Robert Erik Zambrana
Graphic Designer

12131 Humboldt Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277

rzambrana@rzambrana.com


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 Ð 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 Ð 8/05
Graphic Artist
Graphic creation for signs, print and web. Production of publication advertising, eÐdocuments, 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 Ð 5/00
Production Manager Ð Internet Services
Layout, design and preflighting of customer jobs. Traffic and customer service.


List Services Corporation     9/98 Ð 4/99
Graphic Designer Ð Marketing
Migrate sales sheets from 1Ðcolor print to 2Ðcolor PDF, design and imaging for report covers and presentation graphics.

Graphic Designer Ð Advertising and Promotions
Layout and design for 1Ð, 2Ð and 4Ðcolor print work, print advertising.


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


Macintosh Computer Fluency
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Illustrator CS2
Adobe InDesignCS2
Adobe ImageReady CS2 
Acrobat 6.0 Professional
QuarkXPress 3.3Ñ6.5
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
Macromedia Fireworks 8
Macromedia FreehandMX 2004
Adobe PageMaker 6.52 (Classic)
DAZ Bryce 5.5

XHTML and CSS

**Functional familiarity with many more applications.


Awards and Recognitions
With Jack Morris Advertising Ð Employee and Freelance

Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Awards
Stone Ridge (Various Contributions)
Stone Ridge 2003-2007 Ð Best Community Signage
American Heritage Homes (Various Contributions)
Leeland Station (Various Contributions)

Fredericksburg Area Builders Association (FABA)
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

"WhoÕs Who in Executives and Professionals"
    Included in 2006Ð2007 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 eÐPublications
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
SelfÐMailers
Silhouetting & Masking 
Spot Illustration
Targeted Marketing
Trade Show Displays
Typography
Vehicle Graphics
Vendor Coordination
Web Animation
Web Graphics
Website Design
Window Displays
Window Graphics
Éand 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 1Ðcolor 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 startÐup, 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.