Elijah P. Meyer
Lighthouse Point, Florida
Lighthouse Point, Florida
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Graphic Designer — Elijah Meyer Design — Lighthouse Point, Florida
September 2005 to Present
September 2005 to Present
Produces best-in-class creative collateral — brochures, direct mail postcards, hand-coded responsive email marketing, iconography, infographics, invitations, logos, print/e-books, and more — for web, e-devices, and print
Provides research and training services to design teams, engaging team members to produce collaborative solutions that streamline production, and improve team cohesion
Clients include Bluegreen Vacations, Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation, DRB Capital, Editing for Authors, Office Depot Corporation, TBC Corporation, and The Wellness Network
GRAPHIC DESIGNER/MARKETING COORDINATOR — Marcus & Millichap — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
September 2012 to September 2017
Managed the visual design, production, and distribution of marketing collateral — landing pages, hand-coded HTML e-blasts, magazine-style brochures, advertising, PowerPoint presentations, site and floor plans, points-of-interest maps, video slideshows, direct mail, and social media assets — for a top-ranked 12-person sales team
Planned and maintained marketing campaigns for over 100 real estate listings per year; harvested lead data and presented weekly marketing updates to executive-level stakeholders
Created branded, fully customized, hand-coded, responsive HTML e-blast templates that can be used and edited seamlessly in Constant Contact’s WYSIWYG editor at all stages by team members who lack HTML coding skills
Reduced project turnaround times and improved the quality and reach of marketing by optimizing communication, design, documentation, research and workflow, while continuously reiterating InDesign and Photoshop templates
Senior Graphic Designer — Write Stuff Books — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
May 2006 to September 2012
Art-directed 12 coffee table books detailing American business history and technology while assisting in the design and production of dozens more
Produced multiple iterations and comps of each book, adjusting layout and approach to meet editorial and client needs throughout the life of each one- to three-year book project
Collected, researched, documented, scanned, photographed, retouched, and color-corrected hundreds of images per book using online sources, physical ephemera, and badly damaged photographic prints
Titles include Healthways: Creating a Healthier World, One Person at a Time; The Legend of Leggett & Platt; Office Depot: Taking Care of Business; and A Symphony of Soloists: The Story of Wakefern and ShopRite
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Graphic Design — Northeastern University— Boston, Massachusetts
September 2000 to September 2005
September 2000 to September 2005
Magna Cum Laude, GPA 3.7
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, Scene7, XD), Constant Contact, Google G Suite, HTML/CSS, ListingLab, Mailchimp, Microsoft Office, Quark XPress, Sigil, Sketch, Wordpress