Owner/Director at Darklight Media
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area
- Current
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- Owner/Director at Darklight Media
- Past
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- Art Director at Rivera Advertising
- Director of e-Marketing at North Star Marketing
- Owner/Director at Nuance Creative Media
- Designer at Academy Artworks
- Production at Graphics Trade Services
- Designer at BG Marketing
- Production Designer at NuPrint
- Education
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- Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
- Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Graphic Design
- Websites
Chris Ruch’s Summary
Art director with 15 years' professional graphic design experience for print, web and broadcast.
Chris Ruch’s Experience
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Owner/Director
Darklight Media
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
July 2003 — Present (4 years 11 months)
Design services for print & web, as well as video editing & motion graphics. Serving the following industries: Churches, Non-Profit Groups, Advertising & Marketing Agencies, Publishing, Entertainment, Music, Real Estate, Video Production, Horticulture, Social Services and more.
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Art Director
Rivera Advertising
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
Part-time Art Director specializing in web & video production
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Director of e-Marketing
North Star Marketing
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
Director of digital marketing/advertising campaign production, ranging from web sites & email blasts to video and multimedia projects
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Owner/Director
Nuance Creative Media
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
1996 — 2003 (7 years)
Design services for print/web/multimedia for a broad range of national clients
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Designer
Academy Artworks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
Charts/Graphs & other graphics for schoolbooks
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Production
Graphics Trade Services
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)
1995 — 1995 (less than a year)
Prepress production including trapping/cleaning/prepping digital files (mostly PDFs) for output to film
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Designer
BG Marketing
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year)
Print production & design work for newsletters, brochures, signage and more.
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Production Designer
NuPrint
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Printing industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Designed print materials and prepped for printing
Chris Ruch’s Education
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Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Graphic Design 1990 — 1993
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Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School
Advertising and Design 1987 — 1990
Chris Ruch’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
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