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This is my portfolio and resume piece that I can easily show and send to prospective employers and freelance clients. I am currently searching for a full-time graphic design/art position in the Triangle area of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill), Washington D.C. and surrounding metro area or Florida. Feel free to contact me via E-mail at [email protected].
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ANTOINE DUSHUNREID
Antoine Dushun Reid
1212 Green Street
Durham, N.C. 27701
(P) 919.215.0764
www.antoinereid.com/contact.html
GRAPHIC ARTIST, DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR
Resume and Design Samples
The images enclosed are the property of
Antoine Reid. Please do not use or redistribute
without written or expressed consent.
ANTOINE REIDABOUT
Antoine Reid is an innovative graphic designer with over five years
experience in print design special-izing in promotion and publication
design, illustration, and creating dynamic content for the Web.
June 2006-August 2010
Art Director, Webmaster
Carolina Gardener Magazine
Durham and Greensboro, N.C.
Steered the magazine into a new era by
launching it into a new era with a bold new
redesign that introduced a brighter, colorful palette.
Dramatically increased the utility of the Website by
introducing and overseeing the use of Twitter to keep
in constant contact with current and future readers.
May 2008-Present
Freelance Graphic Artist
Antoine Reid Designs
Durham, N.C.
Blazed an exciting new trail in the freelance market by
offering illustration and artistic design services that re-
energized and reinvigorated many clients’ promotion
and advertising efforts at an affordable price.
September 2004-May 2006
Graphic Designer and Writer
Lambda Magazine
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Designed and illustrated a cover that garnered more
compliments and sparked more conversation than
any other cover in the publication’s history.
January 2006-May 2006
Graphic Design Intern
Carolina Performing Arts
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Entrusted with the complex task of
designing the promotional pieces for a
high-profile concert artist and overseeing
the pricing and ordering and arrival of the
final pieces.
January 2005-August 2005
Graphic Design Intern
Ruckus Network, Inc.
Herndon, Va.
Created cutting-edge web graphics by
using an unique style of vector illustration
style with a grunge influence that
appealed to the target audience.
WORK EXPERIENCE
INTERNSHIPS
WORK &EXPERIENCE
“What I really appreciated about Antoine and his
design process was that he listened very carefully to
what we were looking for, he stuck to his guns when
it was important and he gave us plenty of options.
His creative process mirrored our own and that payed off
in the final result.”— Michael Fagans,
Secret Identity Media
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Microsoft Office Suite
HTML/PHPFlash
Experienced with Mac and PC
Typography
Color Theory
Layout / Composition
SOFTWARE
DESIGN
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
B.A., Journalism/Visual Communication
Emphasis in Graphic Design, 2003-2006
University of Miami
at Coral Gables, Fl.
Attended, 2002-2003
www.antoinereid.com/portfolio.html
Online Illustration and design portfolio.
http://antoinereid.wordpress.com
Design blog with additional samples of my work and
design pieces.
PORTFOLIO AND DESIGN SAMPLES
SKILLS &EDUCATION
1212 Green StreetDurham, NC 27701(P) (919) 215-0764(E) [email protected]
www.antoinereid.com/portfolio.htmlwww.linkedin.com/in/antoinedreidhttp://antoinereid.wordpress.com
Follow me on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/antoinereid
“Antoine has a gifted eye for graphics, and the ability to
bring them to life. He always brought a very fresh, vibrant
style to whatever he was working on at the magazine,
and he had a personable, easy-going attitude.
I enjoyed working alongside him, as he helped produce the ads internally for clients
when necessary, so the collaboration was fun. He’s
quick to learn new things, and a breeze to work with.”
— Daniel Monday, Carolina Gardener, Inc.
The Daily Tarheel, UNC-Chapel HillRedHat DJ
This illustration started out as an illustration for a class project but
turned into a signature piece in my design portfolio. I was entrusted with
the task of coming up with an image for the cover of a magazine with the feature story of mixing different forms
of media in today’s digital age.
The illustration went on to be featured in a December 2005 edition
of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus paper, The
Daily Tarheel. It garnered many compliments and attention across
Chapel Hill and has continued to be one of my most popular illustration
works to date.
