Kevin Toshner: Graphic Designer in Sarasota, Florida

- Designed advertisements to be used for local magazines, websites, and email campaigns. - Created marketing collateral including rack cards, handouts, and off site signage for outreach efforts. - Developed posters and folding documents to highlight various scientific program achievements and efforts. - Designed event invitations to present a high end experience to the invitee. - Created fact cards for symbolic animal adoptions. - Designed additional items such as building signs, room signage, or vehicle wraps. - Provide photography services for events and day to day photo needs such as headshots.

- Led training for new employees to ensure a smooth on boarding. - Acted as department manager in the absence of the manager and assistant manager.

- Delivered exceptional guest service, ensuring a positive visitor experience. - Operate various add on guest experiences, sell tickets, and processed monetary transactions with guests

Designed eye-catching logos and branding collateral to help businesses attract and retain customers. Developed logos and business materials for local startups, enhancing their brand identity using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. Created custom illustrations for medical students, featured in published academic papers. Captured high-quality product photography for an online bakery menu, utilizing DSLR camera, Adobe Photoshop, and Lightroom for image enhancement. Collaborated with marketing agencies to create client collateral, including packaging designs, product display mockups, and brochure layouts.

- Led training and mentorship for new employees, guiding them through the graphic design process and departmental workflows. - Collaborated directly with major oil companies to develop custom graphic designs for gas dispensers. - Assisted in new product development, identifying and designating optimal graphic locations during the product design phase. - Partnered with the IT department to develop an online graphic design request tool, streamlining the design request process for internal teams and clients. - Worked with local and regional companies to create visual components for the cosmetic design of gas dispensers. - Developed tailored graphic designs that enhanced the aesthetic appeal and branding of gas dispensers. - Teamed with an internal print production group to ensure printed graphics conformed to client specifications.