Thomas Hardy

thardy@tomhardydesign.com
479 601-3372
Summary
Highly skilled Art Director and Graphic Designer with years of experience workin
g for top class companies and clients. Accomplished marketer and corporate commu
nication expert. Experienced creative team manager.
Work History
April, 2005 - Present - Tyson Foods, Inc. - Springdale, AR
Art Director, Corporate Communications
Direct design staff in creative and production work for the Corporate Communicat
ions department of a Fortune 500 company and the world's largest protein process
or, (over 100,000 employees, more than 300 facilities and offices in the United
States and around the world). Serve as Art Director for Tyson's Update magazine,
(100,000+ copies per issue). Direct creative and production of eUpdate, a weekl
y online magazine that complements the print Update and serves as an interactive
vehicle to drive Team Members to business unit intranet sites and calendars. Cr
eate, research, and advise on, new interactive, print, and online strategies for
both internal and external programs and campaigns. Work with clients at all cor
porate levels and in all business units. Maintain and support the Tyson brand id
entity through out the company. Oversee multiple simultaneous projects for both
internal clients as well as external public relations, marketing, packaging, and
retail projects.
May, 2000 - March 2005 - Tom Hardy Design, contract and freelance design and art
direction, Seattle, WA
Clients: Various, including;
Classmates.com, Renton, WA
User Interface design and marketing strategy, graphic updates and production for
the Classmates.com web site, e-mail offers,
banner ads and special projects. Work closely with executive staff, project mana
gers and developers.
InfoSpaceMobile, Bellevue, WA
User Interface design and graphic production for web, wireless devices and print
projects for InfoSpace sites and also client
branded applications (T-Mobile, Cingular, SmartMoney, Knight Ridder, etc.).
Terabeam Corp., Kirkland, WA
Created collateral material, technical illustrations, PowerPoint presentations,
web site graphics, updated all equipment
specification materials, dealt with print and print-on-demand vendors, trade sho
w booth design, signage. Provided marketing
support for an international sales force.
SAFECO Corp., Redmond, WA
Web designer on the team task with the redesign of SAFECO's three major web site
s, (2001 iteration). Maintained company
brand standards and communicated corporate marketing strategy, culture and philo
sophy. Built complex graphic interfaces and
worked closely with programmers and business units to create web sites with a us
er-centered design approach.
March 1998 - May 2000 - Holland America Line, Seattle, WA
Graphic Arts Manager
Art Directed & Managed the in-house graphic design department for one of the wor
ld's major international cruise lines. Responsible
for print and internet advertising and collateral projects. Responsible for bran
d standards, budget, equipment and schedules. cruises
worldwide. Coordinated and collaborated with outside advertising agencies. Super
vised a design staff of two to three designers and
managed freelance talent and photographers.
January 1995 - March 1998 - Northwest Printing, Portland, OR
Art Director
Art directed & managed design and prepress services in a busy mid-sized printing
company with diverse clients. Expert knowledge of
the printing/prepress process and industry. Directed photo shoots for retail pac
kaging, food service and professional clients.
Supervised color separation and digital output services, freelance designers and
photographers
Software Skills
InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, CMS: (WordPress, Drupal, J
oomla), HTML, CSS, MS Office Suite, Acrobat, QuarkXpress
Education
Kansas City Art Institute, University of Montana, Bachelor of Fine Arts degree