The Online Resume of Robert Erik Zambrana

Robert Erik Zambrana

Graphic Designer

12131 Humboldt Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277

Employment History

Contract/Freelance

Creative/Marketing Consultant for A Parliament of Owls, LLC

Branding, Imaging and Design, Advertising design and concept.

Graphic Outpost 9/05 – 3/07

Owner/Creative Director

Design and layout, concept for print, web, sign and copy. Traffic management of jobs, freelancers & vendors. Estimating, coordination and final production on all jobs.

Jack Morris Advertising 5/00 – 8/05

Graphic Artist

Graphic creation for signs, print and web. Production of publication advertising, e–documents, signs & marketing illustrations. Prep and assembly of displays and presentations. Design and rough engineer of signs, display units and sales centers. Some systems maintenance.

Direct Press Modern Litho 7/99 – 5/00

Production Manager – Internet Services

Layout, design and preflighting of customer jobs. Traffic and customer service.

List Services Corporation 9/98 – 4/99

Graphic Designer – Marketing

Migrate sales sheets from 1–color print to 2–color PDF, design and imaging for report covers and presentation graphics.

Graphic Designer – Advertising and Promotions

Layout and design for 1–, 2– and 4–color print work, print advertising.

Macintosh Computer Fluency

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts; Graphic Design, 1998
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA

Awards and Recognitions

With Jack Morris Advertising – Employee and Freelance

Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence
(MAME) Awards

  • Stone Ridge (Various Contributions)
  • Stone Ridge 2003-2007 – Best Community Signage
  • American Heritage Homes (Various Contributions)
  • Leeland Station (Various Contributions)

Fredericksburg Area Builders Association
(FABA) Award

  • Leeland Station FABA 2006

Aurora Awards

  • Stone Ridge 2007 Grand Aurora Award (Contributions)

Finest for Family Living / Monument Awards

  • The Reserve in McLean

With Graphic Outpost

2003-2004 Golden Web Award

  • SouthRidingPediatrics.com
  • FarrellPediatrics.com

"Who's Who in Executives and Professionals"

  • Included in 2006–2007 edition

Actual Experience

  • Advertising Design
  • Area Maps
  • Banners
  • Billboards
  • Blog Styling
  • Branding
  • Brochures
  • Business Cards
  • Catalog Design
  • Cloning & Healing
  • Compositing
  • Comprehensive Sign Packages
  • Community Site Plan Illustrations
  • Copywriting
  • Corporate ID
  • Datasheets
  • Display Kiosks
  • Directional Signs
  • Entry Monuments
  • Environmental Signage
  • Floor Plan Illustrations
  • Flyers
  • Framed Displays
  • Forum Styling
  • General Photography
  • Imaging
  • Interior Signs
  • Interactive e–Publications
  • Informational Graphics
  • Investors Proposals
  • Invitations
  • Letterhead
  • Location Maps
  • Logo Design
  • Marketing Plans
  • Mailing Labels
  • Newsletters
  • Postcards
  • Posters
  • Presentation Backgrounds
  • Press Kits
  • Print Production
  • Project Management
  • Promotional Items
  • Proposal Covers
  • Regional Advertising Campaigns
  • Sales Center Design
  • Sales Collateral
  • Self–Mailers
  • Silhouetting & Masking
  • Spot Illustration
  • Targeted Marketing
  • Trade Show Displays
  • Typography
  • Vehicle Graphics
  • Vendor Coordination
  • Web Animation
  • Web Graphics
  • Website Design
  • Window Displays
  • Window Graphics

…and more

Notable Experience

Web Design: MindWorks Clinical Psychology had a placeholder web page providing contact information, but no content. An informative W3C-compliant, CSS-styled XHTML site was designed with clean markup and optimized search engine information for more effective aggregation. Traffic to the site increased and contact because of the site rose dramatically.

Comprehensive Sign Design: Designed an understated sign package for Northern Virginia community Stone Ridge that served directional, amenity and marketing purposes. The simple and versatile design addresses all needs and community branding, and has won the MAME award for Best Community Signage for four years running.

Marketing Sign Design: Integrated a series of marketing signs reflecting ad campaigns for Leeland Station in Stafford County, VA. The signs were recognizable, effective and easily updated due to their component construction, contributing to FABA and MAME award wins.

Sales Collateral Design: Concept and conversion of the 1600+ document library of sales collateral for List Services Corporation from print-only 1–color files to secure, portable, cross-platform PDF format, making the company among the first in the industry to adopt the print and internet friendly file format, allowing for fast, easy updating, generation and distribution or printing of sales collateral.

Pitch and Presentation Consultation: Consulting for educational software start–up, A Parliament of Owls, LLC, giving marketing advice and freelance design, providing a branded look, standardized elements and a loose campaign and marketing plan, allowing investors to see numbers and complex visuals together in a well-conceived business plan and proposal. This approach has already raised significant seed money without the prohibitive expense of a marketing salary or advertising agency contract.