Deanna Yildiz

Deanna Yildiz - - Objective: To utilize my design skills to create beautiful eye-catching designs to help further an innovative and exciting business EXPERIENCE Sunnyside Studios, Ridgewood, NY — Web Designer & Graphic Designer (Present) Design and illustrate websites, products, photo-retouching, educational manuals, illustrations, restaurant menus, flyers, newsletters, postcards, animations, videos & business cards, utilizing Photoshop, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and other design programs. Create custom illustrations for manuals and books to demonstrate learning techniques and processes. Develop email campaigns, videos & social media sites for marketing purposes. Photo retouching & high-end image manipulation using layers, effects, clipping paths and attention to detail. Clients include: Geo Palette, International Creative Metal, Inc., Rosario’s Pizzeria, Yankee Ingenuity, the Armenian church of America, FreeSpirit Soldiers, Michael Faillace Legal Firm, Team Danger Girl Arrow Advertising, New York, NY — Graphic Designer (01.12 – 01.14) Provided 2D and 3D high-end imagery to produce industry specific deal toys in a fast-paced deadline driven environment. Produced graphics, typography and design layouts for clients on demand fitting within their specific branding criteria. Develop content for website including a template driven website to increase production. Keyword images and website-content for faster search engine results. Delivered high quality proofed artwork to scale for final factory 3D production. Clients included: Honeywell, Equifax, Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE Richard Ellis, JPMorgan, Sorin Group, Heineken, HD Supply, VOSS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, CollegeBoard, Commerzbank The Gifted Portfolio, New York, NY — Digital Artist/Web Developer Created business website and inhouse site for job tracking purposes. Led fast paced art department for corporate gift firm specializing in promotional items for large financial institutions. Outlined project time lines. Developed & updated templates. Supervised & trained graphic production staff. Maintained file & image archives. Negotiated cost effective design solutions to fit the clients’ budget. Clients included: JPMorgan, Banc of America, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse First Boston, Merrill Lynch, BainCapital, Lazard, Motorola, Bank One, Honeywell, FedEx, Google and UBS Investment Bank Fashion Institute Of Technology, New York, NY — Technologist, Level C Aided instructors & students with graphic software. Developed procedure sheets for labs & classrooms. Coordinated lesson plans & lab times with teachers & staff. Maintained equipment, updated software & configured network workstations. Computer: Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, AutoCad 3DStudio & more EDUCATION: BFA, Illustration. Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY references available upon request