Suzie Brickley
CREATIVE DESIGNER
RESUME
CORE COMPETENCIES:
• Design Strategy • Project Sponsorship & Management • Problem Solving • Leadership • Marketing & Branding • Multi-Media Campaigns (Print, Video, Interactive, Online, Offline) • Storytelling • Mentoring Creatives • Budget Management • Translating Design Goals for Non-Design Professionals • Communication & Influencing • Cross-Functional Collaboration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
LEVELONE DESIGN LLC, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Freelance Senior Art Director / Full-time Contract
• Deliver client materials across multiple platforms as a Freelance Designer
• Determine the needs and requirements for projects to define success and scope
• Create and manage budgets and deadlines to ensure projects meets client’s objectives
• Hire and manage all freelance designers, any subcontractors including print vendors,
photographers and copywriters to control costs and meet deadlines
• Solve problems as they arise and report to clients on progress
SOFTWARE:
Proficient in
Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat), Microsoft Office
(Word,Excel, Power Point),
and Keynote
Knowledge of interactive
software including
Dreamweaver, Drupal,
Joomla, Ektron, Sharepoint, SiteCore, WordPress and
basic JavaScript,
HTML/CSS
Understanding of video
and additional software
such as After Effects,
Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Flash, Adobe XD
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Experience using
Workfront, Wrike, Slack, Trello, Basecamp and all cloud-base storage and digital asset management and project management software.
CHANGE HEALTHCARE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Freelance Senior Art Director / Full-time Contract
MAY 2020 - Currrent
• One of the lead art directors for Change Healthcare's Events Team
• Designed several styles and sizes of large format trade show booths + manage all print production
• Designed all digital and print branding templates for the events team
• Designed all custom pieces for larger shows such as HIMMS, RSNA and ACC
• Worked as one of the lead designers on the Change Healthcare Corporate Overview piece
FULL-TIME CONTRACT Senior designer for the below clients from:
JUNE 2017 -December 2019
QUIPA, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
JUNE 2019 – DECEMBER 2019
Freelance Senior Art Director / Full-time Contract
• Led the creative development for a start-up online software application in the soft furnishing industry
o Designed the interface and all main landing pages for the software
o Created assets for the social media campaigns, trade show graphics and print collateral
EDUCATION:
PARSONS SCHOOL
OF DESIGN,
MFA, New York, NY
(Attended 1998-1999)
UNIVERSITY
OF DENVER,
BFA, Denver, Colorado
(Graduated with Honors)
KING & SPALDING LLP, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
JUNE 2017 – JUNE 2019
Freelance Senior Art Director / Full-time Contract
• Worked as a team member of the marketing department to refresh and launch the
new King & Spalding brand throughout eleven countries firm wide in a two-year period
o Re-designed the firm’s identity package, communication assets, and established brand standards
for all printing techniques and paper stock selections for the firm’s marketing materials
o Developed and designed all branding templates for digital communication and
social media channels for streamlined business units in several languages
o Managed subcontractors, print vendors as well as photographers for all marketing
and events projects
o Worked with the video team to ensure all visual assets and design solutions adhered
to the brand standards
o Designed and worked with the facilities team to create the story of King & Spalding’s
history through a three-dimensional interactive space
o Designed the interior space using historic relicts, a three-dimensional metal map
to highlight the firm’s locations, and interactive videos showing the firms current accomplishments
o This wall is located in the lobby of the headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia
o Assisted in hiring the internal design team for the fast-growing needs of the marketing department
COX AUTOMOTIVE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
JANUARY 2017 – MAY 2017
Freelance Senior Art Director / Full-time Contract
• Senior art director working as part of the creative studio to execute both print
and digital campaigns for the Cox Automotive family
o Projects included: branding and identity, print publications, e-mail development, digital
and printed signage, micro-site design and various interactive projects
o Managed and assisted with the launch of a new product line for a Limited Powertrain
Inspection at Manheim® and the new brand guidelines for RMS Automotive®, which
includes the Mini Cooper, BMW®, and the Mercedes-Benz brands
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AWARDS:​
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PRSA Best of Show
for 2018 Cobb Galleria Centre
& Cobb Energy Performing
Arts Centre
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2018 PRSA Finalist
for GTRI (Georgia Tech Research Institute) and M&M Mars®
Online New Products Press Kit
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Site of the Year by SiteCore Freelance design work
for both the Recall and
Streamlite websites
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Mohawk Fine Papers
Creative Use of Paper for the
2010 Cobb Galleria Centre
Annual Report
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2nd place in The
International Design Award
The Home Depot’s Micro site
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Addis Award
from gold to bronze for University Hospital, Augusta, GA
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Published in Rockport Books
logos, direct mail pieces, and packaging designs have been selected and published
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Golden flames from IABC
Shaw Carpets’ 401K Campaign
and Cobb Galleria Centre’s
Annual Report
Received accolades
from Handango and PC Magazine and Palm One for the design and development of the goMDM.com website and packaging