Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Information Architect at Exhibitgroup/Giltspur
- Owner at Five Star Style (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Graphic Design Specialist at AmeriCredit
- Marketing Analyst at CitiFinancial Auto
- Education
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- The Art Institute of Dallas
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David Melton’s Summary
Graphic Designer with experience in prepress, print production, and website design. Direct experience with designing accessible, standards-compliant XHTML/CSS web sites.
David Melton’s Specialties:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Accessibility Principles/Web-standards Design, Search Engine Optimization, graphic design, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Movable Type CMS, WordPress CMS, MySQL, Object-oriented Programming Principles
David Melton’s Experience
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Information Architect
Exhibitgroup/Giltspur
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; VVI; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2008 — Present (2 months)
Exhibitgroup/Giltspur constructs and designs trade show, museum, and retail exhibits of all shapes, sizes, and styles. Exhibitgroup also provides trade show logistics services including delivery and set-up of its exhibits; its ExpoServices division specializes in installation and dismantling. The company is a subsidiary of Viad Corp, one of the leaders in convention and event services and operates internationally with offices in the US, Canada, Germany, and the UK.
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Owner
Five Star Style (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
2003 — Present (5 years)
A design consultancy based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Five Star Style specializes in designing attractive, accessible, web-standards compliant web sites.
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Graphic Design Specialist
AmeriCredit
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ACF; Financial Services industry)
November 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 6 months)
Developed and strengthened AmeriCredit's brand through effective, high-impact designs, illustrations, and special publications that communicated key messages to automobile dealers, customers, shareholders, and employees.
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Marketing Analyst
CitiFinancial Auto
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; C; Financial Services industry)
February 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 10 months)
Responsible for the design and development of the corporate Intranet. Conducted surveys and web traffic analysis to improve intranet user experience. Supported the marketing department with creative designs for internal and external communications. Designed instructional cd-roms distributed to automobile dealers. Created and managed e-mail campaigns using online campaign management tools.
David Melton’s Education
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The Art Institute of Dallas
Associate of Applied Arts, Interactive Media Design, 1997 — 1999
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David Melton’s Honors:
Graphic Design USA: 2008 American Inhouse Design Award
Texas Public Relations Association: 2008 Best of Texas Award
2008 Communicator Awards: Silver Award of Distinction
