Bethany Glaze
e: bethany.glaze@gmail.com
p: 703-463-7814
l: linkedin.com/in/bethanyglaze
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Professional Summary:
I'm an enthusiastic designer looking for a challenging, creative position where I can use my experience in design and marketing to offer high-quality end-products.

Work Experience:
Cuisine Solutions - Dec 2016 - Present
Senior Graphic Designer
  • Develop and collaborate across various departments on impactful food packaging in national stores, including rebranding to a new design, project management, and innovation. Review color proofs and attend press checks at external printers to ensure photo and colors are correct.
  • Assist with updating the company’s branding and maintaining across all channels, including updating packaging, brochures, booklets, posters, event signage, menus, presentations, and social media campaigns.
  • Art-direct multiple photoshoots in relation to retail packaging.
  • Was promoted to Senior Graphic Designer in July 2019. Trained and mentored the junior graphic designer in our brand standards and packaging processes.

The Arc of the United States - Jan. 2016 - Dec 2016
Marketing Associate, Graphic Design and Branding
  • Develop and collaborate on visually impactful marketing materials including the annual report, newsletters, postcards, brochures, flyers, event signage, posters, advertising campaigns, infographics, and web graphics.
  • Upheld and enforced The Arc’s branding standards, offered solutions to common issues and assisted chapters of The Arc with their rebranding efforts.
  • Collaborated with multiple departments on projects for their needs and audience.
The Creative Group - June 2015 - Dec. 2015
Print/Graphic Designer
  • Contract Graphic Designer designing custom graphics and proofing training materials for professional conferences.
  • Updated and implemented changes to sales presentations to reflect new product lines. 
  • Collaborated with clients on new graphics to effectively communicate materials while maintaining strict brand standards. 
  • Managed multiple projects with various deadlines and internal checkpoints delivering all materials on-time. 
  • Participated in team meetings, portfolio reviews, and critiques providing valuable feedback and suggestions for other designers projects.
HITT Contracting Inc. - Aug. 2011 - Jan. 2015
Graphic Designer
  • Creative lead on client and internal presentations, print collateral, promotional items, proposal graphics, photo editing, and custom projects
  • Maintained corporate branding standards on all collateral and materials. 
  • Attended external symposiums as a representative of the company, updated HITT on new marketing techniques in the construction industry. 
  • Thrived in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
Mediatech Inc. - Nov. 2009-July 2011
Graphic Designer
  • Produced all multimedia associated with the marketing department’s promotion of products.
  • Completely redesigned all company promotional materials, including the product catalog and website.
  • Managed the company website and social media sites. 
Allied Advertising - Nov. 2006-July 2009
Production Artist
  • Developed final product designs for major motion picture studios’ 
  • newspaper advertisements
  • Daily interaction with account executives during design development
  • Adhered to strict deadlines and delivered ads to newspapers 100% on time.

​Qualifications:
Adobe Creative Cloude - Adobe Illustrator - InDesign - Photoshop
Microsoft Office Suite/ Mac & PC Environments
Basic Understanding of:
HTML/CSS, Adobe xD, Adobe Premiere, Ceros

Education:
The Art Institute of Washington, Sep 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts Cum Laude - Media Arts and Animation
Alpha Chi Lambda Honor Society, Cumulative GPA - 3.5