DAVID STEVENS

San Ramon, CA 94582
Phone: 925.380.6011 | Mobile: 650.291.2055
Email: dave.stevens@comcast.net
Website: https://djohan-stevens.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dave Stevens is an art director and senior designer with over 20 years of experience in the graphic design industry. He has specialized as a presentation and web designer for many of the top companies in the world, including Adobe, Intel, Apple, Cisco, Dell, Sun Microsystems, Charles Schwab and Visa, often at the executive/C-suite level. Previously he has held positions as marketing manager at Edgile and was both a co-founder and art director at Bluewave Communications, a Bay Area presentation design company. Dave has a unique blend of leadership skills and hands-on experience, adept at seeing projects through from initial concept to finished product, leading design teams, maintaining brand guidelines and exceeding client expectations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Presentation and Web Design Contractor — Edgile, Nutanix, Schedule Express, etc. – Bay Area, California – 6/17-Present
Graphics contractor for high-tech companies in the Bay Area and smaller graphics companies and start-ups in the East Bay.

• Worked with various groups within the organizations to create presentations, print and web graphics
• Managed multiple projects simultaneously – across different groups and companies
• Flexibility to work onsite, remotely or at events
• Emphasis always on quality design and exceeding client expectations

Marketing and Web Content Manager — Edgile, LLC — San Jose, California — 3/09-6/17
Edgile services focus on identity management, data protection and strong authentication strategies that address critical compliance, protection and security demands.

• Re-designed entire Edgile brand and extended new look-and-feel to all marketing materials and corporate identity including logo refresh, website, stationary, business cards, presentations, whitepapers and other collateral
• Designed and maintained the new Edgile Marketing Resource Center to organize and archive all marketing resources
• Created and updated Edgile marketing materials, PowerPoint presentations, whitepapers, technical documents, etc.
• Managed a virtual design team of graphic designers, web developers and copywriters
• Developed marketing plan with help of PR agency involving press releases, feature stories, search engine optimization
• Created and maintained social media including corporate blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube

Senior Web Designer — Sun Microsystems, Inc. — Santa Clara, California — 10/07-9/08
Lead designer for Sun Microsystems Worldwide Marketing and Sales portals.

• Maintained and evolved MyMarketing and MySales website design and content, consistent with Sun Brand guidelines
• Worked with Marketing and Sales management teams to create site strategies, improve usability and track metrics
• Managed multiple projects, worked with Marketing and Sales groups to create new sub-sections, update existing content
• Worked with publishing and content teams to assure quality and consistency throughout the site (Brand police)
• Documented TeamSite, HTML, Dreamweaver and Photoshop best practices and maintained MyMarketing Style Guide for team consistency and collaboration
• Designed rotating Feature Story banner and banner ad system for MyMarketing home page
• Developed MySales banner system to distinguish different sections of site, reinforced through e-newsletter banners
• Managed the distribution of monthly Sun Good News, announced simultaneously through e-newsletters, Sun.com, MyMarketing, MySales and Partner sites

Presentation and Web Design Contractor — Sun Microsystems, Adobe, BEA, etc. — Silicon Valley, California — 8/00-10/07
Graphics contractor for high-tech companies in Silicon Valley and smaller graphics companies in the Bay Area.
Worked with various groups within the organizations to create presentation, print and web graphics
Managed multiple project simultaneously — across different groups and companies
Flexibility to work onsite, remotely or at events
Emphasis always on quality design and exceeding client expectations

Art Director — BlueWave Communications — San Francisco, California — 8/97-8/00
One of four original partners to form BlueWave Communications, a graphic design company. Clients included Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Intel, Charles Schwab, Visa and Clorox.
Designed and created multimedia presentations, information graphics, websites, print, corporate ID, etc.
Provided creative/art direction for designers and contractors, set quality guidelines and standards for the art department
Led onsite teams to create consistent graphics and manage event presentations
Created and maintained brand / style guides for multiple clients

Senior Designer — Proforma Interactive — San Francisco, California — 8/95-8/97
Proforma specialized in on-screen multimedia presentations. Clients included Apple Computer and Sun Microsystems.

Art Instructor — Ohlone College — Fremont, California — 1/91-5/95
Developed and taught courses in multimedia, computer animation, computer graphics and graphic design.

Computer Graphics Artist and Trainer — Chartmasters — San Francisco, California — 6/88-8/95
Chartmasters was a leader in presentation graphics for more than 30 years.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

EDUCATION

• M.F.A. University of Wyoming – Laramie, Wyoming
• B.F.A. Millikin University – Decatur, Illinois