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Ozman Trad
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 | 909.614.3215

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 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

•       As a Senior Graphic Designer, I liaised between clients, upper management, and the marketing team members. Working as a team in a positive, wholesome work environment we achieved client satisfaction and high engagement rates by creating positive brand awareness with successful, intuitive, engaging, and brand-consistent marketing campaigns.

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Graphic Designer                                                                                                                                                      01/2023 – Current

Ozman Trad Graphic Design, Rancho Cucamonga, CA                                                                                                            10/2016 – 01/2018

•       Accomplishments: Achieved expansion goals for various clients by consulting, designing, and
creating brand logos, brochures, and other graphic design materials per client’s needs.

•       Services: Digital – Front-end Web Design, Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Digital Banners with Animation.

•       Video – Design, Concept, Execution, Graphics, Typography, Sound, Music, Effects, Editing, Production.
Print – Advertising Concepts and Design, Brochure Design, Logo Design, Poster Design, Packaging Design, Business Card Design, Stationery Package Design, Presentation Folder Design, Billboard Design, Theater Ad Slide Design, Trade Show Signage and Booth Design, Decal Design, T-shirt Design, Vehicle Wrap Design, and Typography.

•       Software – Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Acrobat Pro. Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint

•       Key Clients: Westin Automotive (7 months before full-time hire), Welenco Water Well Technology, Rugged Rocks Off Road, Arc N Spark Welding, Dulcinea Farms, Applied Insights LLC, Pomona Pediatrics Medical Group, Meridian Group LTD, Janet Larrick Hair, Abiqua's Acoustic Café, American Finance House, Folk Music Center and Museum, Michael Schaffer Photography, Some Crust Bakery, Benjamin Fay Construction, Champipple Rock Band, New Horizon School, Racha Daboussi Real Estate, Pacific Surveys LLC, Desert Pineapple Clothing, Matt Furmanski, Moroccan Treasures Boutique, Shingleton Violas, Rainbow Serpent Boutique, Colour Concepts Printing.

Senior Graphic Designer                                                                                                                                                              01/2018 – 01/2023

Westin Automotive, San Dimas, CA                                                                                                                                                     

•       In a team environment created impactful, concise, and articulate marketing materials designed to reflect current trends and typography with minimal body copy; leveraged marketing expertise to accentuate the material.

•       Produced key artwork and booth designs for the annual SEMA shows, implementing design and typography for new product catalogs, collateral layouts, vehicle wraps, vehicle signage, floor graphics, oversized booth panels, and image retouching and manipulation under tight deadlines.

•       Improved sales by designing an engaging 20-page new product brochure, which resulted in increased printing run to fulfill sales team demand.

•       Developed catalogs, websites, and supporting marketing collateral for Interior and exterior after-market upgrades to police
and emergency vehicles, consisting of prisoner partitions, door guards, push bumpers, prisoner seats, electronic boxes,
and partitions.

•       Conceptualized and designed engaging and brand-consistent headlines, images, and layouts for consumer sales
promotional materials.

•       Performed image manipulation and retouching on products without labeling to create realistic finished product images.

Marketing Graphics Designer                                                                                                                                                            8/2012 – 10/2016

Gale Banks Engineering (Banks Power), Azusa, CA

•       In a team environment, conceptualized and designed print advertisements, illustrations, HR literature, catalog page layouts, sell sheets, signage, new product releases, packaging design and production, and Image manipulation and retouching.

•       Improved the Click-through Rate (CTR) from 0.01% to 2% by designing engaging animated digital website banners.

EDUCATION

Associate of Arts, General Education/Studio Arts                                                                                                                      8/1986 – 3/1992

Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

•       Focus: Studio Arts, 2-Dimensional Design, Photography, and Illustration

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS/VOLUNTEER WORK

•       Chaffey College Dean’s List                                                                                                                                                   Fall 1989

•       Chaffey College Excellence in Two-Dimensional Graphic Design Award                                                                 Spring 1990

•       Selected as a featured artist in the Chaffey College Student Art Invitational                                                         Summer 1990

•       Meals on Wheels, Delivery Driver                                                                                                                                       02/2004 – 03/2006

TESTIMONIALS

•       William Bergman/Director of Marketing, Gale Banks Engineering

“I have had the honor of working with Oz on many different occasions. He is a highly skilled artist who is dedicated to his craft. I've enjoyed working with him and collaborating on many projects. He is a great asset to have as a member of any creative group, whether working on a project with the entire team or cutting loose to do his own thing. I look forward to one day working side-by-side with him again in the future.”

•       Matt Goldthwaite/Senior Vice President, Cafe Valley, Inc.

“Oz is a highly driven, results-oriented, graphic artist in every sense of the word. He truly is extremely talented with a computer. He is a genuinely nice guy who is very easy to work with and cherished as a huge asset by his clients. I have had the opportunity to work with Oz at different companies with completely different objectives. Oz’s versatility allowed him to nail it every time while raising the bar beyond our expectations. I would hire him again in a heartbeat and I wholeheartedly endorse Oz’s work, his work ethic, and the incredible value he adds to any company he works with.”

•       Jon Apogee/CEO, JA Global Marketing Solutions

“Creativity, automotive knowledge, and work ethic are the three main points that describe Oz. Working with him at Banks Power, he managed to juggle a tremendous number of projects and always was ahead of the curve regarding the marketing aspect of each one of them. He inspired and directed his team and made all of us look further down the road for the betterment of each project. I'd recommend Oz to someone looking for unique and extraordinary results.”

•       Melinda Robbins, Director of Marketing, President, Benham Advertising

“Oz was an excellent employee who was dedicated to doing an "A +" job for Benham's clients. Oz provided strong creative design as well as final artwork computer-generated production. Our clients and staff enjoyed working with him. He is an asset to any company.”