Art Director at Endue Designs
Houston, Texas Area
- Current
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- Art Director at Endue Designs
- Past
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- Contract Graphic Designer at 2020 Exhibits
- Senior Graphic Designer at Unleaded Communications
- Marketing and Graphic Specialist at American Fidelity
- Custom Designer at OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
- Internship Marketing Associate at Marucs Evans
- Education
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- Art Institute of Houston
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Michelle Wilkerson Barnes’s Summary
Serving nearly 12 years as an accomplished graphic designer, turned art director. Acquired invaluable skills from Fortune corporations such as Omnova Solutions, AIG and American Fidelity. The latest has been 2020 Exhibits, recently named one of Fortune's fastest growing companies.
Wide array of talent in the print design field. Successfully completed and distributed trade show displays, brochures, direct mail, billboards, logos and complete branding campaigns. Managed the brand campaign at APL American Fidelity, determining layout, color scheme, stock photography, fonts and tag lines.
Assisted with brand and creative campaigns for Fugro, CGG Veritas, AIG American General, Valerus Compression, Advanced Measurements and Aggreko. Designed trade show displays for KMCO, PCCA, San Jacinto College and Birch Plastics.
12 year career has also included administering presentations to high caliber clients, cross country travel to meetings and conferences, copy writing, attending photo shoots and press checks. Work has been featured in Benefits Selling Magazine, Business Insurance and Single File Magazine. Currently building strong web design skills in Flash, Dreamweaver and coding.
Diverse designer well respected in the interior design sector. Custom designer in the textile, coated fabrics and surface materials field. Worked closely with DesignTex, MDC Wallcovering, Knoll Textiles and Grant Collaborative. Also have worked with Patty Madden, Tracey Reinberg and Michael Graves & Associates.
Michelle Wilkerson Barnes’s Specialties:
Corporate graphic design and brand development. Creates attractive images that are clean, fresh, inviting and energetic. Has made a reputation of being competent, easy to do business with and meeting hard deadlines. Proficient in all aspects of the creative industry from marketing concept to
layout and from production to print. Industries of choice include energy, oil and gas, financial, real estate, medical and non-profit.
Michelle Wilkerson Barnes’s Experience
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Art Director
Endue Designs
(Design industry)
July 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)
Freelance graphic design studio working with clients that include CGG Veritas, San Jacinto College, AIG, Custom Concrete Design Floors and Raven Camp. Broad perspective of design includes packaging, brochure, logo, branding, websites, SEO, commercial wallcovering and more.
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Contract Graphic Designer
2020 Exhibits
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Houston, TX - Primarily contracted to support the work load for Summer Nape and OTC. Exhibit designer creating full display booths, banners and signs for reputable names such as RSC, Lakewood Church, Ram Tray, Texas Children's Hospital and PCCA.
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Senior Graphic Designer
Unleaded Communications
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2007 — May 2008 (8 months)
Houston, TX - Regularly worked with creative director, art director and other agency leaders to conceptualize for campaigns. Design duties included brochure, newsletter, direct mail, magazine ad or book covers for Champions School of Real Estate, Valerus, EDG, Reliant Energy and more.
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Marketing and Graphic Specialist
American Fidelity
(Privately Held; Insurance industry)
July 2006 — June 2007 (1 year )
Jackson, MS - Company chose my concepts for the brand campaign over their 30 member design team located in Oklahoma City. From there on, managed over all art direction, color scheme, font, stock photography, tag line development and copy editing for all of American Public Life (American Fidelity) materials.
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Custom Designer
OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
(Public Company; OMN; Chemicals industry)
April 2003 — March 2006 (3 years )
Columbus, MS - Custom surface designer for the wallcovering, textile and coated fabric industry. Accountable also for researching vinyl, paper and ink to LEAN the process of digital printing onto chemical surfaces. Traveled regularly, attending meeting, trainings and conferences. Presented to clients tours and presentations. Additional diligence, single-handedly lead to an excess of $1 million profit to company.
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Internship Marketing Associate
Marucs Evans
(Events Services industry)
May 2002 — April 2003 (1 year )
Houston, TX - Training began with coaching in energy, oil and gas manufacturing, particularly in data, facility, enterprise and project management. Training continued in e-marketing, SEO and keywords. Role included barter agreements, communications with marketing directors, maintaining web content and designing conference manuals. Position included copy writing, copy editing, marketing and sponsorship briefs.
Michelle Wilkerson Barnes’s Education
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Art Institute of Houston
1997 — 1999
2 Semesters at Texas State University, Communication Design
Classes at Houston Community College, Marketing
Additional Information
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Michelle Wilkerson Barnes’s Interests:
Graphic, interior and landscape design, studying cultures, computer games, hiking and traveling
Michelle Wilkerson Barnes’s Groups:
Houston Advertising Federation
National Association of Photoshop Professionals
Specialty Graphics and Imaging Association
Michelle Wilkerson Barnes’s Honors:
Honorable Recognition - Houston Advertising Federation Student Conference & Competition 1997
Moment of Truth Award - 2nd Level - Omnova Solutions 2004
Michelle Wilkerson Barnes’s Contact Settings
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