Wayne Saunders

About Wayne Saunders

Versatile creative leader passionate about innovative design and delivering solid results.Award-winning* creative professional with progressive experience collaborating with dynamic creative teams and high-profile multi-channel marketing and brand initiatives. Multifaceted expertise in creating memorable visuals to a concept through research, collaboration and innovation. Highly skilled in executing on demanding timelines in rapidly evolving environments and bringing teams together. Heightened passion around brand continuity with broad creative experience with small and large marketing and branding firms, corporate in-house and external agencies.*Honors: International DMA ECHO Award • Gold, Silver and Bronze Admissions Marketing AwardsTechnology: 3D Issue, Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere Pro), Apple Macintosh Platform, Canva, CSS (basic), Constant Contact, DSLR Cameras, Drupal, Flickr, HTML (basic), Mailchimp, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Word), ProWorkflow, SharePoint, SurveyMonkey, Vimeo, Wistia, WordPress and Zoom

Experience

1. Digital Marketing Designer

   AAMC

   Jan 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Designs and produces primarily original graphic design for material to be presented through visual communications media, such as magazines, promotional materials, brochures, catalogs, technical manuals, print advertising, multi-media presentations, and websites. Develops and maintains graphic designs (e.g, art, color themes, photographs, web pages), audio and video to support the organization\'s image, identity and brands. Develops the organization\'s website design and layout. Plays key role in the development of highly visibility design concepts which aim to impact external (customer, member, etc.) impressions and behaviors. Works independently to create, update, implement and model best practices. Leads projects or project steps of varying size and has accountability for ongoing activities related to projects, programs and/or operations. Applies in-depth professional level knowledge to independently solve a full range of complex problems and offers sensible solutions.

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Art, Journalism and Mass Communication, Advertising Sequence

  1994 — 1998

• Miami Ad School Atlanta @ Portfolio Center

  Master’s Level, Art Direction

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Logo Design
• Advertising
• Magazines
• Direct Mail
• Ipad Presentations
• Corporate Identity
• Microsoft Office
• Html
• Annual Reports
• In-House Design
• Websites
• In-House Agencies
• Wordpress
• Creative Direction
• Layout
• Digital Magazines
• Creative Strategy
• Art Direction
• Constant Contact
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Web Design
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Interactive Media
• Digital Marketing
• Magazine Layout Design
• Multi-Channel Marketing
• Css
• Mail Chimp
• Project Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Packaging
• Brochures
• Senior Designer
• Communication
• Photoshop
• Team Leadership
• Email Marketing
• Digital Media
• Interactive Marketing