Nathan Blackmore

I am a creative. Whether designing a logo, producing music, or carving the slopes on my snowboard; being creative is at the heart of who I am. With over 8 years of professional design experience, I have the industry knowledge and design prowess to tackle any job. From designing and coding websites to creating engaging collateral; I have the experience to get your brand where it needs to be.

Experience

Senior Graphic Designer @ Research Now | May 2014 - August 2016

Design/produce brochures, print ads, conference booths, conference giveaways (IE. health bar wrappers, USB drive packaging, coasters, etc.), pop-up stands and other print collateral
Design/produce online ad banners (static, animated GIFs as well as Flash)
Design/produce responsive HTML emails, test across multiple email clients/browsers and upload code into email system
Design/produce fully responsive and adaptive HTML landing pages (including jQuery animations) and test across all browsers
Manage creative assets (emails, landing pages, and graphics) in marketing automation tools
Manage micro-site creative using internal SFTP tool
Update, create graphics and modify layouts of sales presentations
Participate in creative kickoff meetings to discuss objectives and strategy for campaigns
Work closely with marketing managers to prioritize multiple projects and deliver on the targeted deadlines
Assist in creating graphics for quarterly company update meetings
Play strong role in daily production meetings
Participate in weekly global marketing meetings
Help manage project flow of design projects
Schedule and lead project status meetings
Help lead brand refresh project
Set up ‘catch up calls’ with UK Senior Designer to collaborate and share projects/ideas

Graphic Designer Level II @ Research Now | February 2012 - May 2014

Design/produce brochures, print ads, conference booths, conference giveaways (IE. health bar wrappers, USB drive packaging, coasters, etc.), pop-up stands and other print collateral
Design/produce online ad banners (static, animated GIFs as well as Flash)
Design/produce responsive HTML emails, test across multiple email clients/browsers and upload code into email system
Design/produce fully responsive and adaptive HTML landing pages (including jQuery animations) and test across all browsers
Manage creative assets (emails, landing pages, and graphics) in marketing automation tools
Manage micro-site creative using internal SFTP tool
Update, create graphics and modify layouts of sales presentations
Participate in creative kickoff meetings to discuss objectives and strategy for campaigns
Work closely with marketing managers to prioritize multiple projects and deliver on the targeted deadlines
Assist in creating graphics for quarterly company update meetings
Play strong role in daily production meetings
Participate in weekly global marketing meetings

Interactive Production Artist I @ Research Now | November 2010 - February 2012

Helped maintain e-Rewards Opinion Panel (EROP) and Medical Market Research (MMR) websites
This included:
- Making updates to HTML and JSP files
- Updating various Flash pieces
- Creating new graphics and making updates to existing graphics
Designed/produced partner invitation emails for new and existing EROP partners
Use system tools to manage creative content
Assisted in standing up new languages/locales for the EROP site
Designed/produced Flash banners for use on the EROP site
Worked closely with Panel Marketing team
Designed/produced panel marketing emails for EROP and MMR sites
Assist in creating graphics for quarterly company update meetings
Play strong role in daily production meetings
Participate in weekly global marketing meetings
Assisted with some Research Now marketing pieces

Graphic Design Intern @ Center for Economic and Business Development | January 2009 - May 2010

Education

Point Blank Music School, London, United Kingdom
BA Hons | Music Production & Sound Engineering, Graduate June 2018

Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK
Bachelor of Fine Arts | Graphic Design, May 2010
Minor: Entrepreneurship

Awards & Honors

Peak Performance Award, Research Now
Quarterly, peer-nominated award for going above and beyond the call of duty

Noble Scholarship Competition, SWOSU
Yearly scholarship art show in the SWOSU art school
2007: Two pieces excepted into the show; one received honorable mention
2008: Received scholarship for pieces submitted

Skills

Design

Photoshop

95%

Illustrator

100%

InDesign

88%

Coding

HTML

85%

CSS

82%

PHP

65%

Video

After Effects

67%

Premere

75%

Other Skills

Well versed in project management tools Basecamp, Freedcamp and Jira. Strong creative understanding of Lyris HQ, Marketo, Hubspot, and Pardot email/ marketing automation systems. Enjoy communicating with clients and co-workers. Have an affinity for working through the details of a project from start to finish.