Charlyn Erickson

Senior Production Designer

Detail oriented, experienced Production Designer with the knowledge to get the job done correctly and beautifully the first time. 13 years in Digital. 18 years in Print. 12 years at Agencies. 3 years In-house. Animated banners through print production mechanicals.

skills

Layout and design. Basic HTML5/JavaScript animation. Kerning. Image retouching. 3D rendering and animation. Photography. Hand and computer illustration. Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Animate, After Effect and Lightroom. Basic KeyShot and Cinema 4D.

degree

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, Central Washington University, 1996

experience

PopSockets

Senior Digital Production Designer : 11.2018 – Present

As a part of the in-house creative department I bridge the gap between creative conception and final production of marketing assets. I build out various assets within campaigns using the campaign look and feel and adapt typography for translations on global campaigns. With a focus on the fine details I retouch images and check kerning, word spacing, ragging, and purposeful sentence breaks in the copy. I ensure brand colors and fonts are correct, create templates for often used assets, and optimize images for web. Using After Effects, Animate, Photoshop and KeyShot, I animate images and text for gif, mp4 and html5. To automate redundant processes for myself and other team members, I create Photoshop Actions and Droplets. Assets I commonly create and optimize are Homepage, Landing Page and Product Display Page assets for the company website, Emails, Social Media assets, Website Display Ads, and Product Renders.

Made Movement

Studio Manager : 2.2015 – 6.2018

While at this small ad agency, whose mission is to promote businesses that create American jobs, I worked on several accounts including Lyft, Fridays, Lulzbot, Firefox, Clayton Homes, Bright Health, TaxAct, Evol, Seventh Generation, Earth Balance, Udi’s, Under Armour and GSV. I predominately worked on digital projects, preparing static and animated banners, social post imagery, digital OOH, and assets for websites and apps. I also retouched images for digital and print production and prepared files for print OOH and books.

Crispin Porter + Bogusky

Senior Digital Artist : 1.2007 – 2.2015

The CP+B studio had two primary responsibilities, helping the creative teams prepare for client meetings and pitches, and preparing artwork for final production. Projects that I worked on include comps for TV ads to portray a visualization of the script, designing and/or preparing meeting templates, preparing website and mobile app assets, web banners, touts, print ads, posters, billboards, station dominations, direct mail, brochures, books, and swag for events and meetings. As a studio member I worked on a wide range of accounts, including Hotels.com, Fruit of the Loom, Applebee’s, Domino’s, VW, B-cycle, Groupon, Hulu, Sprite, Twist, American Express, Microsoft, Coke Zero, Pearl Izumi, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Buell, Best Buy, Geek Squad, Old Navy, Burger King, Nike, Guitar Hero, Gap and MetLife.

Kendall Ross Brand Development and Design

Production Designer : 4.2006 – 10.2006

In this small design firm that specialized in brand and retail development I was a team member in brand building and event promotion projects that included ad campaigns, websites, wayfinding signage, site graphics, packaging, brochures and other print collateral for such clients as The Bellevue Collection, Bellevue Square, Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square, Portlock, Sconza, City of Hope, and the Eugene Marathon.

Fitch

E-Pro : 1.2006 – 4.2006

In the Seattle studio of this worldwide, WPP company I assisted the designers in the production of packaging and event collateral for Microsoft, and in the production of annual reports for clients that included HCPI and InfoSpace.

Cenveo

Graphics Tech : 6.2002 – 11.2005

As a team member in the high output, deadline oriented, design/prepress department of this large printing company I achieved recognition for quality customer service and creative problem solving. I designed print collateral for the Starwood Hotels and assisted the Starwood Creative Services Group during their development of the brand guidelines for St. Regis Hotels and Resorts. I was also responsible for proofreading artwork prepared by team members and was a backup for the Pre-flight Specialist.

ImageSetters

Graphic Designer : 11.2001 – 12.2001

In the design/prepress department of this small print shop, I designed advertisements, invitations, announcements, flyers, and other print collateral and performed prepress operations on files for film, large format printers and four-color digital press.

Alphagraphics

Graphic Designer : 5.2000 – 11.2001

As the sole designer in a high output design department I excelled at prioritizing my workflow. I designed business cards, letterheads, envelopes, logos, brochures, menus, point of purchase displays, posters, billboards, packaging, magazine ads, newspaper ads, invoices, business forms, graduation programs, booklets, newsletters, Christmas cards, calendars, invitations, announcements, flyers, and other print collateral for a wide variety of clients, including Macayo’s Mexican Restaurant, Borit, PBS&J, and The Leona Group Arizona, LLC.