About Kim Sheffield
I enjoy group collaborations, watching ideas grow and evolving my skills with every new solution. I take great pride in the quality of each design.
Software and Platform Experience:
InDesign | Photoshop | Illustrator | WordPress | Acrobat Pro | Word | Power Point | Excel | Keynote | Numbers | Pages | QuarkXPress | Dreamweaver | WooCommerce | DotNetNuke | Shopify | BLOX CMS | Squarespace | GetResponse | Constant Contact | Mailchimp | Emma | Google Business | Dreamhost | GoDaddy | HostGator | Managed | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | LinkedIn
Work Experience:
Southern Exposure Magazine / Williamson Herald
4 years – Freelance
Art Director / Graphic Designer
Design and creation of cover and all inside pages of the Southern Exposure Magazine. Publish all magazine stories on southernexposuremagazine.com. Design of tab sections for the Williamson Herald celebrating special events.
Pomeroy Marketing
Full Service Agency
15 years 6 months – Full-time
Art Director / Graphic Designer
Creation and production of logos, web sites, social media, books, brochures, promotional items, still video graphics, truck wraps, paper boxes, billboards, trade show displays, business cards, any item requested by the client.
Maintained clients through emails, phone and in-person meetings.
The Tennessean, a Gannett Company
Daily News Paper
14 years
Graphic Designer / Layout
Design of advertising and marketing pieces. Layout and design of special feature sections. Pagination of classified and news sections Calculated editorial and advertising space according to budget.
Advertising Services Coordinator
Coordinated a department of ten employees creating ads and placing news content. Worked closely with advertising sales and editorial to meet a daily deadline.
Reference:
“Kim Sheffield is the kind of graphic design professional you want working for you. She has a great sense of style, composition, and context giving her a strong understanding of what makes for compelling graphic communication. She has a broad knowledge and deep understanding of typography and layout and specifications across the spectrum of digital and traditional formats. Furthermore she is a production machine with a pragmatic, experienced, highly effective approach to mastering complex production processes and bridging the gaps that often appear between client desires and production necessities.
She is highly talented, highly productive, refreshingly creative and a true professional.”
— Randall Pomeroy, Owner of Pomeroy Marketing