Independent Graphic Design Professional
Sacramento, California Area
- Current
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- Designer, Owner at Sava Design (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- VP, Senior Art Director at The Money Store
- Partner, Art Director at Coppola & Sava Advertising
- Education
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- Sacramento City College
- Connections
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Judy Coppola’s Summary
Over 20 years experience as a professional designer. Own and operate SavaDesign in Sacramento, CA. Freelance design specializing in creating custom Web sites and a variety of graphics such as logos, brochures, collateral, ads, on-line emails and ads.
For business growth, I want to work with other professionals who specialize in a variety of dynamic back-end coding languages so that I may expand my offerings.
Clients: Looking for companies who need a new or updated Web presence and/or print graphics. With a standard Web developer, you may only get the nuts and bolts. With SavaDesign you get 20 years experience as a professional designer to create clear communication and an accurate identity of your company and its offerings. Please visit my website for portfolio examples: http://www.savadesign.com
Judy Coppola’s Specialties:
Website design and development, Flash animation, Email design, Logos, Brochures, Collateral, Direct Mail design, Web hosting, Domain registration, Website maintenance.
Judy Coppola’s Experience
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Designer, Owner
Sava Design (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
November 1999 — Present (8 years 9 months)
Sava Design is a Graphic Design and Website Design & Development company in Sacramento, California. We specialize in custom creative from company logos to full websites for small start-ups to large corporations. Visit http://www.savadesign.com to view our portfolio and services.
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VP, Senior Art Director
The Money Store
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1995 — December 1999 (5 years)
Was the VP Senior Art Director for the Advertising department of The Money Store. Was responsible for the graphics for their direct mail, ads and web campaigns. The Money Store, a home equity lending firm, was purchased by First Union Bank in 1997 and is no longer doing business as it was. The remaining elements of the business have been absorbed into Wachovia Bank.
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Partner, Art Director
Coppola & Sava Advertising
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1978 — 1990 (12 years)
As original partner in this successful 12 year old full-service advertising agency, I collaborated with our creative directors on TV, radio and print ad campaigns; managed graphic artist staff and worked side by side on design projects including annual reports, corporate identity packages, print ads, trade show booth design, signage, client presentations, collateral material, outdoor, TV storyboards, catalogs, etc. I was responsible for hiring and directing graphic artist staff as well as outside vendors such as printers, photographers and talent.
Judy Coppola’s Education
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Sacramento City College
Art, Graphic Design, Web 1967 — 2007
• Los Rios Junior College District, 70+ credits
• Completed full semester courses in fine art, photography, offset printing, graphic design, Adobe Photoshop, PageMaker, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, CSS, XHTML and Flash
• Multimedia on the Web (Web design), and Web Authoring (html, cgi, java script)
courses at UC Davis Extension
• Adobe Internet Conference, San Francisco
• Adobe Photoshop Conference, Orlando, Florida
• Direct Marketing Association Seminar, Chicago
• General Management Training, The Money Store
• Watercolor course with Gary Pruner
• In-the-field watercolor course with international watercolorist, Ken Potter
Additional Information
Judy Coppola’s Websites:
Judy Coppola’s Groups:
SAGE, Sacramento Advocates for Girls' Empowerment. Visit http://www.sacsage.org
Judy Coppola’s Contact Settings
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