Lise Holliker Dykes
Freelance Art Director, Graphic Designer & Web Developer, Crofton, MD
Helping you put your best foot forward in any medium you need.
• Proven design thinker, mentor, influencer, teacher, and user advocate
• 27 years of graphic design experience for digital and conventional media, including roles as lead designer, UX/UI designer, art director, and creative director as a consultant/agency and as a full-time hire in a variety of private and non-profit sectors
• 20 years of online development experience including roles as front end developer, information architect, and webmaster
Experience
- Senior Graphic Designer at Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- 2015 – Present Annapolis, MD
- Freelance Art Director/Web Developer at LHDonline
- 1995 – Present Crofton, MD
- Graphic Artist/Technical Writer at Bonnie Walker & Associates, Inc.
- 1994 – 1995 Crofton, MD
- Publications Coordinator at Washington Bible College/Capital Bible Seminary
- 1990 – 1994 Lanham, MD
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
- International Literacy Association
- MagiQuest
- New Edge Advertising
- New Millennium Consultants
- PowellTate
- PrintComm Partners
- Private Company Director Magazine
- Religion News Service
- Riverdale Ministries
- Sitesafe
- Six Flags
- Telecom Company TV
Skills
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Acrobat Pro
- After Effects
- Premiere
- Bridge
- Spark
- XD
- Dreamweaver
- Sketch
- InVision
- Balsamiq
- Filemaker Pro
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Teams
- Google Docs
- ExpressionEngine
- WordPress
- Bootstrap
- Zurb Foundation
- HTML
- CSS
- jQuery
- Sequel Pro
- Sublime Text
- Visual Studio Code
- Asana
- SmartSheet
- Basecamp
- Github
- MAMP
- Firefox/Chrome/Safari Developer Tools
- Formstack
- Stripe
- Constant Contact
- MailChimp
- Luminate Online/CMS
- ArcGIS Online/Pro
- Google Web Designer
- Slack
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Quick-study/intuitive client and colleague interactions
- Drive to learn new techniques
- Passion for keeping up with what's new in the industry
- Flexibility
- Sense of humor
- Timely response to deadlines and changing priorities
- Equal comfort working hands-on or leading a team
- Able to juggle multiple tasks as required
Specialties
- Collateral material
- branding
- point of sale
- direct mail
- advertising design and management
- website design and development
- copywriting/editing
- design technology/prepress troubleshooting
- social media
- HTML email templates
- design systems
- presentations/pitches
- education