Frederic Paul Carpenter
Senior Visual Design Consultant
144 Spencer Street #512
Brooklyn, NY 11205
(347) 228-2883
Professional Achievements
• Conceived and executed visionary design for print, web and multimedia projects
• Developed award-winning visual communications for complex new technologies
• Managed team of designers, coders, production artists and contractors
• Coached clients on web marketing and design strategy
• Built and managed alliances with value-add development companies
• Served as design consultant to start-ups as well as Fortune 500 companies
Specialized Design and Development Capabilities
• Industrial design and paperboard packaging
• Extensive knowledge of prepress and printing technologies
• Point of Purchase Display design and production
Software Capabilities
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Image Ready (v.CS2)
• Adobe InDesign (v.CS2)
• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft Office
• Quark Xpress (v.6.5)
• BBEdit
Technology Capabilities
• Highly experienced in both PC and Macintosh environments
• Hand-coding and debugging HTML and JavaScript
• CSS and DHTML hand-coding specialist
• Extensive UI and usability development experience
Professional Experience
Fluidigm Corporation
South San Francisco, CA
Senior Marketing Strategy and Design Consultant
2001- present
Instrumental in developing key marketing, positioning and advertising strategy and deployment plan for print, sales and online for fast-paced biotech / microfluidics company. Served as entire support for marketing and new product teams responsible for taking company to pre-IPO stage.
Examples of notable projects include:
• Executive Producer for extensive new product launches for Fluidigm Corporation
• Developed website and online strategy
• Created and produced all trade advertising
• Designed and executed all tradeshow graphics
Designscape Media, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Creative Director
1989-2001
Served as head of visual design for a unique and successful corporate brand strategy and design agency specializing in technology, electric power and biotechnology industries. Managed staff of 16 design and production artists while engineering new business acquisition. Led all design presentations for clients.
Examples of notable projects include:
• Executive Producer of Video and Live Multimedia events for Lucent Technologies
• Executive Producer for the “Horizon” Intranet service for Wells-Fargo
• Executive Producer for award-winning technology promotional collateral system for Electric Power Research Institute
Education
Parsons School of Design
New York, NY
B.F.A., cum laude
References and Portfolio Review available upon request.
