Kirk Sanders
Senior Graphic Designer · Ready Alliance
Ogden, UT
In My Own Words
I’m a self-motivated, detail-oriented individual with over 10 years of experience and an eye for good design. I enjoy all aspects of design and am committed to completing each project efficiently and effectively. I chose to become a designer because it’s the perfect outlet for my sense of creativity and humor. Ideally, I would like to be challenged by a role that requires me to think critically to solve design problems and fully utilize all of my abilities.
Work Experience
Web/Graphic Designer
Ready Alliance2021 – 2024
• Developed ten to twenty weekly social media posts, emails, and online advertisements. • Drove sales of emergency preparedness products across multiple channels, significantly increasing market share. • Designed direct mail, video graphics, and packaging for new product launches. • Created marketing materials for all websites under the Ready Alliance Group, including MyPatriotSupply.com, BePrepared.com, ReadyHour.com, InstaFire.com, BeyondMeals.com, CampingSurvival.com, and Alexapure.com.
Web/Graphic Designer
360 Marketing & Advertising2019 – 2021
• Design eye-catching visuals that concisely convey messages and successfully promote client products and services. • Execute a diverse range of projects such as social media posts, billboards, annual reports, magazine ads, websites, and postcards.
Web/Graphic Designer
Saxton | Horne Communications2016 – 2019
• Created print and digital advertising, direct mail pieces, email campaigns, social media ads, and environmental graphics for Larry H. Miller automotive dealerships.
Multimedia Designer
eLearning Brothers2014 – 2015
• Responsible for creating functional e-learning templates used by organizations to drive efficient training. • Created graphics for e-learning tools such as PowerPoint, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and Lectora.
Web/Graphic Designer
Purch2010 – 2014
• Took projects from initial conception to completion and designed amazing web graphics. • Web page design and layout for all major aspects of the network and its properties, including TopTenREVIEWS.com, Space.com, LiveScience.com, Newsarama, TechNewsDaily, and LifesLittleMysteries.
Web/Graphic Designer
Kim Brown & Associates2005 – 2010
• Initiated and completed the layout and design of hundreds of integrated multimedia projects, including brochures, logo creation, corporate identity, billboards, direct mail, package design, newspaper and magazine advertising, and television graphics.
Web/Graphic Designer
Hometown Values2004 – 2005
• Produced over ten different Hometown Values magazines every other month across Utah’s Wasatch Front.
Education
Visual Communications
Weber State UniversitySkills: Photo Shoots · Creative Problem Solving · Storytelling · Templates · File Preparation · Brand Perception · Fine Art · Color Theory · Visual Direction · Level Design · Photography · Iconography · Color Correction · Design Standards · High-Level Design