MARIA JONES

Award-winning art director whose background includes acclaimed work on global campaigns for leading F500 brands.

CONTACT

Topeka, Kansas

mjones@gmail.com

mjones.com

201-547-3998

CAREERS OBJECTIVE

Passionate Art Director seeking a position to grow and contribute towards the success of a company. My goal is to establish healthy relationships, exceed expectations, and enhance the company’s brand through quality work and innovative design.

PERSONAL PROFILE

Award-winning art director whose background includes acclaimed work on global campaigns for leading F500 brands. Deliver out-of-the-box concepts, dynamic visuals and innovative strategies for online and print delivery. Drive leading market share, record-setting response rates and customer base expansion.

SKILLS

  • Creative Team Management 95% 95%
  • Interactive Design 90% 90%
  • Packaging & POS Design 88% 88%
  • Photoshop 95% 95%
  • Illustrator 85% 85%
  • Copywriting & Storyboarding 87% 87%
  • Brand Creation & Reinvention 92% 92%

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Best Interactive Campaign, 2016
    Brand: ABC Brand
  • Best Online Promotion, 2015
    Brand: DEF Brand
  • 2nd Place, Best POS Display, 2012
    Brand: GHI Brand

EDUCATION

2011-2015 | ABC UNIVERSITY, NEWTOWN, NY
BA in Graphic Design,

2015-2017 | MASTERS UNIVERSITY, TEMPE, AZ
MA in Art

LANGUAGES

  • English 100% 100%
  • French 90% 90%
  • Spanish 85% 85%

SOCIAL MEDIA

WORK EXPERIENCE

2016-PRESENT
ART DIRECTOR, NEWAGE DESIGN; UNION CITY, NJ

  • Manage budgets, creative deliverables and in-house and freelance teams to lead all phases of nationwide and international campaigns. Representative clients include Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Mattel, Kellogg’s, 3M, State Farm and Dow Chemical.

2000-2016
GRAPHIC DESIGNER, SLEEK MEDIA; NEW YORK, NY

  • Lead teams in the development, design and production of sales-driving, brand-extending and cross-channel campaigns including print ads, television ads, product launches, brochures, advertorials, Web sites, banner ads, billboards, iPhone campaigns, logos, product packaging and more.