Jason Shropshire

Jason Shropshire

Graphic Design

Personal Profile

I am Jason,  14 years of creative layout, vector illustrations/raster effects, and print output with high experience with most Adobe Softwares . Graphic culture is saturated and most designers say , "communicate a visual message effectively." Yes, I do believe typography, elements and placement should always work together, but more importantly, is it appropriate? Does a concept fit? Is it simple enough? I find there is always room to grow. Each perspective is a different world than my own, and I want to see them.      

Work Experience

Graphic Designer - Hall Letter Shop, Inc.  

April 2016 - Present 

I started here by conducting  creative advertising and branding for Hall.  Though my web knowledge was very basic in css and html, I constructed wireframes and designed landing pages for the company websites.   I produced direct mailers, company catalogs, brand advertising, signage, brochures, and much more.  As a printing and layout company, I designed and printed for local business and/or web orders. I find the experience gained from print output invaluable.  I also managed the sign department by designing, printing and applying any sign work orders few years into it.   

Magazine Layout - Strategy and Tactics 

January 2016 - March 2016  - TEMP 

3 magazines compositions produced each month using Indesign supported by Photoshop and Illustrator, then sent to production. I worked with editors for stories and imagery.  It was fun and a privelage  to see the magazines on bookstore shelves.  The central subject matter of each magazine was on war history in America and beyond. 

Graphic Design - Idea Girl Advertising 

January 2015 - January 2016 - Still work projects on occasion

Various  design tasks embraced larger marketing and advertising campaigns, ultimately focused on upcoming fundraisers and events. Print marketing and social media advertising were prominent.  We also received contract clients, creating logos and print marketing.

Key Skills

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Logos - Branding  
  • Advertising Layout
  • Print Marketing
  • Basic HTML & CSS
  • Printing
  • Adobe Premier/Aud.

Education

Art Institute of San Diego - CA

Associate of Science -  4 year for Graphic Design 

On Campus at The Art Institute was an exciting and rich experience. Secure access of school  allowed access to  many differnet mediums such as photography set -ups and more . We learned, hands-on projects that utitlized focus groups  for design critiques. 

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - PA

Graphic Design

This was a chance to hone my skills with the online division   while closing in on my bachelors degree. 

Multimedia Academy

Graphic Design, Video Production  

3 year Acedemic Program in High School pertaing to design softwares and multimedia . I recall learning on Photoshop 9 for the first time.