JACK V. WERNER III
Graphic Specialist
54 Whitegrass Court, Grayson, GA 30017
770.815.6059 – cell, 678.377.1612 - home
jvwerner@hotmail.com
Portfolio: www.jw3designs.com

PROFILE         

Progressive and experienced graphic specialist with over 20 years in the industry, designing creative graphics, accurate technical illustrations and sharp photography for marketing materials, websites, 2D and 3D modeling and animations and multimedia applications.

• Expert level experience on multiple graphic and technical applications
• Strong sense of visual design, typography and color
• Understanding of brand management and customer design needs and timelines
• Attention to detail, product consistency and effective use of time meeting all deadlines
• Ability to clearly communicate effective critiques of projects
• Accomplished at handling multidisciplinary tasks simultaneously

SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT SKILLS - PC and MAC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

As lead Graphic Designer for this fiber cement siding company, consistently design creative and corporate look and feel for all marketing materials, technical illustrations, website updates and trade show displays.

• Create powerful magazine ads that bring hundreds of leads annually, sleek and easy-to-read brochures, informative eblasts, detailed installation guides, creative trade show signs that attract hundreds of people to each show, educational, web-accessible Flash installation movies, attention-grabbing vehicle graphics and high quality product photography and photo retouching.
• Continually boost sales of products through understanding of company design needs and deadlines, providing the best solution for the customer, showing attention to detail, communication skills and working collaboratively among marketing, sales and technical departments.

• Provided high quality, user-friendly corporate and personal website designs that increased user interest and clients.
• Created innovative Flash and 3D images and animations for use in trade shows and videos that increased product interest and sales.
• Strong design sense helped to create a variety of logos, T-shirt designs, flyers and posters for religious and personal clients that helped create new customers.
• Clients included Cingular Wireless, Gutterguardian, St. Lawrence Church, Spot Devices, Walker Engineering, Atlanta Community Food Bank, among others.

Created a variety of effective print and online graphics providing high quality graphic support to the Environmental Protection Agency.

• Increased value of scientific information and educational support through detailed and easy-to-understand posters, interactive maps, website designs as well as photography and audio/video presentations for the Ecosystems Research Division and the Office of Research and Development.

Managed a team of five graphic artists and created innovative web-based solutions that met the training and electronic performance support system needs of both internal and external clients of AT&T.

• Designed cutting-edge websites with highly effective, user-friendly interfaces, functionality and state-of-the-art look and feel.
• Designed exciting and educational Flash and 3D telecommunication animations.
• Created colorfully interactive multimedia training applications and print designs for internal and external clients.
• Projects included internal/external group websites, interactive training websites and CD-ROMs, annual reports, inventory and tracking systems, informative trivia games, group logos, presentation graphics and calling cards.
• Worked to improve workflow organization, provided technical guidance to customers during project meetings, mentored co-workers, held and enhanced team meetings, hired new talent, assessed latest software/hardware needs and provided feedback to managers.

EARLY CAREER HISTORY (1988-1995)

GRAPHIC/WEB/3D DESIGNER (Independent Contractor)
Georgia-Pacific, Spektragrafika, Deloitte and Touche- Atlanta, GA

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Executive Presentations, Inc., Trade Services Corporation,
Fluor Daniel, Inc., A.T. Kearney, Inc., Southern CA 

PRODUCTION ARTIST
L.A. Parent Magazine, Pharmavite Corporation Company, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

B.A., DESIGN – GRAPHIC AND INDUSTRIAL (1989)
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MicroCADD Solution
AutoCAD (2011)

Applied Software
AutoCAD (2008)

Art Institute of Atlanta
Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, 3D Modeling and Animation (1998 – 2007)

New Horizons
Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator, Frontpage, Freehand, HTML (2001)