational and communication skills
- Meet expectations and deliverables on time and with high-quality
- Able to present aesthetic direction and concepts of projects to clients
- Seamless integration of front- to back-end functionality of websites and other digital products
- Production experience in development, design, and prepress with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Prepress and 4+ Color Reproduction
- Vendor Management and Quality Control
- Direct and Produce High-Quality Products