In my own words
— TroyI am a professional graphic designer, art director & artist with over 20 years of in-depth experience in branding, advertising, design & marketing.
I deliver a strong and distinct set of creative and production services from concept to deliverable and thrive on creating relevant and compelling work with lasting value & impression for local start-ups to global corporations. I am avidly seeking new opportunities with a creative team and brand to perform for and add value to their efforts.
Passionately defining premium global brands in many industries, including action sports, golf resort & country club, wine & spirits, financial, housing, beauty & software. I can manage a project from concept sketch to final production individually or mesh within a creative team to deliver & exceed the project needs and marketing goals across both traditional print and digital mediums. I thrive on large complex projects and technical creative challenges, delivering on time, on budget, with style.
Trajectory
Dec 2009 — Now
Founder / Art Director / Designer / Illustrator · TM Design LLC
Providing a robust set of professional creative design and production services for all types of businesses and global marketing teams from concept to deliverable. Successful, proven creative branding, design and production solutions, custom tailored to elevate and expand your presence and bottom line through relevant and compelling work executed with style and passion. www.troymdesign.com
Oct 2016 — Nov 2019
Multimedia Specialist III (Senior Visual Designer) · Mitchell International
Successfully delivering a full range of professional design and production services as an integral part of the creative services team. Executing high level projects across a wide spectrum of digital and traditional deliverables, across multiple channels and departments of the company. High volume of work from responsive email campaigns, website pages to trade shows, overall company rebranding & everything in between. Working to make a positive impact, take project ownership and assist with internal customer service, production and getting it done right.
Dec 2009 — Sep 2010
Senior Graphic Designer / Art Director / Consultant · Sherwin Williams brands, Frazee Paint & Comex Group
Providing full service creative and production services on multiple international paint brands within Comex group for corporate re-branding, remotely as freelance consultant on retainer contract. Executed and developed numerous national promotions for Creative and Brand Directors from concept to completion. Designing and executing new campaign development, advertising design, packaging, sales and product launches and all support collateral, such as catalogs, DM, brochures, banners, billboards, Photoshop rendering and retouching, PPT slides, light copy writing and electronic communications. All services executed remotely, with seamless all PDF workflow via email daily to Denver based Creative Services team.
Sep 2007 — Nov 2009
Creative Designer · Callaway Golf
Dedicated to conceptualizing, developing and producing many forms of printed and digital collateral for four distinct company brands; Callaway, Odyssey, Top Flite and Ben Hogan. Projects including designing and executing Ads, POS/POP, packaging, product catalogs, sales collateral, technical icons & logos, annual reports, internal communications, product graphics, vehicle wraps, signage, displays, apparel, event & trade show graphics, promotional campaigns, large format banners & Photoshop collages, high-res retouching, print production & pre-press, proofing, press checks, research, photo art direction and post production, creating mock-ups and presentations to clients and staff, etc.
May 2006 — Sep 2007
Senior Graphic Designer · JUDDesign Advertising & Design
Focused on executing successful concepts and designs on multiple forms of visual communications and advertising, both printed and digital. Work independently and collaborate with other designers and directors on various projects. Responsible for technical file pre-press and reviewing outgoing files and match-prints for accuracy. Also managed some job coordination, digital re-touching, archiving, FTP, light copy writing and client and vendor relations.
Jul 2003 — May 2006
Senior Designer/ Asst. Art Director · RM&G (Robert, Mather & Gibbs) Advertising & Design
Managed and collaborated on the concept, development and layout of many printed and digital visual communications, advertising and packaging for multiple clients in the ultra premium wine industry. Projects included many forms of high end print collateral, POS and packaging from initial concept to completion. Also involved with art direction of photo shoots and for presentations. Completed file production and pre-press, digital re-touching, technical systems operations and client relations as well as some administrative duties and archiving.
Aug 2001 — Jul 2003
Graphic Designer · InOne Advertising
Responsible for the concept, design and production of many types of print and web collateral at medium size agency for Resort and Country Club client base. Collaborated with team of designers and coordinators as well as worked individually on multiple projects. Carried assignments from concept to completion. Other duties included daily production, research, presentations, proofing, pre-press, copywriting and problem solving.
Nov 1999 — Aug 2001
Graphic Designer · American Golf
Full time in house design staff position focusing on the concept, design and production of many types of print and web pieces for numerous clients in resort portfolio. Developed national collateral in all forms, including multiple direct mail marketing campaigns, site collateral sales tools and digital assets. Also perform presentations, critiques, light copywriting, retouching & research and collaborate on objectives.
Activity
Education history
Northern Arizona University
BFA | 1992 - 1997
