LHDonline - About

Lise Holliker Dykes

Freelance Art Director, Graphic Designer & Web Developer, Crofton, MD

Helping you put your best foot forward in any medium you need.

I would consider myself a brass-tacks creative—someone with the ability to produce attractive as well as audience- and trend-appropriate creative materials without losing sight of the ultimate goal: clear and effective communication with the reader/viewer.

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Experience

Freelance Art Director/Web Developer at LHDonline: 1995 – Present Crofton, MD
Projects include:
• Static and content-managed website planning, design, implementation, testing, training, and maintenance
• Site updates and conversions
• Responsive sites and e-mails
• SEO and accessibility consultation
• Microsites and landing pages
• CMS and e-commerce consultation and implementation
• SSL certificate implementation
• Shared and VPS UNIX hosting consultation, setup, and management
• Social media branding and design
• Online advertising design and implementation
• HTML e-mail newsletter design
• Magazine/newsletter print design, production and editing
• Logo design and production
• Branding and collateral materials
• Book cover design
• Point-of-purchase, display, and signage design
• DVD/CD packaging design
• Art direction/quality control/training for junior designers and in-house staff
• Marketing campaign concept, copywriting and design
• Print and online service research, bid coordination, and budget recommendations
Graphic Artist/Technical Writer at Bonnie Walker & Associates, Inc.: 1994 – 1995 Crofton, MD
• Researched, wrote, and designed testing and training materials with public health and safety focus
• Assisted in preparation and submission of grant proposals to federal agencies
• Created custom illustrations and charts for print and video
• Assisted in production of training videos
Publications Coordinator at Washington Bible College/Capital Bible Seminary: 1990 – 1994 Lanham, MD
• Wrote, edited and designed public relations, advertising and collateral material
• Created custom illustrations and charts for print
• Managed print and advertising budgets and schedules

Education

BA, Journalism/Design at Washington Bible College: 1989 – 1993 Lanham, MD

Clients

Access Intelligence
Annapolis GEEKS
Andrews Business & Community Alliance
CAMRIS International
Conde Nast
Directors & Boards Magazine
Family Business Magazine
FunTXTic
Hermes Media & Research
InSite Wireless Group
International Computer Services
Inc.
International Literacy Association
MagiQuest
New Edge Advertising
New Millennium Consultants
PowellTate
PrintComm Partners
Private Company Director Magazine
Religion News Service
Riverdale Ministries
Sitesafe
Inc.
Six Flags
Telecom Company TV

Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign
InCopy
Photoshop
Illustrator
Bridge
Acrobat Pro
Dreamweaver)
Filemaker Pro
Office
Google Docs
ExpressionEngine
WordPress
Twitter Bootstrap
Zurb Foundation
HTML
CSS
jQuery
Sequel Pro
Excellent verbal and written communication
flexibility
timely response to deadlines and changing priorities
equally comfortable working as a team or independently
able to juggle multiple tasks as required

Specialties

Collateral material
branding
point of sale
direct mail
advertising design and management
website design and development
Expression Engine CMS
database manipulation/management
copywriting/editing
design technology/prepress troubleshooting and analysi…