Resume

 

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SUMMARY

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Professional, passionate, highly creative and motivated Senior Graphic Designer Donna Van House is a team player with extensive experience producing diverse digital and print designs while excelling on – and owning – every project from start to finish. An active listener, strategic thinker and proactive problem solver, she loves new challenges, thrives in fast-paced collaborative environments, manages multiple projects simultaneously, and welcomes feedback and collaboration.

Achievements include:

• Developing creative for well-known brands including Southern Company, Georgia Natural Gas, Global Payments, Harland Clarke (now Vericast), Mueller Water Products and WestRock

• Consistently delivers projects on time and within budget

• Collaborates with photo, video, web and print teams using hands-on knowledge of the printing process

• Started several projects as a temporary contractor before being hired full-time

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Senior Designer (Contract via Creative Circle)

2021 – Present

Southern Company

Atlanta, Georgia

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• Creates visually-compelling diverse digital and print projects including advertising, annual meeting materials, C-suite and executive PowerPoint presentations, employee guidelines, event collateral, evites, infographics, social media, web banners, white papers, and many other key communications

• Work performed for 2024 Plant Vogtle Celebration Event included event signage and collaborated on large tri-fold-page

• Performs as a brand ambassador who has thorough knowledge of Southern Company’s Brand Guidelines and visual system

• Provides excellent customer service while building positive relationships with internal clients and internal and external vendors
   

Owner, Art Director 

2017 – Present

Van House Design 

Atlanta, Georgia

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• Designed WestRock’s interactive GRI reports for 2017-2018 (43 pages), and 2019 (54 pages).

• As Project Manager for Mueller, obtained the content, worked with the Art Director and Copywriter, delivered all ads and online media placement – 2019

• Redesigned templates for all of Mueller’s advisories, case studies, data sheets, instruction manuals, sales flyers and white papers

• Partnered with a leading agency to create an interactive niche product that led to signing a new client

• Created corporate brochures for Harland Clarke plus promotional brochures for its banking clients

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Art Director
2012 – 2017
Alpha Comm Enterprises, Inc. 
Lawrenceville, Georgia

 

Alpha Comm manufactures and distributes cell phone accessories. Its clients included AT&T, AT&T Mexico, MetroPCS and Movistar.  

• Contributed to Alpha Comm’s growth from $30 million dollars in sales to $70 million (2013 – 2016)

• Created digital promotions for related mobile accessory brands and created large-format graphics for trade shows

• Redesigned Alpha Comm’s corporate logo and Branding Guide

• Was Lead Art Director for all Cricket Wireless-branded accessories including packaging, digital promotions and product photography

• Trained and managed newly-hired Graphic Designers

• Built strategic relationships with other departments, fostering better communication and teamwork​​

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PERSONAL

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• Previous nationally ranked windsurfer, competed in the U.S. Olympic Festival and volunteered as a boat driver on the Yachting
  course in the 1996 Olympics

• Hands On Atlanta Volunteer

• Has been both a professional water skier and a competitor on The University of Georgia’s water ski team

• Certified Open Water Scuba Diver

• Donna is one of the rarest of species – an Atlanta native