Jason Cummings

Designer · Illustrator · Photo Retouching · Print Production · Brand Visualization

jasonrcummings@gmail.com 912-596-4365

Core Competencies:

Graphic design, illustration, art direction, production art, photo retouching, digital marketing, conceptual design, corporate branding and identity, package design, animation, POP display design, trade show graphics, apparel design, vector art, logo design, sketching and traditional art, brand visualization, event promotion, creative direction, storyboarding, character design, digital marketing.

Experience:

January 2019 – July 2023

Photo Compositor/Renderer, Mohawk Industries (Calhoun, GA)

• Post-production editing on marketing campaign imagery

• Rendering digital room scenes in Photoshop to show composited flooring, products, rendering light and shadow, adding/removing scene objects

May 2017 – January 2019

Sr. Graphic Designer, RR Donnelley for Home Depot (Atlanta, GA)

• Graphic design and production for the Visual On-Shelf Merchandise dept

• Concept design on various internal signage and promo projects

• Lead-designer on Halloween 2018 Seasonal project

Feb 2015 – May 2017

Freelance Designer and Production Artist (Metro Atlanta)

• Art Direction, illustration, and graphic design for Highpoint Graphics and Full Blast Disc Golf

• Contract production artist for Big Red Rooster on Rheem, Shoprite, FIS accts doing packaging, and POS graphics

• Production art on 2017 Spring Campaign for RR Donnelley/Home Depot

• Contract photo retouching on catalogs and retail POP images for OneKreate and Quadras for Mudpie and Walmart catalog accounts

• Contract graphic design for Cox Communications HR projects

 Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

Graphic Production Manager, Compass Collective (Atlanta, GA)

• Did preflight and quality-control on large-format printed graphics for trade show exhibits costing 100’s of thousands of dollars.

• Managed multiple print jobs simultaneously

• Clients included AutoTrader, John Deere, CSE, Satcom Direct, Jet Aviation

Sept 2010 - May 2014

Production Shop Manager, Ubique Group (Canton, GA)

• Supervised department (5 Employees) that produced custom personalized furniture with logos, names, etc

• Trained employees in graphic production, vinyl application, graphic design, embroidery digitizing, embroidery production, and Adobe Creative Suite

• Coordinated production of items totaling over $750K in revenue per year

• 3D modeled and textured virtual items for B2C ecommerce

• Conceptualized and executed design and production for various print projects and trade shows

• Feb 2007- Oct 2009

Graphic Designer, Access TCA. (Duluth, GA)

• Designed, produced and installed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of various signage and graphics with corporate branding for trade show campaigns, with clients such as Yamaha, Nokia, Wachovia, Novo Nordisk, Comdata, and Timex

Education

• BFA – animation, Savannah College of Art and Design 2005

• AS – graphic design, Monroe County Community College 2002

Software

• Adobe CC, Procreate, MAYA, Sketchup, Workfront, Basecamp, MS Office