Lambda Magazine, UNC-Chapel Hill‘Attraction’Lambda Magazine had a long
history of covering issues related to the gay, lesbian and bisexual
community but suffered from a lack of readers on the UNC-Chapel Hill
campus. As the primary graphic designer, I wanted to change
people’s perceptions of the magazine and make the first issue of
the 2005 fall semester a brand new start for the magazine.
The use of illustration, the retro treatment of color and playing with the themes of sex and gender were
combined to create this stunning front and back cover. The issue was
the most popular of the semester with many new readers picking up
the issue and reading through it just because of the visual appeal. The illustrations and change in design
helped to open the publication up to the entire campus community, not
just to those who identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual.
GLBTSA, UNC-Chapel HillUnity 2008
Every year the GLBTSA of UNC-Chapel Hill hosts a regional
conference called Unity. Usually an undergrad is given the task of creating the artwork for the
conference but in 2008, I offered to design all of the marketing collateral
pro bono. I set out to visually make the conference stand out by using bright, vibrant colors to convey the diverse community the conference
attempts to serve.
The poster (right) was used as well as a postcard and website I
created. The conference turned out to be one of the one most popular
and many commented on how the artwork was attractive and a
great departure from the past year’s efforts. This gave the conference and its organizers more credibility
and took it from amateur status to a professional and well
marketed event.
Carolina Gardener, Inc., 2007-2008Brochure
In previous years, Carolina Gardener’s annual direct mail
campaign consisted of a 2 color card and long letter. One of the
first things I recommended when taking on the art director position was to change the design of the
direct mail pieces to be more visually appealing.
Instead of a long drawn out letter, I condensed the text into smaller, quicker points and turned the 2-color card into a tri-fold full color 4/4 brochure. The change made
the direct mail effort of 2007 more effective, gaining a better return than previous years’ campaigns. It was also so successful that we
chose to stick with this new, brighter, reader-friendly version for
another year.
Garden Discovery Tours, 2007‘Travel’
Garden Discovery Tours, in conjuction with Carolina Gardener,
Inc., offered garden-related tours and marketed to the readers of
Carolina Gardener magazine. The past methods of marketing wasn’t as effective so I recommended a postcard. The postcard was more
cost effective than the previous bi-fold method.
I based the design on the opening titles of the 1980s television show
“Dynasty” to give the postcard a formal, regal feel that would
resonate with Garden Discovery Tours’ typical clients who were in the 50-60 female age group. The postcard was highly effective in
reaching new potential clients in a cost-efficent manner and was
easier to manage and keep track of than the large forrmat brochure
the company had been using in the previous years.
Carolina Gardener MagazineRose HallAs art director of Carolina
Gardener I was responsible for the design of advertisements featured
in the magazine. Rose Hall was a new client and they had a lot of
information they wanted to display in their quarter-page ad. I wanted
the ad to convey Rose Hall’s classic, historic background and keep
the design modern, easy to read and uncomplicated. The client
responded positively to the final design of their advertisement and
felt that it was money well spent.
Carolina Gardener MagazineButterfly
When I came into Carolina Gardener in 2006, the magazine
lacked color and looked more like a newspaper than a glossy magazine.
I introduced more illustrations throughout the publication, as
with the butterfly to liven up the classified section of the magazine’s
marketplace. The illustrations brought new personality, attitude and life
into the well-established publication and helped set it apart from other competing gardening magazines.
Teriyakin’, Morrisville, NCMenu Design
In July of 2010 I was presented the opportunity to design the menu for a
new restaurant called Teriyakin’. To set them apart from other Japanese
restaurants, the client wanted a distinctive, fun, family-friendly look.
With a combination of illustrated characters and the use of bright
colors that popped, the restaurant’s identity was shaped into being
personable and light, just as the owner wanted.
The 4 panel menu board was 24” x 24” (each). The design of the
boards was such a success that I was later asked to design the printed
menu as well. Using some of the elements from the bigger boards,
the print version of the menu stands on its own as a fun, retro feel that
makes people smile and feel at home at this young establishment.
PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS SERVED: A&A Plants, Carolina Gardener, Inc., Carolina Performing Arts (UNC-Chapel Hill), Farm House Gardeners,
Garden Discovery Tours, GLBTSA (UNC-Chapel Hill), Lambda Magazine, Ruckus Network, Inc., Secret Identity Media, KISU, State-By-State Gardening,
Teriyakin’ (Morrisville, NC), Wyatt-Quarles Seed Company.
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