Kirk Huffman
Kirk Huffman
Art Director/Lead Graphic Designer/Separator
Salisbury | United States
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Work experience
Castle Shirt Company
Art Director/Lead Graphic Designer/Separator | 03/2014 - Current
Design and Separate Apparel for a variety of licensed companies that include Disney, Marvel, Mack Truck, Duck Dynasty,
Self-motivated Professional Margarittaville, Ron Jon, Cabela's etc. Maintained accurate specs, adhering to print and art specification standards.
Strong Design Sense Directed graphic artists/separators with approach and execution that met the high standards of our clients. Designed
unique print materials, including advertisements, brochures and logo designs. Contributed ideas during strategic and Digital Illustration conceptual brainstorming sessions. Also worked with production floor to ensure consistency and quality.
Graphic Arts Design
Senior Graphic Designer/Illustrator/Separator | 08/2011 - 02/2014
Trend and Emerging Brand Awareness
Create and modify art for print production/screen-printing for NASCAR Photograph/Edit photos for catalogs/website.
Apparel Styling Techniques Create/Edit layouts for fashion apparel catalogs. Work closely with other artists, sales department, printers, and color separations department. Review and critique projects to maintain a consistently high standard of creative quality.
Vendor Relations My position is as a leader in the Art Department and I have worked for Nascar for 21 years. Constantly striving to create
better and fresher art for the NASCAR fan for our wholesale and Trackside customers. Also helping to create systems
Applied Styling Techniques and processes to streamline the creative direction and work flow of the art department. I also worked directly with screenprint facilities to assit with the quality of the end product.
H3 Sportgear
Expert Knowledge of Separations | 03/2004 - 12/2005
Fabrics Construction Create and design apparel for a variety of licensed companies that include West Coast Choppers, American Choppers,
Ford, Dodge, Chevy, International, Foose Designs, Louisville Slugger. Responsible for creative art and quick turn
Creative Leader separations. I was often asked to work on separations that required a print that matched the comp and required a quick
turn around. I worked with a staff of 10 artists and was often utilized as artists with many concepts. If someone needed
a "catchy phrase", then I was their man. As a group, our art department often met to discuss concepts and execution.
As a result, we produce high quality work with a quick turn-around.
Frontier League
Professional Baseball Player | 06/1996 - 08/1996
Played second base and stole some bases before being traded to the Canton Crocodiles in the summer of '96.
Expert Knowledge - Photoshop/Illustrator
