Gary Taylor
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A seasoned marketing and design professional with years of experience, looking for the next great adventure. I possess a wide range of skills covering many disciplines including; brand management, advertising, public relations, market analysis, competitive analysis, creative direction, photography, trade show management, web authoring, email marketing and media management. On my best day, I was a Marketing Manager where I led the complex, multi-channel marketing efforts for an international company with annual sales of $175 million.

Employment

Marketing Manager
Guard-All Building Solutions
May 2011 – Current (4 months)

Hired on as the Marketing Manager for the young company to direct their multi-layered Business-to-Business marketing efforts. Within the first two months I established a new brand and website followed quickly by email and Google ad campaigns. Considerable refurbishment and travel have gone into supporting tradeshows, a major sales lead focus for the company. Responsibilities include brand management, advertising, public relations, market analysis, competitive analysis, creative direction, 3D modeling, electronic communication, tradeshow management and media management. Have worked extensively with their dealer network to build a strong co-operative bond between the organizations to promote dealer loyalty.

Independent Creative Advertising and Design
December 2010 – May 2011 (6 months)

After a layoff from the International Architectural Group I kept busy performing contract Creative Advertising and Design work while I searched for the next long term career oriented move. Some of the clients I did work for during this period: United States Aluminum, Continental Group, Inova IT Consulting and the Waxahachie Indians baseball club.

Marketing Manager
International Architectural Group (United States Aluminum & RACO Interior Products)
December 2005 – December 2010 (5 years 1 month)

As the Marketing Manager for United States Aluminum I reported directly to the Executive Vice-President of the company. Responsibilities included brand management, advertising, public relations, market analysis, competitive analysis, product placement, creative direction, electronic communication and media management. Over time I would assume marketing responsibilities for RACO Interior Products a corporate counterpart within the same corporation with a similar product yet distinctly different market approach. A tremendous benefit provided was the ability to handle all creative conceptual work, market analysis, trade show management, graphic design, web design and maintenance, search optimization, photography and print procurement all of which were previously outsourced costs. The following is a list of accomplishments with International Architectural Group:

200 Singleton Dr
Waxahachie, TX 75165
Phone: 972-937-9651
www.usalum.com
www.racointeriors.com

Professional Reference
"While I was Executive Vice President at IAG, I promoted Gary to Marketing Manager after observing how much energy and initiative he put into his work running our marketing department. His talent spans the creative work of running our web site, creating our print and web presence, running the national trade shows, managing the press and developing our technical documents. Gary worked well independently and was a great counsel on all things-marketing. I hope to be able to work with him again." December 15, 2010
Jim Cenname, BS, MS, Executive Vice President, International Aluminum Corp. (IAG)

Professional Reference
"Gary is an outstanding individual that is a true professional. He always went the extra distance in marketing to keep the sales force and company ahead of the game. Gary is knowledgeable, intelligent, frank, hard working, sincere and an asset to any company that has the priviledge of hiring him." December 21, 2010
Drew Scott, Architectural Sales Representative at United States Aluminum

Independent Creative Advertising and Design
November 2002 – December 2005 (3 years 2 months)

Worked as an Independent Creative Advertising and Design professional for a number of clients in the advertising and creative industries. A considerable amount of this time was spent with Primary Color in Dallas, TX supporting campaigns for the likes of Blockbuster Video and the Dallas Stars. Worked with Executive Press in Richardson, TX providing technical guidance in linearizing their print production workflow, web development capabilities and collaboration with their creative team on accounts such as the City of Garland, the Home Builders Association and a number of custom home building companies. Worked as an independent contractor for Zales Corporation in Irving, TX where I specialized in retouching their jewelry photography.

Prepress Supervisor
Harper House
August 1999 – November 2002 (3 years 4 months)

Worked at Harper House as a Production Artist, and was later promoted to the Prepress Supervisor position. Responsibilities included layout of text and artwork, high-end color correction and technical preparation for publishing; along with scheduling and supervision of the prepress department. Introduced the use of AppleScript, the Mac platform scripting language, to script tedious and/or repetitive tasks - saving thousands of keystrokes while mitigating the onset of carpal tunnel in fellow employees.

Contact: George Brian (PreMedia Operations Manager)
1945 West Walnut Hill Lane
Irving, Texas 75038
Phone: 214-744-4646
www.harperhouse.com

Professional Reference
"I had the pleasure of working with Gary Taylor at Harper House for over three years. I still see him occasionally as we have collaborated on some recent work projects. Gary demonstrated strong layout, design and technical abilities while at Harper House. He quickly proved himself to be one of my top operators and was promoted to First Shift Lead Mac Operator. Gary Taylor has a strong work ethic, is intelligent, responsive and is cool under fire with a diverse mastery of many skills. He will be a strong asset to any organization as he will quickly earn the respect of his coworkers by demonstrating his can do attitude through example and leadership."
George Brian, PreMedia Operations Manager, Harper House

Instructor
Brookhaven College
August 2001 – December 2001 (1 semester)

As an instructor at Brookhaven College, I taught morning classes in Object Oriented Computer Graphics for the Visual Communications department. The course began with an analysis of computer graphics history, present and future, computer architecture and theory, before moving on to an in-depth curriculum based around Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash and their use in both the publishing and web industries.

3939 Valley View Lane
Dallas, TX 75244-4997
Phone: 972-860-4700
www.brookhavencollege.edu

Art Director
Headliners Imaging
September 1994 – August 1999 (4 years 11 months)

Headliners Imaging, an old school typographical composting shop that evolved into a full service agency before it met it's untimely demise. As an Art Director at Headliners I worked with the advertising team responsible for executing marketing campaigns, following implemented campaign and graphics standards for clients like TAG Heuer, Canadian Airlines, Future Shop and partnering with Zaxxis Publications on President's Choice Magazine for Loblaws.

Contact: Brian Dunsmoor (Owner)
205-510 Front St W
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 3H3

Senior Graphic Artist
Goody Colour Separation
January 1992 – September 1994 (2 years 9 months)

Started as a Junior Graphic Artist for the Hong Kong-based company, quickly promoted to a Senior Graphic Artist position. Typically worked the most intricate projects and a large portion of the workload while supervising four Junior Graphic Artists in various tasks such as; design, layout, copy editing, color correction, troubleshooting, imposition and film output.

Contact: Billy Yip (Owner)
415 Matheson Blvd E
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4Z 2H2

Senior Graphic Artist
Lowe Graphics
June 1991 – January 1992 (8 months)

Brought in to make a smooth transition from traditional art production (paste up, line cameras) to a desktop publishing workflow. Helped management evaluate, acquire and install their first prepress systems during the neolithic period of desktop publishing history. Customized their workflow to meet the unique needs of a Flexographic printing company, specifically speaking, adjusted vertical artwork distortion to compensate for cylinder/plate thicknesses and developed a negative trapping routine.

Contact: Peter Lowe (Owner)
5-160 Matheson Blvd E
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4Z 1V4

Education

Mohawk College
Advertising & Graphic Design
1989-1991

At Mohawk College I divided my studies between the Advertising and Graphic Design programs. Their program provided a solid foundation in integrated marketing communications including advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and public relations.

411 Elgin Street
Brantford, Ontario, Canada N3T 5V2
www.mohawkcollege.ca