Pwa designs has over 25 years of experience in graphic design, web design, photography, and marketing. They have worked for various companies creating marketing materials, websites, product photography, and visual merchandising. Their experience includes skills in programs like Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator. They have a Bachelor's degree in graphic design from Youngstown State University.

1. creative & innovational
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WORKEXPERIENCE
Aquinas Leadership Group - Graphic Designer 2016 - present
Tasked with overall creating and proofing of the 150 page medical booklet.
Within this booklet (reworked from powerpoint, pdf and snapshot pages)
each page was re-created within InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop to
prepair for print.
InDesign | Photoshop | Illustrator | Excel | Powerpoint
Advance Auto Parts - Graphic Designer 2015 - 2016
Create in-store buyer guides for Advance Auto Parts and CarQuest in US with
Spanish insets which included searching ad control spread sheet for product,
pricing and codes. Also tasked with creating and proofing signage for store
windows, door clings, end caps as well as VM packets, planograms that ship
to each store once a month.
InDesign | Photoshop | Illustrator | Excel
The Body Shop (L’Oreal) Ecom - Sr. Graphic Designer/Web Designer 2015
Began with the Marketing Team creating on Brand store signage for the
US and Mexico markets. Also assisting in the pre-press process of proofing
and uploading all images to the printer.
InDesign | Photoshop | Illustrator | Excel | Powerpoint
Moved to the Ecom team developing emails and site creative for the Canada,
US and MX while keeping within Branded guidelines. Assisting in training of
new designers for web campaigns. The creatives include: website, landing
pages, site creative, social media and affiliate banner designs.
Dreamweaver | Photoshop | Excel | yesmail | CSS/HTML (within templates)
bevello - Sr. Graphic Designer 2014 - 2015
Utilized my computer, photography and organization skills in fast pace
environment to:
• Create high-quality, brand appropriate designs utilizing skills in PS and DW.
• Innovative in-store marketing with VM to enhance shopping experience.
• Manage web updates and email marketing communications.
• Present creative ideas to management and brand leader for assigned projects.
• Demonstrate consistent and relevant perspective regarding current retail fashion.
Dreamweaver | InDesign | FileZilla | WebMonkey | Asana | Magento | Photoshop | Photography
MYWEBSITE
www.pwalt.com
MYEDUCATION
Graduated 1999 from Youngstown
State University with a Bachelor’s
degree in graphic design, minoring
in photography.
Returned 2006-07 YSU updating skills
at YSU which includes: Dreamweaver,
HTML, Director, and Flash.

2. creative & innovational
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The Body Shop (L’Oreal) - Web/Graphic Designer 2011 - 2013
Fast paced environment allowing for hands-on web design development.
• Designed all components, templates and content pages for:
US, Canada (English, French) and Spanish sites.
• Experienced updating site creative for home-pages, emails, banner ads.
• Used briefs and Excel spreadsheets to create the content.
• Accountable for the overall Branding and functionality of the site.
• Conduct photo shoots/retouching of images to help drive quality assurance.
Dreamweaver | InDesign | YES Mail | Content Manager | Photography | Excel
The Department of Marketing - Graphic and Web Designer 2010 - 2011
Created web banners, logo and landing pages for new and current clients.
Photoshop | Dreamweaver | InDesign | Photography
Jennings Advertising Agency - Sr. Graphic Designer 2011
Assisted in the creation of ongoing projects for the industrial and medical fields.
Worked directly with the Creative Director and Art Director taking instructions
for each project to develop and organize each situation. Using Photoshop, I
created full color background splash pages to use within brochures and mailers
for Volvo Trucking Company & UNC Health Care.
Photoshop | InDesign | Illustrator | Color Correction & Photo Manipulation
The Body Shop (L’Oreal) - VM/Product Photography 2007 - 2011
Designed visual merchandising packets for the Visual Merchandising team.
My role quickly grew with the utilization of my other abilities. Product
photography for the Marketing and ECommerce team, designing “At Home”
catalogues, creating signage for stores within US, Canada and Mexico markets,
translations, planograms, postcards, bag stuffers and in 2010, trained to
develop/write the VM packets along with creating new and innovative
product set-up within the mock shop for events within the US retail stores.
VM/Photo Retouch | Color Correct | Photographer | Store Recreation | Layouts
YSU - Full Time Student Fall06 - Spring07
Returned to YSU to update my web development skills. This training has been
put to good use, showcasing my portfolio of print and web design along with
photography. Studying both platforms gave me a greater understanding of
designing/developing (Function vs. Beauty) websites online.
Mac/PC | Dreamweaver | HTML Coding | Web Development | Director | Flash
SKILLSET
Photoshop
InDesign
Dreamweaver
Illustrator
Quark
Adobe Acrobat
Product Photography
Visual Merchandising (Retail)
YES Mail
FTP Sites
Content Manager
Asset library
FTP Sites

