Dennis Hughett

Current

• Creative Director / Owner at Hughett Creative
• Sr. Art Director at Catalyst Marketing Communications

Past

• Design Specialist at Alphagraphics
• Graphic Designer at Downing Steel Rule
• Typesetter at Business Cards Tomorrow

• Graphic Designer at Southside Precision Printing

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Education

• Dekalb Technical College
• McIntosh High School

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Connections

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Industry

Graphic Design

Dennis Hughett’s Summary

A productively efficient creative professional.

Extensive experience and skills in print and web design and related software. Expert knowledge in print production and front-end web design. Well-versed experience in XHTML, CSS, Flash and PHP development. Thorough understanding of proper print production and setup. Proficient in file management and organization. Senior design level with top-level speed.

My goal is quite simple: To be valuable to my employers and clients through high-level design skills, hard work and integrity. I accomplish this by keeping my skill set sharp, my ideas fresh and my production speed competitive.

Dennis Hughett’s Specialties:

branding, identity, pre-press, xhtml, css, flash, php, artwork re-creations and vectorization, Adobe design software expert, project management, file organization and management, employee management, Apple software and systems tech (not certified), limited Microsoft IT skills

Dennis Hughett’s Experience

• Creative Director / Owner

  Hughett Creative

  (Design industry)

  February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)

  My freelance design company.
  
  Types of work I've done (but not limited to):
  • Conceptual & Art Direction
  • Branding, Corporate Identity / Logo Design
  • Corporate Marketing and Ad Campaigns
  • Corporate Stationery
  • Copy Writing
  • Website Design
  • Print and Web Ads
  • SEO Implementation & Management
  • Social Media Marketing & Strategy
  • Print Design
  • Brochures and Catalogs
  • Mailers and Postcards
  • Posters and Flyers
  • Indoor / Outdoor Signage
  • Trade Show Displays
  • T-Shirts

• Sr. Art Director

  Catalyst Marketing Communications

  (Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  April 1999 — Present (10 years 8 months)

  Print and Website design and management. Experience and knowledge in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, XHTML, CSS and PHP.
  
  Types of work done (Same experience as Hughett Creative, plus):
  • Annual Reports
  • Church Capital Campaigns
  • Corporate Presentation
  • Promotional Documents

• Design Specialist

  Alphagraphics

  (Privately Held; Printing industry)

  April 1998 — March 1999 (1 year )

  This company is a storefront franchise-based quick print and copy shop that provides opportunities to do many different quick turn design projects for various customers.
  
  Types of work done:
  • Prepress Production
  • Logo Design & Redesign
  • Various Corporate Design
  • Artwork Tracing / Digitizing
  • Photo Enhancement
  • Customer Service & Bindery

• Graphic Designer

  Downing Steel Rule

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Packaging and Containers industry)

  April 1997 — March 1998 (1 year )

  Graphic design and production for corrugated box layout and art. Prepared artwork for corrugated box plates. Included font tracing tasks as well as drawing and creating artwork for previously designed and new box designs/artwork. Font matching and Adobe Illustrator knowledge were very high priorities for this position.

• Typesetter

  Business Cards Tomorrow

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1996 — March 1997 (1 year 3 months)

  Primary task was to create new and recreate previously designed business cards. Font matching was a very high priority.

• Graphic Designer

  Southside Precision Printing

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 1995 — January 1996 (1 year )

  Customer service duties, design and layout, bindery and deliveries.

Dennis Hughett’s Education

• Dekalb Technical College

  Visual Communications , Advertising Design , 1992 — 1994

• McIntosh High School

  1989 — 1992

Additional Information

Dennis Hughett’s Interests:

the trinity, family, friends, project management, employee management, print and web design, web technologies, guitar, music writing and recording, music production, politics, constitution party, conservativism, humor, political incorrectness

Dennis Hughett’s Groups:

Guitarist in former bands such as Atomic Eyes, Shadow Life and Crosseyed Joe (aka Cloud Nine and Theophilus).

Performed guitar and bass in a few worship teams.

•    AIGA | the professional association for design
•    Web Design and Development in 21st century
•    Graphic Design Professional Group
•    Guitar Players
•    United States Constitution Party

Dennis Hughett’s Honors:

Georgia Community Bankers Association Julian Award in 2007 for best Website design — in association with Spin Concepts Marketing, LLC

Acknowledgment in "No More Jellyfish, Chicken, or Wimps" by Paul Coughlin

Acknowledgment in "Unleashing Courageous Faith" by Paul Coughlin

1992 Gutenberg Award for excellence in Pre-Press: Electronic Publishing

Dennis Hughett’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch