HEATHER J. MOORE
Dallas, TX | hjmoore [[at]] gmail.com

INDUSTRY SKILLS >

Exceptionally fast in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat. Also proficient with QuarkXpress, MS Office, HTML and PC platforms running CS2. Familiar with Flash, Wordpress and CSS. Extremely detail-oriented with production art. Experience with packaging, product design and overseas production.

WORK EXPERIENCE >

April 2007 — Present
Freelance Designer/Art Director
Heather J. Moore Design | Dallas, TX
On- and off-site freelance design and production work with DFW area agencies including Razor and Signal. Additional freelance design for Little Rock based scrapbooking manufacturer, Flair Designs.

March 2006 — April 2007
Art Director
KI Memories | Addison, TX | kimemories.com
An in-house position illustrating, designing and overseeing production of colorful, modern scrapbooking, gift and paper crafts products. Duties also encompassed communication with factories for product production in China and Taiwan, interviewing new hires, training younger designers and team workflow management. Also assisted with promotional mock-ups and presentations to large chain stores such as Michaels, Hobby Lobby and JoAnns.

October 2005 — March 2006
Freelance Designer
Heather J. Moore Design | Dallas, TX
Worked on a variety of small projects including newspaper ads, postcards, web sites, calendars, brochures and logos. Also included temporary production-oriented jobs for Dallas-based companies including Integer, Firehouse, and Artistry Marketing. Two of those three firms expressed interest in hiring me.

May 2005 — October 2005
Designer
OnMessage | Richardson, TX | itsonmessage.com
Responsible for concept, design, layout and print production of logos, promotional materials, email blasts and web sites as well as production art and photo retouching.

July 2002 — April 2005
Junior Art Director, Designer | Associate Art Director
Stone Ward | Little Rock, AR | stoneward.com
Member of the Terminix team for approximately a year and a half where responsibilities included designing internal communications pieces such as logos, brochures and packaging. Additional responsibilities included pre-press print production and ad resizes. Other clients included TCBY, Meineke, and ABF. Promoted from Associate to Junior Art Director and later moved to the design department where responsibilities encompassed concept, design, layout and print production of logos, brochures, newsletters, annual reports and packaging. Additional duties included art directing photo shoots, photo retouching and mentoring other art directors with print production and software skills.

EDUCATION >

August 1998 — May 2002
Harding University, Searcy, AR
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design, Cum Laude

June 2001 — August 2001
Harding University, Florence, Italy

AFFILIATIONS >

Dallas Society of Visual Communications, Member, 2005-2006
Little Rock Advertising Federation, Gold, Silver and Bronze ADDYs for work with Stone Ward, 2003
Memphis Advertising Federation, Participant in PUSH Design Conference Juried Student Show, 2001
JOY Club, a college public service organization, Secretary, 2001-2002