Kevin Toshner
Graphic Designer · Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Sarasota, FL
In My Own Words
Innovative, team-oriented, and performance-driven professional equipped with comprehensive experience in conceptualizing design ideas and bringing various projects to full completion with high degree of quality. Adept at easily grasping new processes and procedures related to graphic design. Effectively work under pressure to meet deadlines as well as simultaneously managing multiple projects without compromising quality.
Technical Skills Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Lightroom | Adobe After Effects | Adobe InDesign | Adobe Premiere Pro | Photography and digital image processing | Spot color and digital printing process Microsoft Word | Microsoft Excel | Microsoft PowerPoint
Work Experience
Graphic Designer
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium2023 – Present
- Designed advertisements to be used for local magazines, websites, and email campaigns. - Created marketing collateral including rack cards, handouts, and off site signage for outreach efforts. - Developed posters and folding documents to highlight various scientific program achievements and efforts. - Designed event invitations to present a high end experience to the invitee. - Created fact cards for symbolic animal adoptions. - Designed additional items such as building signs, room signage, or vehicle wraps. - Provide photography services for events and day to day photo needs such as headshots.
Guest Services Lead
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium2023 – 2023
- Led training for new employees to ensure a smooth on boarding. - Acted as department manager in the absence of the manager and assistant manager.
Guest Services Associate
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium2021 – 2023
- Delivered exceptional guest service, ensuring a positive visitor experience. - Operate various add on guest experiences, sell tickets, and processed monetary transactions with guests
Graphic Designer
Kevin Toshner Graphics2009 – 2021
Designed eye-catching logos and branding collateral to help businesses attract and retain customers. Developed logos and business materials for local startups, enhancing their brand identity using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. Created custom illustrations for medical students, featured in published academic papers. Captured high-quality product photography for an online bakery menu, utilizing DSLR camera, Adobe Photoshop, and Lightroom for image enhancement. Collaborated with marketing agencies to create client collateral, including packaging designs, product display mockups, and brochure layouts.
Lead Graphic Designer
Gilbarco Veeder-Root1996 – 2020
- Led training and mentorship for new employees, guiding them through the graphic design process and departmental workflows. - Collaborated directly with major oil companies to develop custom graphic designs for gas dispensers. - Assisted in new product development, identifying and designating optimal graphic locations during the product design phase. - Partnered with the IT department to develop an online graphic design request tool, streamlining the design request process for internal teams and clients. - Worked with local and regional companies to create visual components for the cosmetic design of gas dispensers. - Developed tailored graphic designs that enhanced the aesthetic appeal and branding of gas dispensers. - Teamed with an internal print production group to ensure printed graphics conformed to client specifications.
Education
Associate's degree
State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota2022 – 2023
Skills: Email Marketing · InDesign · Layout · Illustrator · Logo Design · Adobe InDesign · Adobe Illustrator · Adobe Photoshop · Graphics · Figma (Software) · Page Layout · Layout Design · WordPress · MailChimp · Typography
