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Nathan Lawson -Graphic Designer!

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Nathan Lawson

334 River Bend Dr.

Midway, GA. 31320

912.492.2232 

nlawson@nlawson.com

CAREER SUMMARY

I have excelled in the last 11 years implementing various creative media from logo and brand development to web and print design. I have managed up to 25 people at a time, working on complicated projects. I own and operate Lawson Design Firm, and serve as Design Chair of Young Professionals of Savannah and as Design/Web Developer for Rockwell Business Solutions.

EDUCATION

    COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Columbia, SC
        B.S. in Communications with emphasis on Graphic Design, May 2000

           Certificate in Bible, May 2000;К Minor:  Intercultural Studies

     SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Savannah, GA

            Graduate Work, 2003-2006

PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENCIES

- Business web site: lawsondesignfirm.com

- Print Production 

- Project Management - Birth to Finals

- Budget Development/Implementation

- Filming Development and Production 

- Newsletters / Magazines / Brochures / Flyers

- Excellence in Web Interface/Design 

- Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 

- Adobe Products (CS4 Master Collection)

- QuarkExpress 

- MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Apple iWork, iLife 

- Movable Type CMS Development Software 

- Zen Cart - Online Store Development Software 

- Dreamweaver 

- PHP 

- Java/Jquery 

- CSS


EXPERIENCE

Lawson Design Firm
Independent Designer/Developer 06/2009 - Present
Custom development Design firm offering exceptional print/web/video design for businesses in the Savannah, Georgia region

First Baptist Church Richmond Hill - Richmond Hill, GA 
Art Director - Director of Concept Development - 12/2006 - 04/2009
Art Director - Director of Concept Development - 12/2006 - 04/2009
Managed the internal ad agency supporting the organization of the multi-media wing, which totaled 25 people. Solely responsible for all day-to-day management activities for the group including: creative direction, technical and aesthetic standards, budgeting, management of vendors and interns, management of photographers and multimedia personnel. The wings of this department included teams for Print Design, Print Production, Web Design, Web Archiving, Audio/Visual editing, Acting, and Filming.

Morris Multimedia - The Coastal Courier/The Frontline - Hinesville, GA
Productions Manager - 09/2005 - 12/2006
Managed the production of The Frontline, the military paper for Fort Stewart, GA. This position maintained the design of the paper in pagination, ad development, technical specs, and final output to printers. 

Savannah College of Art and Design 
Student Representative for Adobe - 10/2004 - 02/2005   
Promoted the Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) to faculty and students. 
Promoted and informed the faculty about all Adobe training events.
Communicated Adobe company and product information to faculty. 


 

Nathan Lawson - Graphic Designer

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