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1Dr. Woody brings up an excellent point: You are your own Brand. An exercise that might help a person in discovering their brand is this: write about yourself as though you were someone else. What traits, skills, values and concrete experiences stand out to you, looking at yourself from the outside?
97 weeks ago
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2My top idea of the day is already in practice in companies in Europe who employ the "differently abled" in areas where their "differences" are advantages. Gallup, here in the USA, follows a similar philosophy of placing people in areas that are interesting and actively engage the employee on a host of levels. They are their job; their job is them, in a very real sense.
97 weeks ago
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3Your life is, ultimately, a self-managed experience. Job satisfaction begins with you, as does using your own potential and talent to create the environment that you desire... but you really ought to choose the right position FIRST, in a company you like that has a corporate culture that you feel comfortable in.
99 weeks ago
About Me
I am a uniquely adaptable, empathic Graphic Design professional with over 14 years experience in retail advertising and direct response marketing in the non-profit fund raising sector. Over this time, I have mastered Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. During the past two years, I have been called upon to broaden my reach into e-deliverable newsletters and blasts using Adobe Fireworks and Dreamweaver.
My current search through the wide career world is starting to fork in two distinct directions. I can remain in Graphic Design, or I can take my combined work and life skill sets and build toward something else. In the end, I want to have a better balance of satisfaction in my career path, coupled with a full life outside of the office.
Work History
- The PM Group
- Art Director
- January 2008 to Present
Designed email blasts, e-newsletters, e-solicitations for client membership programs, and direct mail packages for fund raising purposes that both fulfilled their requirements and boosted their membership and fund raising goals. Created unique marketing materials for individual clients, including brochures, booklets, and promotional materials. Communicated with all levels of corporate staff to ensure project completion.
- James Crawford Design
- Principal
- January 2007 to January 2009
Managed and maintained my own freelance Graphic Design business, specializing in direct mail fund raising and small business corporate identity designs.
Education
- Washington College
- Fine Art, Fine Art, Sociology, Philosophy
- 1989 - 1993
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