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SodexoSenior Graphic Designer
Feb. 2022 - Sep. 2024Bethesda, Maryland, United StatesConstructed intricately detailed proposals and marketing materials across diverse sectors. Originated templates and visual assets to streamline workflows, ensure consistency, and enhance brand messaging. Translated data into compelling visuals, including infographics to improve engagement and support business objectives. + UX/UI Portfolio: mike-hughes.wixsite.com/uxdesign ****Examples of my work at Sodexo are not included as they contain proprietary information. ✅ Composed multi-million-dollar proposals, delivering complex 100+ page documents under tight deadlines that increased sales conversions 32%. ✅ Executed multiple assignments from concept through completion totaling $155M+ in potential revenue, meeting strict deadlines while earning 4.95/5 net promoter score (NPS), indicating high referral probability. ✅ Crafted breathtaking, compelling templates for rest of team (300+ pages each), reducing labor cost while keeping every spread appealing, free of technical errors, and consistent with brand messaging. ✅ Transformed raw data from multiple sources into 100+ infographics, prioritizing striking imagery and visual storytelling, driving reader engagement and sales conversions across all segments. ✅ Mentored junior designers, providing expert guidance and constructive feedback, enabling mentees to overcome complex design and career obstacles. ✅ Researched clients’ vertical markets, creating targeted visuals, remaining current on industry challenges and competitor strategies. ✅ Assembled training materials, demonstrating best practices and implementing process improvements that increased efficiency 90% and dramatically improved quality of output. ✅ Participated in committee researching AI platforms and tools in support of best-in-class proposal development, resulting in labor reduction of 5 hours per proposal.
CellaGraphic Designer
Feb. 2018 - Feb. 2022United StatesCollaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact projects from concept to completion as part of Sodexo’s Creative Services team. Exemplified exceptional skill and value to secure permanent position and become main designer for core documents, managing multiple projects simultaneously, mentoring new designers, and meeting deadlines across segments including Aviation, Corporate Services, Healthcare, Schools, Senior Services, and Universities. + UX/UI Portfolio: mike-hughes.wixsite.com/uxdesign ****Examples of my work at Sodexo are not included as they contain proprietary information. ✅ Conceived innovative proposal layouts, utilizing splash headers that highlighted quotes, as well as generating sidebars and infographics, which became best practice, yielding higher client retention. ✅ Earned buy-in from department leads, becoming key resource for strategic thinking and technical support. ✅ Laid-out complex core documents (300+ pages) used across department, ensuring flawless accuracy and brand consistency, while creating compelling spreads that held readers’ attention.
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.
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