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Robert Trautman

Graphic Designer

Robert Trautman

Columbus, OH

A multiplatform designer with a strong creative passion for design, photography and illustration. I maintain the highest production standard while working individually or with a team. I am always working to push my creative output to the next level and exceed client expectations.


614-657-9025 mobile

Experience

  • Graphic Designer
    Columbus, OH
    Oct 2002 - Present
    Digestive Design

    Client and project management - Photography - Concept and Design

  • Principal
    Columbus, OH
    Aug 2002 - Present
    The Hot Wetness

    Client and project management - Concept and Design - Photography

  • Art Director
    Columbus, OH
    Feb 2007 - Apr 2009
    Outlook Media

    Tasks: Art Direction, Design, Layout, Photography

  • Lead Designer
    Columbus, OH
    Aug 2004 - Feb 2007
    All Media Group

    Tasks: Design, Photography, Project Coordination

Skills


  • • Project/client management, customer aquistion & retention
    • Page layout, corporate identities, stationary packages
    • Photo illustration, photo editing & retouching
    • Photography, dynamic use of natural or studio lighting
    • Effective use of typography in design
    • Superb file management
    • Adobe CS3 Suite [Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Dreamweaver],
    Quark Xpress 7.5, Linotype, Acrobat, Microsoft Office 2008

Exhibits



  • 04.05.08 - untitled paintings - East Village . Columbus, OH
    01.05.08 - two thousand seven - Mod Mod . Columbus, OH
    12.01.07 - photogenic - Mod Mod . Columbus, OH
    10.13.07 - dark side of the lab - madlab gallery . Columbus, OH
    10.13.07 - open studio - Junctionview Studios . Columbus OH
    10.13.07 - agora 3 - Junctionview Studios . Columbus, OH
    08.04.07 - when i die, it’s all yours - Mod Mod / HCX . Columbus, OH
    06.17.07 - the performers series - Pesto . Columbus, OH
    04.28.07 - CLAW - Wyndham at Playhouse Square . Cleveland, OH
    04.28.07 - agora 2 - Junctionview Studios . Columbus, OH
    04.21.07 - capital art - The Greenwich Gallery . Cincinnati, OH
    03.27.07 - untitled piece - map furniture auction . Columbus, OH
    01.06.07 - fragmented traut - Outlook Media + gallery . Columbus, OH
    12.02.06 - movie [never made] - Outlook Media + gallery . Columbus, OH
    11.04.06 - movie [never made] - Waldo's salon + gallery . Columbus, OH
    07.01.06 - hive group show - The Hive Gallery . LA, CA
    06.03.06 - hive group show - The Hive Gallery . LA, CA
    05.24.06 - orphan art group show - Skylab Gallery . Columbus, OH
    05.06.06 - too soon for satan - Coffee Table Gallery . Columbus, OH
    08.27.05 - 44 Boards - Mahan Gallery . Columbus, OH
    05.04.05 - orphan art group show - Supraphonic Studios . Columbus, OH
    07.07.01 - no borders - Borders Gallery . Niles, OH
    06.01.01 - da vinci recreation - PTI gallery . Pittsburgh, PA
    03.05.99 - tricounty group show - Butler Museum of Art . Youngstown, OH

Education

  • Associates in Graphic Design
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Jun 1999 - Jun 2001
    Pittsburgh Technical Institute

    3.53 GPA

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