The Resume

Jim Parmenter

parm@disentangledweb.com
Cape Neddick, ME 03902

207.332.8276
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SUMMARY:

A professional Graphic Designer with a creative focus designing sites and presentations for clients ranging from startups to non-profits to SMBs and Fortune 500 companies. A service focused, deadline driven professional with strong interpersonal and interdepartmental skills. Able to create customer centric sites and presentations that deliver the content users need, on the screens they use, for the results the organization wants.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

  • Web design | Presentation design | Design guides
  • Art direction | Responsive design | UX production
  • Cartooning | Illustration | Storyboards
  • Adobe CS | MS Office | PC, Mac, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

2004 – PRESENT

Web | Presentation | Consulting | Cartooning
Consult with clients to design effective web, mobile and presentation communications that connect with their target audience, using the right tools responsive to their needs.

  • Directed, designed, managed and built websites for a range of clients on time within budget.
  • Designed UI and UX for web, mobile and responsive sites, with the styles, patterns and guides to support future production.
  • Consulted on content, designed and built clear and effective presentations for a range of audiences and uses.
  • Created cartoons and illustration for publications, presentations, promotions, video and web.

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR

2014 – PRESENT

Dalia Dances at the Zoo
Author and Illustrator of children's books. Latest published work "Dahlia Dances at the Zoo: Trunks Toes and Amazing Feets"

BLOGGER/CARTOONIST

2015 – PRESENT

DISENTANGLEDweb.com
Blogger and creator of “Mo & Mo en Route”. A social/political blog and cartoon about Mosley G.H. (ground hog) and Mo-Lee Mullvad (mole) on a search, looking for answers, trying to find out where this makes sense, and asking “No really, why?”

CHESTNUT HILL BENEVOLENT ASSOC.

2019 – 2021

Contract Web Specialist | Graphic Designer
Consult with marketing and management to produce the most effective graphics and designs for promoting their messages and communications.

  • Design, create and maintain web assets for the CHBA websites, emails and updates.
  • Graphic design and creation of print collateral and promotional items.
  • Consult and interface with marketing, management and vendors on design direction and production.

HEWLETT-PACKARD,
PALO ALTO, CA

2001 – 2014

UX Producer
HP Global Marketing UX Group (2012 – 2014)
Created, maintained and tested UX standards, guides and patterns for the HP.com.

  • Actively collaborated in the creation and deployment of the Enterprise Software Web Style Guide. The guide using an app store model, resulted in increased traffic, greater downloads and Q1 leads worth $46M.
  • Created a web pattern library workflow. Resulted in improved tracking, timely updates,
    team coordination and a consistent user web experience.
  • Worked with the social media groups to create effective ads and promotions that drove traffic to events and offers, while keeping a strong and consistent brand presence.
  • Managed the HP.com Pattern Library and Web Style Guides. Met pattern accessibility standards to comply with government requirements. Applied responsive behaviors to evolve and improve the site user experience.

Web Designer Manager
HP Enterprise Web Global Marketing (2008 – 2012)
Designed and directed graphic content and templates for HP.com/go/enterprise.

  • Managed, created and designed templates, guides and graphics for a site wide re-brand. Resulted in a new look and feel, an improved user experience, all delivered on time.
  • Received Rock-star Award for the Clean Sheet Project, given for the most outstanding achievement by a team in marketing communications during the quarter.
  • With a tight turn-around, created design and graphics for a mobile app interface for an HP event. The app provided attendees with an easier way to connect to social media and to what was happening at the event.
  • Received Rock-star Award for the HP Connect Mobile App, given for the most outstanding individual achievement in marketing communications during the quarter.
  • Created, updated and managed all graphics for HP Enterprise sites, including social sites, ads and presentations. Aligned all properties to leverage the HP Brand and standards.

Web Designer
HP Enterprise Web Team (2004 – 2008)
Designed and directed the graphic content for HP.com/go/enterprise.

  • Over a couple of iterations, designed, created and managed templates and graphics to implement, a new look and feel and brand across the enterprise sites. Resulted in a new brand look, a consistent user experience for all enterprise pages.
  • Managed, maintained and created the graphics for HP Enterprise external facing pages, internal pages, presentations, ads and social pages. Resulting in a unified HP Brand across the Enterprise site, with a cohesive and improved user interface.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

  • Creative/Web Designer
  • Contract Web Designer
  • Agency Graphic Designer/Director
  • Corporate Senior Graphic Designer
  • Agency Art Director

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

  • B.A. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI: Liberal Arts, graduated with Honors
  • Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA: Advertising Art
  • Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, AZ

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