Kevin Forde: BRAND DEVELOPER in Long Beach, CA

Work involves developing communication and sales strategies for The Gush Company. Main duties include: Branding, Print Design, Web Design, Social Media, E-commerce & Sales.

Work involved developing communication and sales strategies for various companies under the Twin Tiger USA um-brella. Main duties include: Branding, Print Design, Web Design, Social Media, Copywriting, E-commerce, Sales and Travelling throughout North America and Asia for Trade Shows and Product Sourcing.

Layout and design of a political newspaper that is published every three weeks. All the work is freelance and requires a great deal of discipline, strong work ethic and independent problem solving. Co-ordinate sales people and editors to get ads and stories in on schedule. A good knowledge of pre-press is an asset. Dealing directly with the Winnipeg Sun Print Division.

Large scale color scanning and printing. Cleaning and calibrating of large plotters. Detailed photo correction in photoshop and illustrator. Mounting and Laminating signage and banners. In-house design. Using a variety of RIP programs. High level of independent problem solving and machine servicing. Quoting on jobs.

Design of magazines and directories from Canada and the United States. Each designer layed out a publication independently. Each designer would work directly with an editor and develop the look and identity for the magazine. Advertisements for each publication were either supplied by the advertiser or constructed in-house.