GREG CARLTON is a creative Graphic Artist with 30 years of experience and knowledge, plus talent and love for developing unique, provocative custom artwork for print, web, and more.
- Deadline-driven Designer experienced in overseeing projects from concept to final delivery.
- Resourceful and hardworking with leadership skills.
- Comfortable with tight turn-arounds; extremely dependable with great work ethic.
- Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXpress, and others.
EXPERIENCE
RPM Design LLC
Art Director/Principal Designer
DeLand, FL • 2006 — Current
- Developed and produced compelling Advertising Design for a variety of clients, concentrating on the automotive industry.
- Produced original digital and print advertisements, direct mail design, billboards, brochures, POP artwork, special events collateral and more, using established design fundamentals and new ideas in typography, composition, layout and color.
- Conceptualized ad campaigns using original copy, logos, photography and art in keeping with established or newly created product branding.
Automotive Management Services, Inc.
Senior Art Director/Art Department Manager
West Palm Beach, FL • 2002 — 2005
- Held the position of Senior Art Director for the largest automotive management company in the United States and successfully created and managed their in-house art department.
- Responsible for hiring, training, and direction of creative personnel and meeting and discussing design projects with clients, art directors, account executives and publishers.
- Guided the staff artists’ creative process through original ideas, encouragement and inspiration.
- Preserved clients’ branding and followed co-op and compliance rules and manufacturer design standards for print and web.
Visual Impact Advertising Agency
Graphic Artist/Copywriter
Dallas, TX • 1999–2001
- Conceptualized, designed, and produced artwork and copy for advertising in print and on the web.
- Web site design, construction and maintenance.
- Art direction, client contact and service.
Sentinel Direct (Division of The Tribune Company)
Art Director, Direct Mail Specialist
Orlando, FL • 1997–1999
- Responsible for conception and production of direct mail to USPS specifications, collateral advertising, signage, corporate identity.
- Elevated the company’s design standards, driving 4-color work to be sold as a rule rather than the exception. Extensive use of film output devices and color proofing systems.
EDUCATION
- English, Writing, Art: University of Hawai'i System, Honolulu, HI
- Design Certification: Inchbald School of Design, London, England
EXTRAS
- Speaker, U.S. Department of Labor Marketing Seminar, Orlando, Florida.
- Numerous Print and Design Awards.
- Interior Design education and professional residential and commercial experience
- Accomplished musician; piano, guitar, vocalist, songwriter.
- Oil painting and jewelry design and fabrication.
- Fiction writer
- Cat lover
References provided upon request.
