Graphic Designer / Owner at Ovid Nine Graphics Lab
Grand Junction, Colorado Area
- Current
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- Adjunct Faculty at Colorado Mountain College
- Guest Blogger / Gear Review at Wildsnow.com
- Designer / Owner at Ovid Nine Graphics Lab (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Email Production / Designer at Blue Tent Marketing
- Graphic Designer at Real Time Marketing
- Independent Contractor at Rainy Day Designs
- Production Artist at Leopard
- Education
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- Colorado State University
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Dave Downing’s Summary
I strive to produce clean, attractive and effective graphic design solutions for businesses and individuals. A graduate of Colorado State University with a BFA, Concentration: Graphic Design and now owner/creative director of Ovid Nine Graphics Lab, I've been in the industry since 2001. I welcome jobs of all sorts, from identities to print to web.
Dave Downing’s Specialties:
branding and identity, business cards, brochures, websites
Dave Downing’s Experience
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Adjunct Faculty
Colorado Mountain College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Teaching Adobe Illustrator I in the Graphic Design department.
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Guest Blogger / Gear Review
Wildsnow.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Gear Reviews and the occasional guest blog appearance. Ski model duties sometimes are required of me as well.
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Designer / Owner
Ovid Nine Graphics Lab (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
Our goal is to produce clean, attractive and effective graphic design solutions for businesses and individuals. Including both print and web mediums.
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Email Production / Designer
Blue Tent Marketing
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Production and Design of Email Newsletters. Website Design. Marketing Solutions.
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Graphic Designer
Real Time Marketing
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 5 months)
To produce design solutions in print and web for clients and our firm.
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Independent Contractor
Rainy Day Designs
(Graphic Design industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
I did contract design for a range of projects including client catalogs, t-shirts, logo concepts, etc.
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Production Artist
Leopard
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2001 — May 2002 (6 months)
To flow copy into design templates, with meticulous attention to detail. Converting old Quark templates into InDesign templates. Design PowerPoint presentations for clients.
Dave Downing’s Education
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Colorado State University
1997 — 2002
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Dave Downing’s Interests:
graphic design, skiing, powder, mountain biking, single speed, a llittle bit of blogging
Dave Downing’s Groups:
Rocky Mountain Collegian
Dave Downing’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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