Summary of Qualifications

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER

• Experienced senior designer working with all levels from startup companies through public corporations both as an internal and external resource.
• Emphasis on corporate brand management, development, assets and tools for internal and external content developers and designers.
• Proven project management abilities, meeting all deadline commitments and building strong working relationships with clients and vendors.
• Extensive software experience – Adobe: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash and AfterEffects; iBooks Author; QuarkXPress and Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Outlook and Excel. Proficient on Mac and PC platforms.
• Continually training on design and development best practices and procedures, building upon strong background in traditional graphic design, printing and web design.

Professional Experience

LISA NOONAN CREATIVE – California and Massachusetts

Senior Graphic Designer / Owner, August 2002 – present

Work directly with clients to create, manage and maintain internal and external marketing collateral, branding, logo and icon design, illustrations, presentations, events properties, app/website/GUI design, direct mail, advertising, packaging, and creative project management.

• Deliver creative and unique designs, consistently exceeding client requests for quality and within agreed upon timelines.
• Wrote and published multiple corporate branding styleguides while working with client companies as a Senior Graphic Designer specializing in brand development and maintenance.

JUNIPER NETWORKS – Sunnyvale, CA and Westford, MA

Senior Graphic Designer, August 2005 – November 2012

• App Design: Design Juniper 1on1 app graphical UI spotlighting Juniper’s product line and other company content in a one stop app for iOS and Android devices.
• ePub: Develop an ePub layout after researching various delivery formats and execute an interactive Growth and Career Plan ebook for HR as well as epub formats for technical manuals.
• Brand Management: Consult and advise internal clients and global vendors in development of collateral and multimedia projects within brand on a daily basis to preserve corporate brand.
• Consult with outside branding company to ensure creative development operated across all functions. Successfully implemented new brand direction in all resources and tools including:
  • InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop templates enabling external vendors to work within brand.
  • Templates for Internal MS Office users to independently create documents, presentations and email communications within brand contributing to a cohesive look and feel.
  • Icon libraries and network diagrams for widespread use in PowerPoint and print applications.
  • Web and print advertising layouts including animated online banner ads.
  • Events properties and signage design and layout for internal and public-facing events.
• Industrial Design, Product Branding: Maintain Industrial Design Guidelines and work with manufacturing and new product teams to ensure guidelines are followed to present consistent branding on new and updated products.
• Corporate Identity Guide: Maintain and update guidelines as needed based on branding guidelines provided by branding vendor and professional experience with branding.
• Design and produce a fifteen second animated Juniper Careers ad for projection at San Francisco ballpark. Self-taught on Adobe AfterEffects software to execute on venue specs within two days.

PROCKET NETWORKS – Milpitas, CA

Graphics Manager, November 2001 – August 2002

Manage design of new Procket logo and corporate identity with usage guidelines for internal clients and outside vendors. Develop templates and create sales presentations, marketing materials, technical publication’s manual covers and product installation posters, web graphics and animation.

COSINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. – Redwood City, CA

Graphics Manager, March 2000 – November 2001

• Manage internal and external resources for design, production, printing, warehousing and fulfillment of sales and marketing print and online collateral.
• Drive the development of CoSine’s corporate identity and logo usage guidelines, both in print and as an online resource for employees and outside vendors and ensured consistency of identity usage.
• Optimize corporate logo for clear, quality reproduction and web presence.
• Lead graphics program working with internal clients and outside vendors to produce trade show signage, software GUI icons, intranet and website design, and various product identities.
• Supervise photography of products and executive photos, as well as videotaping of corporate presentations for CD distribution to sales team.
• Work directly with executives to prepare presentations and provide graphic support for the S1 document. Worked with CFO and IPO team to develop graphic illustrations for the Annual Report.

ASCEND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. – Alameda, CA

April 1996 – July 1998

Product Launch Manager

• Support product marketing efforts to successfully introduce new products to market.
• Coordinate product managers and internal creative launch team.
• Develop and manage timelines and direct launch materials to completion.

Production Supervisor/Graphic Designer

• Design and produce corporate launch and sales support materials, software packaging, RFPs, training manuals and field CDs.
• Prepare all files for print regarding production, trapping and color specifications through review of match prints and bluelines.
• Maintain a project archive and monitor projects produced internally for consistency of look and feel.
• Develop a unique tool that aids the product launch and marketing teams in the launch planning process.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY – Campbell, CA

Graphic Designer and volunteer, April 1996 – September 2000

• Utilize design skills for creative projects as a short-term contract employee.
• Volunteer time and services for various fund-raising events including participation in “Courageous Kids”, the 24-hour “Festival of Light” and many health fairs during and after employment.

Education, Training and Seminars

• Member of Lynda.com: Ongoing training in software, design processes and concepts
• Juniper Marketing Education: Value Proposition, September 2012
• Juniper Marketing Education: Fundamentals of Marketing Automation, June 2012
• Juniper Training: Networking Fundamentals, June, 2012
• Adobe Systems Seminars: InDesign Workflows for Print and Beyond, Boston, November 2011
• Adobe Systems: InDesign onsite seminar, October 2011
• Fortune’s Most Powerful Women: 2011 and 2012
• Eloqua Training: June 2011
• NAPP, Photoshop Creativity: January 2007, Illustrator – May 2007, Photoshop for Photographers: December 2006
• UC Santa Cruz, Cupertino: Photoshop Weekend, September 2001, Web Design Certificate Program, 2003-2004
• UC Berkeley, S.F. Extension: HTML, January 2003
• Power Presentations: San Mateo, March 2002
• AMA: Management Skills for the New or Prospective Manager, July 2000
• Decker Communications: Public Speaking Seminar, June 2000
• BCR: Introduction to Telecom – Voice & Data, June 1999
• UC Berkeley, Fremont Extension: Networking Essentials, August 1997
• UC Berkeley, S.F. Extension: Creative Concepts in Graphic Design, February 1997
• Cambridge Interactive: HTML Programming, June 1995
• Cambridge Center for Adult Education: Introduction to Photoshop, January 1995
• Harvard Graduate School Evening Division:Computer Literacy, 1983
• New England School of Art & Design: Graphic Design, 1982
• Woburn High School: Graduated 1981

Thank you for taking the time to review my qualifications. Email Lisa(at)LNCreative(dot)com if you have any questions.