Mare Downs

609-468-6078
Hamilton Square, NJ

mare.downs@icloud.com ~ Mare Downs is a seasoned Art Director, Graphic Design Professional and Illustrator with over 28+ years of creative design work in several facets of visual communication. While working on staff at The Seibel Group, a creative print solutions company, she has brought brand identity through print production to the healthcare (Capital Health Foundation), financial (Penn Mutual Insurance Company), academic (Princeton University, The Lawrenceville School, The Peddie School), global energy (The Hess Corporation) and many other businesses. Mare has extensive background in design that encompasses the conceptual beginning through the final stages of print production to make all designed materials come to life. Expertise in logo design, print promotional materials, web graphics, interactive forms that all come together utilizing current Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat Pro, Bridge), QuarkXPress and Microsoft Office software. Additional skills: Photoshop manipulations, photo restoration, animated gifs, murals and greeting cards. She is also responsible and actively involved for social media connections through Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter for The Seibel Group. Her freelance illustration whimsical style has also been seen in many logos, spot illustrations, brochures and flyers. Her profile can be found on ~ www.linkedin.com/in/maredowns ~~~ Mare can create visual solutions that will make a difference.

Skills

• Advertising
• Art Direction
• Branding
• Cartooning
• Character Design
• Drawing Illustration
• Graphic Design
• Packaging
• Print Design

Links

• Linkedin