Three MarketiersGraphic Designer
Feb. 2004 - Feb. 2018Hagerstown, MDGuaranteed brand consistency through diverse deliverables, including magazines, web banners, email campaigns, direct mail, trade show signage, and promotional products. Created all layouts and photo illustrations for AD Today magazine, driving 10% member sales and 16% supplier purchase growth. Designed Northeastern Exposure Magazine for Northeastern Supply, helping achieve $100M+ in annual revenue. Re-engineered defective print advertisements for optimal reproduction on press, protecting 650K+ of revenue annually. + Print Portfolio: mike-hughes.wixsite.com/portfolio 🏆 **Master Production Artist with Over 25 Years of Experience**
Having designed hundreds of layouts for industry-leading corporate and business‑to‑business magazines, I handled all the photos, illustrations, and infographics, proofing and editing copy and ensuring the advertisements were 100% perfect for printing. 💻 **Skilled UX/UI User Experience Designer**
Engaging users with elegant and useful visual design to meet their needs based on user research and planning for their platforms, including mobile apps, responsive websites, kiosks, and presentations. 📢 **Consistent Brand Identity Across Varied Platforms**
Maintaining key messaging and corporate standards, ensuring the entire campaign works together, whether in print, online, email, or social media. 💥 **Stunning Results on Several Hundred Projects**
Email campaigns, web banners, brochures, logos, direct mail, trade show and vehicle signage, promotional products, and more. ⏱️ **Flexible and Team-Oriented, Delivering Jobs on Time**
Proven track record of completing assignments smoothly, collaborating, and communicating effectively to find solutions in a high-pressure, multi-project environment. 🎨 **Exceptional Photo Manipulation and Illustration Skills**
Creating dynamic, photo-realistic illustrations that impress clients, performing advanced editing, retouching, sharpening, color-correcting, and repairing blotchy pics.