Kevin Lehning
Kevin Lehning
KEVIN LEHNING
Wauconda, IL
PERSONAL PROFILE
I have excellent design skills and over 26 years' of computer experience. I am very passionate about graphic design and always challenge myself in one form or another. I see one of my major strengths being my adaptability; I am able to jump easily from being a designer and creative thinker to a decision maker. Also my passion for the traditional arts has been reflected in my creativity for over 30 years. My personal hobbies include every facet of design from drawn and painted art to photography, movie related props and costumes, 3D animation, sculpted models, scratch built miniatures, to custom design work on interiors and exteriors of vehicles. My adaptability and creativity can be seen in my design work where I am able handle any task I’m given, be it web, multimedia, motion, branding, or print, model design and set design.
CAREER HISTORY
Graphic Designer Freelance - 2012
Various layout designs for creative art & logo design, business cards, letterheads, company logos, contact sheets, mock products for presentation, package design for products, instruction manuals, design consumer products, new design/products, pop. Essentially any and all forms sales and presentation material.
Graphic Designer & Web Developer - Company Confidential - 2008 - 2012
Design company sales brochures, fliers, letterheads, catalogs, new product design, photography, redesign older products, write instruction manuals, line drawings, design new packaging for products, trade show display.
Graphic Designer & Web Developer - FPC Corp - 2006 – 2008
Creative art design, logo design, design packaging for clients such as Sears, Michael's, Home Depot, Menard's, Hobby Lobby, maintain company website, write instruction manuals, vacuum-form mock shells for packaging, photography, multi-tasking various office duties, mock products for presentation, design sales fliers.
Graphic Designer Freelance - 2001 - 2006
Various layout designs for business cards, letterheads, company logos, 3D design model for an architectural company. Creating advertising contact sheets, creative art & logo design, package design for products, instruction manuals, mock products for presentation, design consumer products, vacuum form plastic shells, new design/products, pop. Also created photography & animation for a project along with Dr. Walsh of the Pfeiffer Treatment Center in the design and animation of a video showing how Metallothionein protein prevents mercury from triggering autism.
Other Related Skills
20 years of combined experience in costume design including working with latex ,clay sculpting, resin casting, mold making, fiberglass, & creating full scale movie replicas such as costumes, weapons & other misc. projects, working animations with light and audio effects, and creating miniature props in various scales.
Other Work Skills
Includes over 20 years of retail sales and management experience
Education
The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg, IL. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts and Animation, August 2003, GPA 3.9, Graduate with Honors. Certificate in Digital Graphic Design 2006
Design Qualities
Thorough and meticulous
Fast and able to work under pressure
Capable of doing a range of styles besides my own
Ability to stick to the creative brief and other guidelines
Excellent knowledge of design
Using the internet to research, study and expand my skill set
Personal Qualities
Friendly, inquisitive, hardworking, eager and passionate with a sense of humor.
Computer Software Skills
Adobe Photoshop CC
Adobe Illustrator CC
Adobe InDesign CC
Adobe Dreamweaver CC
Adobe Fireworks CC
Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Microsoft software
Corel Software
Website Design
Email Advertising
Social Media
Traditional Skills
Character Design
Story boarding and Animation
Life Drawing
Clay Modeling
Canvas Painting
Drawing
Prop and Miniature Model Building
Photography
PC/Mac platforms
Both