Kirk Sanders

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 Alliance

2021 – 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 & Advertising

2019 – 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 Communications

2016 – 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 Brothers

2014 – 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

Purch

2010 – 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 & Associates

2005 – 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 Values

2004 – 2005

• Produced over ten different Hometown Values magazines every other month across Utah’s Wasatch Front.

Education

Visual Communications

Weber State University

Skills: 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

Interests

Anything with disney parksYellowstoneMoabAnd zion.

Skills

PresentationsFilmThinking SkillsOrganization SkillsLanding PagesMarketing CampaignsFile PreparationOnline RetailDigital ImagingDigital ChannelsE-CommerceProject DocumentationTechnical DrawingDesign DevelopmentCreative IdeationStrategic ThinkingCommunicationProduct SpecificationProduct ServiceProcreate AppeBook PublishingCase StudiesColor TheoryJob SkillsSoft SkillsIterative DesignDesign ToolsVisual StorytellingCreative ConceptionStorytellingLevel DesignHigh-Level DesignAnimationRetail DisplaysBrand PerceptionTemplatesDesign StandardsPhotographyPhoto ShootsIconographyFine ArtVisual DirectionFigma (Software)Creative Problem SolvingColor CorrectionArtworkMarketing MaterialsInterpersonal SkillsDigital VideoDigital DesignsAttention to DetailGraphic DesignAdobe Creative SuiteGraphicsWeb DesignAdvertisingLogo DesignTypographyCorporate IdentityEmail MarketingLayoutArt DirectionBrandingPage LayoutPostersIllustrationDirect MailCatalogsUser InterfaceBranding & IdentityDigital MarketingVector IllustrationCorporate BrandingCreative StrategyDigital IllustrationPre-pressSocial MediaInteraction DesignInDesignPhotoshopIllustratorHTMLAdobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopVisual CommunicationCreative DirectionIcon DesignVisual DesignWeb GraphicsGraphics LayoutBillboardsBrand DesignCommunication DesignPrint ProductionBrand IdentityDreamweaverProduct ManagementUser Experience Design (UED)BlenderCopyright Law

Industries

BikeCreative AgenciesSnow