SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
March 2005 - November 2007

I started out at SunTrust as a freelance contractor, but during a corporate restructure at the start of 2006, I was granted an official position with the company. SunTrust is fifth largest banking company in the United States, with offices and branches located all across the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions.

I started out as primarily as a print-production role, when I was a contractor, doing text edits, and ensuring that files were going out to printers and branches in the correct format, and enforcing file sizes and brand guidelines. When I came on full-time, my role evolved to doing actual design work, and having a role in the creation and execution of projects that would be produced and distributed throughout the company network. During my tenure with SunTrust, I created numerous print projects, ranging from brochures, flyers, cards, invitations, posters, billboards, PoP merchandising and other collateral materials. Targeting audiences internally, B2B as well as B2C. I worked with a variety of clientele, from management, production people to the printers themselves.

In September of 2007, it was announced that SunTrust would undergo corporate downsizing in the wake of the economic "crisis." Unfortunately for me, that meant the entire in-house design department was to be dismissed.

Duties:

• Design and execution of a variety of print-related materials - brochures, collateral materials, posters, signage, billboards, marketing aides.
• Entrusted with responsibility of maintaining the SunTrust brand, and that all projects adhered to the brand guidelines, with any exceptions being discussed and improvised in a rational and purposeful way.
• Created and maintained working relationship with stock photograph companies such as Getty Images, Corbis, and Masterfile to provide fresh and unique visual imagery to be used in all SunTrust marketing materials.
• In the event of visiting branches, policing the branches to adhering to up-to-date materials, and collateral materials, and reporting such back to corporate of any violations.
• Demonstrated expertise at the printing process, provided excellent pre-press skills with concise PDF generation to exact publication requirements, mechanicals to printers, and efficient methods of delivering files via FTP.

Accomplishments:

• Several pieces nominated by Communication Arts, for best in-house design departments, 2006 and 2007.
• Took design lead for entire Charleston, South Carolina SunTrust expansion

Computers and software:

• Mac G4 OSX Panther, upgraded to G5 OSX Tiger
• Windows XP environment for administrative duties
• ADOBE (CS, CS2) - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat/Distiller
• MACROMEDIA (now Adobe) (MX) - Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks
• Microsoft Office (Mac) - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage
• Fetch