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Resume- Jeff Hillis

EMPLOYMENT
July 2006-Present
Schawk • Battle Creek, MI • Senior Graphic Designer
Primary responsibilities: Creation of packaging graphics and POP for national brand clientele.
Major strengths: Conceptual design ideation, project management and strong organizational skills.
August 2005 - March 2006
Kimberly-Clark • Neenah, WI • Assistant Manager Packaging Graphics
Primary responsibilities: Manage packaging graphics in Corporate Brands for the Family Care division. Major strengths: Project management, conceptual design ideation and strong organizational skills.
November 2002 - July 2005
Daymon Worldwide • Braintree, MA • Senior Designer
Primary responsibilities: Extensive Package Design & Corporate Identity for Corporate Brands.
Major strengths: Conceptual design ideation, strong organizational skills,
photo art direction in consumer food products and the ability to create marker renderings.
October 2001 - July 2002
Icon Graphics Inc. • Rochester, NY • Art Director
Primary responsibilities: Extensive Package Design & Corporate Identity.
Major strengths: Conceptual design ideation, strong organizational skills,
photo art direction in consumer food products and the ability to create marker renderings.
January 1999 - May 2001
Marketing Support Incorporated • Chicago, IL • Senior Art Director
Primary responsibilities: Extensive Package Design & Corporate Identity, Merchandising,
Presentations, POS, and Trade Advertising.
Major strengths: Conceptual design ideation, strong organizational skills,
photo art direction in hardware and housewares and digital photo retouching.
June 1984 - March 1998
Hillis Mackey and Company • Minneapolis, MN • Senior Designer
Primary responsibilities: Extensive Package Design, Corporate Identity & Website Design.
Major strengths: Conceptual design ideation, strong organizational skills,
photo art direction in consumer food products and the ability to create marker renderings

ACCOUNT EXPERIENCE
SCHAWK: Kellogg’s and Keebler.
KIMBERLY-CLARK: BJ’s, Costco, CVS, Dollar General, K-Mart, Sam’s Club, Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreen’s, Wegman’s.
DAYMON WORLDWIDE: Bi-Lo, Bruno, Giant, Stop & Shop, Tops.
ICON GRAPHICS INC.: Kodak, Ray-O-Vac, TLR, Wegmans, Tom Wahl’s, Zippo.
MARKETING SUPPORT INCORPORATED: A.O. Smith, Chamberlain, Commercial Electric, Dremel,
Home Depot, Kwikset, La-Co Industries, Planet Diamond, Ridge Tool, Simkar, Skil-Bosch, Stanley, Zep.
HILLIS MACKEY & COMPANY: American Cereal Corporation, Anheuser-Busch, American Foods,
Anchor Hocking, Barber Foods, Birchwood Casey, CHS, Chippewa, Coca-Cola, Coleman, Columbo, Con Agra, Crystal Farms, Dairy Fresh, Dean Foods, Faribault Canning, Fort Howard, Gedney, General Mills, Golden Valley Microwave, Hormel, Jerome Foods, Kemps, Land-O-Lakes, Lloyds, Lunds, Michigan Fruit, Malt-O-Meal, Morey's, Pillsbury, Rollerblade, Sandoz, Softsoap, 3M, Target, Toro, Venture Brewing, Watkins, Wal-Mart.

SPECIALIZED SKILLS
Computer Programs: Illustrator CS2, Photoshop CS2, Freehand 10, QuarkXPress 4, Acrobat & Powerpoint.
Conventional Abilities: Concept pencil sketches and marker renderings.

EDUCATION
May 1984 - Received Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree • University of Minnesota - Duluth

AWARDS
Creativity 89
Morey's “Fish Line“
American Corporate Identity 7
Kemps “Premium Light“
American Foods “Smok-a-Roma“
Michigan Fruit “Salsa“
American Corporate Identity 8
Kemps ”Milk & Cultured Line“
Creativity 92
Pillsbury ”Oven Lovin“
American Corporate Identity 11
Faribault Foods ”Pasta Select“

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Biking, Cross-Country Skiing, Tennis, Golf, Camping, Canoeing,
Regional and International Travel and Photography.

References available upon request