EXPERIENCE

 

Guaranty Bank & Trust Company – Cedar Rapids, IA (working remotely)

Marketing Coordinator / Graphic Designer – Mar 2015 to Present

• Provides graphic / website design and photography services for all branches via social media, website, in-branch, and direct mail

• Cultivates community presence / coordinates events

• Creates, delivers, edits, and optimizes marketing campaigns and supporting materials, ensuring that messages are supportive of, and consistent with, marketing strategies

• Improves communication efficiencies within the bank

• Provides administrative support, including equipment maintenance and supply organization / space planning

• Works as liaison between bank and external vendors / sponsored organizations

 

Heather Hosford Design

Freelance Design, Photography, and Applied Arts – February 2007 to Present

• Provided graphic design for Copycat Print Shop (Wilmington, NC), Global Home Inventory (Cedar Rapids, IA), Kitchen Instinct (Marion, IA), Family Clinic of La Romana (La Romana, Dominican Republic), Elite Photography (Marion, IA), Edulis Edible Landscaping (Santa Barbara, CA), La Sartén Buffet (La Romana, Dominican Republic), Graber Customs / Graber Repair (Washington, IA), “Benefish” Non-Profit Organization (Gloucester, MA), Covenant Christian School (Beverly, MA), Mount Vernon Advisors (Woburn, MA), Schooner Adventure (Gloucester, MA), Nnenna Freelon - Grammy-Nominated Jazz Vocalist

• Created websites for Coberly Chiropractic (Cedar Rapids, IA), Lincoln Architects, LLC. (Winchester, MA)

• Illustrated “Lost Soles: How and Why Shoes Get Lost” Malone-Ballard Publishers (Lansing, IA) and several short stories created by residents of Cedar Manor Nursing Home (Tipton, IA)

• Performed as sculpture architect / team co-captain of the Children's Miracle Network / Dance Marathon “Sand in the City” sand sculpture competition (Iowa City, IA) - Awarded 2nd Place

• Consulted on software / Online Public Access Catalog for the Lisbon History and Culture Center (Lisbon, IA)

 

Nordstrom Direct – Cedar Rapids, IA

Inventory Integrity Processor at Fulfillment Center – Oct 2014 to Mar 2015

• Partnered with all areas of production to ensure system and physical inventories remained in sync

• Improved product flow to boost customer service by identifying and correcting inventory discrepancies before they impacted normal operations

• Contributed to overall team efficiency by focusing on time management and creative problem-solving

 

Peace Corps – Dominican Republic

Education / Information Technology Specialist – Feb 2012 to August 2014

Family Clinic of La Romana, La Romana (Non-Governmental Organization)

• Provided graphic design services, computer classes, space planning, and administrative support

• Painted two large inspirational wall murals and signage in various areas of the clinic

• Provided graphic design / photography for Camp Hope & Joy, a 2-week summer camp for children/adolescents with HIV; attended for two years and painted a large mural and several banners at the retreat centers

Crecencio Castaño School (K-8), El Mango

• Taught child and adult literacy, English, and art, including the creation of specialized didactic materials (educational games, writing worksheets, literacy evaluation tools)

• Organized and maintained the school’s library, including cataloging books and translating books into Spanish

• Provided administrative / technical support / training to teachers and community members

Peace Corps Initiatives

• Created graphic designs for more than 12 different Peace Corps initiatives

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University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) – Iowa City, IA

Design Artist II – May 2008 to Jan 2012

• Provided graphic / website design, photography, museum display design, audio-visual support, administrative support

• Performed as lead developer for the hospital's digital monitor initiative, providing information advertisements, way finding, event information (static and animated) to employees and patients

• Participated in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration of Human Rights, University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, Iowa Lions Eye Bank, Iowa Donor Network, Donate Life Month Committees

 

Lisbon-Mt. Vernon Ambulance Service – Mt. Vernon, IA

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Volunteer – Jun 2011-Feb 2012

• Used current medical techniques during lifesaving missions

• Designed team’s logo / t-shirt graphics for Komen for the Cure breast cancer awareness walk

 

Mount Vernon Group Architects, Inc./Xavier Millennium Productions (Music CDs) – Woburn, MA

Graphic Designer – Jan 2001-Jun 2006

• Provided graphic / website / architectural design services, photography, technical / administrative support, event coordination

 

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

 

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Best Corporate T-shirt Design Award for Guaranty Bank Team – June 2017

Peace Corps “Collaborator of the Month” Award for Camp Hope & Joy support – Sept 2013

UIHC “Making a Difference” Award for Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) support – 2011

Iowa Donor Network “Everyday Hero” Award for raising donation awareness – 2010

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EDUCATION

 

Kirkwood Community College – Cedar Rapids, IA

Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) Course – Jan to May 2011

• 120 classroom hours and 24 emergency room clinical hours / National Certification (NREMT) - June 2011

 

Pratt Institute – Brooklyn, NY

Bachelor of Industrial Design (BID) – Sept 1994 to May 1998

• Graduated with Highest Honors, GPA: 3.75

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS - PC / MAC OPERATING SYSTEMS

 

InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Concrete 5, Flash, Media Encoder, PageMaker, Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite, Dreamweaver, basic html5/CSS editing, Wordpress, QuarkXpress, 20-20 Technologies Interior Design, Visix Technologies AxisTV software, audio-visual support: equipment / software training and manuals, WPM: 62

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ART & DESIGN PROFICIENCY

 

Graphic / Website Design:

Brochures, posters, fliers, banners, ads, invitations, table tents, postcards, announcements, animations, way finding, logotype / corporate identity, media packaging, production specification / coordination, PowerPoint presentations, website design, training, maintenance

 

Kitchen / Interior / Exhibit / Architectural Design:

Computer renderings, construction / ADA signage, model making, material / color selection, space planning, customer service / quoting

 

Photography:

Image editing, digital restoration

 

Applied Arts:

Ceramics, soap-making, illustration, metalworking, sculpture, carving, origami, fused glass, woodworking, mosaics, sewing, printmaking, glassblowing

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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

 

• Spanish (advanced)