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Graphic Design / Multimedia
  • Album/CD/DVD Design
  • Banner Ad Design
  • Brochure Design
  • Business Card Design
  • Business Document Design
  • Digital Illustration
  • Flash Design
  • Logo Design
  • Other Graphic Design
  • Other Multimedia
  • Package Design
  • Page/Book/Magazine Layout
  • Photo Editing/Retouching
  • Poster/Billboard Design
  • Presentation Design
  • Print Ad Design
  • Website Ad Design
  • Website Design
Skill Expertise
Adobe Photoshop
 10.0
Adobe Illustrator
 10.0
Adobe InDesign
 10.0
Adobe Dreamweaver
 10.0
Adobe Flash
 10.0
QuarkXPress
 10.0
Microsoft Word
 10.0
Apple Keynote
 10.0
Microsoft PowerPoint
 10.0
Digital and Traditional Photography
 10.0
Skill Rating:
 10.0
10 skills
Service Rating:
 8.3
5 reviews
Location: Cincinnati, OH  United States
Work Onsite: Yes
Experience: Over 20 years
Employees: 2 - 5
Minimum Rate: $60 / hour
Service Description:
I am an award-winning Art Director, Designer, Photographer, Illustrator and Educator who has worked in corporate, publication, and advertising agencies for eighteen years. My specialty is publication design, book and magazine design, and children's book design. My work has been shown regionally and nationally, and I have judged academic and advertising design competitions across the country. My design work places conceptual emphasis on the aesthetic beauty and importance of typography within the vast realm of visual communication. My current design portfolio is a diverse collection of print collateral, digital design, web and multimedia projects.

I possess excellent communication skills, conceptualization ability, and have many years of experience in art directing both photography and video. I work very closely with my clients in order to provide the best possible design, illustration and photography for my clients' various project needs.

I work in a large variety of media. I use a combination of traditional media such as pencil, colored pencil, ink watercolor and often my own traditional and digital photography to create custom designs and illustrations that have a unique and dynamic style. I often scan these hand-drawn elements in, and add them into my work to add emphasis and beauty to her digital design pieces. My work ranges from clean, corporate identities to richly layered, evocative print, web and multimedia pieces. I have always been inspired by the concept of montage, and  frequently combine and overlap multiple images with transparencies to create dynamic layouts.

I am currently teaching courses in the Graphic Design Program at the Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati. I have taught graphic design and photography courses at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH and Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. I designed, developed and taught courses in the Communication Arts Program at Lees-McRae College. In 2004, I also created the new Photography Program for Xavier University, while teaching both photography and graphic design courses full-time as an Assistant Professor. If you wish to view additional samples of work in my Illustration and Photography portfolio, please go to www.kimhowes.com and click on the appropriate QuickTime movie on the portal page.
Industry Experience:
Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Non-profit, Social Sector, Retail, Wholesale, Education, Media, Advertising, Publishing, Entertainment
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