Illustrator at TinaVaziri.com
Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- Local Team Lead, Designer at Dell
- Art Director at Creative Bees
- Portrait Artist at Red Tie Studios™
- Illustrator at TinaVaziri.com
- Past
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- Graphic Designer at NetQoS, Inc.
- Junior Art Director at Performance Edge Journal
- Product Designer at Pilgrim Imports, Inc.
- Education
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- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
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Tina Vaziri’s Summary
Art director and illustrator with experience in tight-deadlines, quick turn-a-rounds and fast-paced team environments. Knowledge of brand management and brand guidelines. Motivated and creative from a traditional art background, setting clients and teams apart from their competition.
Tina Vaziri’s Specialties:
Design and development using the latest industry software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and InDesign, for print, web, and interactive user experience. While writing XHTML, CSS, XML, and editing JavaScript and PHP.
Tina Vaziri’s Experience
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Local Team Lead, Designer
Dell
(Public Company; DELL; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Lead the Austin, TX team of 3 designers in Product Launch Design for Dell.com.
- Act as local art director, ramp up new hires, main local contact point for other departments
- Design product launch material for Dell.com including banners, product imagery, product web pages, landing pages, research competitors, branding and moodboards for new product lines -
Art Director
Creative Bees
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
Principal art director creating problem solving, visual concepts and ideation for a variety of clients.
Recent clients:
Pluck Corporation 12/2008 - present
Art Director - Rebranding the company, managing and writing branding guidelines, corporate website design, customer communications, events, and design for all marketing programs.
Carol Ann's Home Assisted Living 01/2009
Art Director - Created branding guidelines, logo design, corporate website design, website development, and content development.
Solarwinds 12/2008
Art Director - Designed digital and print advertising for an international trade show.
Saving Our Planet Engineering Consultants 09/2008
Art Director - Created and managed company branding, designed and developed corporate website on a content management system.
BreakingPoint Systems 09/2008 - 11/2008
Art Director - Designed corporate collateral, customer newsletters, Twitter background design, and landing page development. -
Portrait Artist
Red Tie Studios™
(Partnership; Arts and Crafts industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)
Founding partner of Red Tie Studios™, providing uniquely illustrated portraits. Manages the identity and branding, designed and developed the website and blog, manages advertising campaigns, and all marketing programs. Creates portraits commissioned by clients.
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Illustrator
TinaVaziri.com
(Design industry)
June 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)
Creative conceptual illustrations for books, magazines, editorials, product packaging, posters, identity, and more.
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Graphic Designer
NetQoS, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 2 months)
Managed the corporate brand, identity guidelines, design and production of marketing programs such as; print and online advertisements, design and development of websites, microsites, HTML emails, and landing pages, designed collateral software interfaces, extensive experience designing environmental large format trade show and event graphics. Also managed the creation of custom illustrations, icons, information diagrams and photo editing.
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Junior Art Director
Performance Edge Journal
(Computer Networking industry)
October 2006 — August 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Brand development, managed photo selection and photo editing, created editorial illustrations, designed advertisements, designed the layout, and print production for the publication, as well as the design of promotional and marketing material.
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Product Designer
Pilgrim Imports, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Designed jewelry, gifts, and greeting cards in pre-production, created plans for materials used and methods assembled for factory use. Designed and produced trade show graphics and direct mail pieces for marketing.
Tina Vaziri’s Education
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Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts , Illustration , 2002 — 2006
Graduated with Dean's Honors, concentration in Communication Design
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Tina Vaziri’s Honors:
- Three time 2007 MarCom Awards winner with Platinum, Gold, and Honorable Mention for exceptionally designed campaigns in NetQoS marketing material
- 2007 MarketingSherpa Viral Marketing Hall of Fame, designed and created the video interface and marketing material for the viral campaign "Netcosm"
