brian m smith

bsmith@dsgncreative.com

experience

Freelance Web Design, Chicago, IL
Ongoing

Clients

  • PerkSpot
  • Tenzint
  • WFS-Construction
  • NKWebDevelopment

ONOSYS Online Ordering, Cleveland, OH
Web Technology Firm
Lead Web Designer
2/10 - 7/10
Responsibilities and contributions:

  • User experience design and development of pure XHTML/CSS sites, interfaces and mobile applications.
  • Typical day to day duties include designing interfaces and user flows, building XHTML/CSS based pages, optimizing and maintaining existing markup based on customer needs.

Elk & Elk Co. Ltd., Mayfield Heights, OH
Law Firm
Art Director
1/09 - 2/10
Responsibilities and contributions:

  • Design, develop and maintain all web sites.
  • Optimizing and maintaining existing markup for search engine optimization.

Advanstar Communications, Cleveland, OH
Provider of business-to-business communications, publishing, conferences, trade shows, database and online media.
Art Director, Promotional Operations Group
3/08 - 12/08
Responsibilities and contributions:

  • Managed design direction and consultation, marketing support, development, and production of new ideas and artwork per project specifications.
  • Worked on the design and layout of assigned print, shows, supplements, and e-media projects.
  • Work closely with editors/marketers/project leaders/other design personnel.

Advanstar Communications, Cleveland, OH
Art Director
8/05 - 3/08
Responsibilities and contributions:

  • Art direction and implementation of three health care publications, Managed Healthcare Executive, Geriatrics and Formulary.
  • Collaborate with editors, illustrators and photographers to maintain brand of each magazine.
  • Co-managed the committee to implement, organize, and pilot the overhaul of the company’s workflow system in desktop publishing.
  • Implemented and trained designers and editors on the new database management system to improve efficiency in workflow, archiving, and conversion to XML.
  • Helped establish style guides for magazines and set the standards for the creation of style guides company wide.
  • Worked with consulting group for conversion of all other magazines in Cleveland office.

Great Lakes Publishing, Cleveland, OH
City magazines
Associate Art Director for Inside Business Magazine and Cincy Business Magazine.
12/03 - 7/05
Responsibilities and contributions:

  • All aspects of design and production for Inside Business, Cincy Business and included supplements.
  • Art direction of photographers and illustrators, and management of free-lancers.
  • Collaborate with clients and editorial concerning the cover and feature concepts, design, content and overall look, including custom publishing jobs.

education

Bachelor of Arts from Kent State University.
Knowledge of both Macintosh and PC platforms.

Applications include Dreamweaver, WordPress, Joomla, Flash, InDesign, QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator and AfterEffects.
Fluent in CSS and XHTML.

awards

Press Club of Cleveland »

  • Business Publication Covers, Inside Business, 2006. First place.

American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) »

  • Front Cover, Formulary, June 2005. Bronze.
  • Front Cover, Formulary, December 2005. Silver.
  • Front Cover, Formulary, October 2006. Bronze.

Trade Association Business Publications International (TABPI) »

  • Table of Contents, Formulary, May 2006. Silver.
  • Opening page or spread. Managed Healthcare Executive, 2006.