Human focused design.
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Senior Art Director at Chicago Free Press
- Past
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- Creative Director at The Hyperagency
- Graphic/Web Designer at Full Life Centers
- Web Designer at UrTurn
- Graphic/Web Designer at Little Green Cube
- Education
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- Columbia College
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Vince Lane’s Summary
Motivated professional with experience using the following creative technologies: Adobe Creative Suite 4, including Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop. Extensive proficiency in HTML and CSS, with experience using PHP, MySQL, Javascript. Experienced in deploying e-mail marketing campaigns.
Vince Lane’s Specialties:
Developing cross-browser compatible CSS, designing websites with a high-end design aesthetic and strong user interface design, creating brand identities and marketing collateral.
Vince Lane’s Experience
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Senior Art Director
Chicago Free Press
(Newspapers industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Redesigned print product in 2008 from the ground up. Re-branded the company in 2008 through use of a new logo, corporate color schematics and marketing collateral. Redesigned e-mail marketing campaign in 2008. Redesigned website in 2007. Daily responsibilities include collaborating with Senior Editor to layout weekly printed newspaper, maintain website and e-mail marketing campaign.
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Creative Director
The Hyperagency
(Privately Held; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
May 2009 — September 2009 (5 months)
Freelance basis. The Hyperagency is a new startup, and required an identity designed from the ground up. Logo design, corporate graphic standards manual, business cards, letterhead, web design and development, marketing collateral, book cover—all designed to convey an uplifting, contemporary aesthetic.
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Graphic/Web Designer
Full Life Centers
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
October 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Ongoing freelance basis, brand enhancement through print and internet media, print marketing campaign which has run in numerous publications including CS, Chicago Magazine, Time Out Chicago.
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Web Designer
UrTurn
(Internet industry)
October 2007 — June 2008 (9 months)
Freelance basis. Built company identity through logo and color schematics, user-interface optimization, extensive use of Cascading Style Sheets for a standards-compliant cross browser compatible website.
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Graphic/Web Designer
Little Green Cube
(Internet industry)
June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Website design and layout with heavy use of Cascading Style Sheets in order to build standards-compliant cross-browser compatible websites, branding and identity, MySQL database management, implementation of various open source content management systems, including Drupal.
Vince Lane’s Education
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Columbia College
B.F.A. , Advertising Art Direction , 2008 — 2011 (expected)
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Vince Lane’s Interests:
user interface design, graphic design, product design, technology, cars, running, cycling, swimming, weight training, marathons, triathlons, football, skiing
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