3. creative & innovational
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OMNOVA Solutions Inc. - Decorative Wallcovering Coordinator 2006
Created 4 complete lines of decorative wallcovering products from concept
to completion. Directed the product shots, production of color cards, swatch
books, presentation boards and concept boards for each line. Along with the
above process I maintained an online form which gave the step-by-step
process for each line to keep management updated for weekly production
meetings.
AS400 | Excel & Mac Based Programs/Proofing | Mock-Ups (CC, SB, PB) | Pre-press Layouts and
Design | Ordering Yardage from Plan | Update Line Plans Weekly Direct Photography | Fulfilling
Printed Product to Customer
Jo-Ann Fabrics - Sr. Graphic Designer 2005 - 2006
Produced DM and NPI advertising along with signage to support direct mail
and NPI program. Worked with POP manager to ensure signs were built with
correct template to fit in-store fixtures, while keeping with Jo-Ann standards.
Worked with copy specialist to ensure all information was clearly
communicated and accurate. Actively interfaced with Art Directors, POP
manager, Traffic Scheduling Manager to ensure efficiencies in pre-press
production of all products.
POP (point of purchase) | Powerpoint Presentations DM & NPI (Direct Mail & Newspaper Inserts) |
Pre-press (Collection, Color Separation, Proofing, Color Correction, Release)
MBS, Inc. & Polaris Technologies - Marketing Manager 1996 - 2005
Developed, organized and coordinated the advertising print and web media
for CAM (Communication, Advertising, Marketing) department at Polaris
Technologies and MBS, Inc. Along with coordination of promotional events
ensured satisfaction and project completion for these two companies, the
department also maintained the production and print collateral for the million
dollar B2B accounts. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices,
and procedures I relied on my extensive experience and judgment to plan
and accomplish my goals. This position demanded a variety of tasks, which
included accounting, coordination of outings and sales events along with
directing the design team with a wide degree of creativity.
The graphic department included a team of five designers and myself, quoting
and print production for all Polaris/MBS product lines. This includes shipping,
which services 26 branches and a 20,000 customer base. We distributed six full
color sales brochures (50 pages), which were distributed to 20,000
customers over the Northeastern region all designed, organized and mailed
from in-house. In addition to these mailers the department also distributed
monthly MBS trip’s, Cabela’s incentive postcards, plus a multitude of postcard
notifications for cookouts, golf outings and promotions on special products
being discounted throughout the year.
WORKINGKNOWLEDGE
HTML/CSS
Excel
Flash
Director
Powerpoint
FileZilla
WebMonkey
Asana

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Worked in conjunction with the Webmaster to design and layout three
websites which included history of company, product lines and current events.
Manager | designer | pre-press | art director | audio/video management | photographer
US Can Ballonoff - Marketing Assistant Graphic Designer 1993 – 1996
Worked with Marketing Manager in the decorative tin division of US Can.
Duties were to create and oversee the pre-press production work on all steel
manufactured tins produced through the plant and the freelancers who created
the artwork for the tins. This included press checks for quality assurance and
pre-press operations. Coca-Cola, Harley Davidson, Target and Wal-Mart.
Managed | Pre-press production | Press checks | Photoshop Pagemaker | Illustrator