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Houston, Texas

Ben S. Pruitt dba Pruitt Design Studio, has been "creating normalcy out of chaos" for his clients and employers for over 20 years by clearly communicating ideas and concepts.


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Experience

  • Designer
    Bellaire, Texas
    Jan 2005 - Present
    Pruitt Design Studio

    Pruitt Design Studio has been creating websites and designs that are both commercial and visually inspiring, for clients large and small for over 15 years. The same attention to detail and love of the craft is instilled in every project.

  • Contract Art Director
    Houston, TX
    Jun 2009 - Sep 2009
    Easterly

    Art Direction, Design and Production of NASA's Rendezvous Magazine for Boeing.

  • Senior Web Designer
    Houson, Texas
    Jul 2008 - Dec 2008
    Perry Homes

    • Meet and correspond with clients to determine needs for company sites, create wireframes.
    • Develop and maintain intranet and internet for all company websites.
    • Create graphics including, but not limited, to logos, icons, flash banners.
    • Create and design test web sites for sales as well as demonstration purposes.
    • Perform validation of completed sites including debugging and testing of code.

  • Web Designer
    Houston, Texas
    Oct 2007 - Apr 2008
    Stewart Title

    • Developed and designed new web interfaces, layouts and site graphics.
    • Responsible for quality assurance of finished websites including the validation of web forms and links.
    • Created graphics including, but not limited, logos, icons, flash banners.

  • Web Designer
    Houston, Texas
    Mar 2007 - Aug 2007
    BMC Software

    • Developed and designed new application interfaces, layouts and Flash graphics.
    • Developed banners for advertising on corporate sites.
    • Created and maintained database driven intranet sites.

  • Graphic Designer
    Houston, Texas
    Jan 2007 - Mar 2007
    Baker Oil Tools

    • Designed and optimized graphics and banners for corporate client sites.
    • Created Power Point templates for corporate communications and sales presentations.

  • Senior Web Designer
    Houston, Texas
    Nov 1999 - Dec 2006
    Enron Corporation

    • Created and designed graphic styles, interfaces, navigation architecture and functional structure of intranet sites & web based applications.
    • Traditional print design and branding for multiple business units.
    • Built, maintained and supported in-house document conversion server farm.

  • Senior Designer
    Houston, Texas
    Nov 1991 - Oct 1999
    The Houston Chronicle

    • Creation and design of in-paper promotions, posters, billboards, brochures, ads, postcards, trade show displays for a wide range of clients and in-house departments.
    • Design and coding of promotional websites.
    • Specialist in sports marketing, created the only in paper promotion (Houston Rockets Poster) ever to sell out an entire printing of the paper.
    • Consistently ranked highest producer in the Marketing/Promotion department.

  • Designer
    Houston, Texas
    May 1990 - Oct 1991
    CMA

    • Production and design of packaging and promotional items for clients including Minute Maid Foods and Coca-Cola.

  • Art Director
    Burbank, California
    Apr 1987 - Jan 1990
    Peter Green Design

    • Art direction and design for major movie studios.
    • Responsibilities included but not limited to, creation and production of one-sheets, billboards, trade ads, newspaper ads, video packaging and point-of-purchase displays.

  • Advertising Production Manager
    Hollywood, California
    Jan 1985 - Mar 1987
    Cannon Films

    • Managed a team of illustrators, designers, photographers and production artists to produce all marketing and promotion materials for over thirty films a year.

Education

  • Associate of Arts
    Houston, Texas
    Apr 1972 - Jul 1974
    Texas Academy of Art

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