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Connor Dawson
Junior Graphic Designer with experience in brand systems, campaign concepts, packaging production, and visual quality. Practical work includes Adobe Creative Suite, Brand identity, Packaging design, Art direction.
Experience
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati, Ohio · United States
Junior Graphic Designer
Jul 2025 - now
- With a senior colleague reviewing the change, translated a campaign brief into a visual concept system spanning packaging, retail, social, and ecommerce assets; kept the campaign recognizable across channels without duplicating one layout everywhere.
- Within an assigned workstream, built packaging files with dielines, hierarchy, claims, legal copy, color specifications, and print tolerances; resolved production risks before artwork release to the supplier.
- With a senior colleague reviewing the change, tested visual routes with audience feedback and recorded which message, image, and hierarchy choices drove comprehension; gave the creative review a clear evidence base for choosing the final direction.
- Within the assigned scope, prepared packaging artwork with checked dielines, color profiles and print specifications; reviewed a physical proof for legibility and corrected production issues before releasing final files.
- Within the assigned scope, developed the visual strategy for a packaging and ecommerce brief, defining the brand identity elements that must remain consistent; compared a shelf mockup and a product-page crop before selecting the artwork direction.
- Within the assigned scope, prepared Adobe Illustrator vector artwork and Photoshop image layers for the print supplier, checked linked-image resolution and overprint settings, and reconciled the final proof with the approved copy before release.
- Within the assigned scope, owned a packaging visual-strategy check using Adobe mockups and print proofs, resolved brand-identity inconsistencies and completed production-ready artwork for approval.
- Within the assigned scope, built Photoshop proofing templates using actual shelf-view distances, reduced artwork correction rounds from 4 to 2 and published the agreed color and export specifications.
Adobe
San Jose · United States
Graphic Designer Project Contributor
Mar 2024 - Jun 2025
- The team created reusable production templates with locked brand elements, accessible type rules, and export checks; my scope was data preparation, quality checks, and follow-up documentation under senior review. The team reduced repetitive setup while preserving visual and technical quality; documented my assigned work separately from the team result and confirmed it with a senior colleague.
- Within the assigned scope, annotated the delivered design with spacing, type and interaction decisions, reviewed the first implementation with engineering, and corrected differences that affected comprehension or accessibility.
- Within the assigned scope, proofed packaging artwork at actual print size, checked bleed, color separations and mandatory copy, and returned annotated corrections to the production partner before approving the press-ready file.
Selected project
Graphic Designer — independent case study
Project team member
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
- Within the assigned scope, the team tested visual routes with audience feedback and recorded which message, image, and hierarchy choices drove comprehension; my scope was data preparation, quality checks, and follow-up documentation under senior review
- Created a self-directed design brief with a defined audience, content hierarchy and accessibility constraints; compared distinct visual directions using the same content rather than changing the message with each mockup.
- Checked the chosen design at its intended display or print size, annotated readability and contrast problems, and delivered editable source files with typography, color and export specifications.
- Owned the independent design review using actual-size proofs, resolved contrast and reading-order defects and completed an annotated before-and-after specification.
Education
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio · United States
B.S. Communication Design
Sep 2021 - Jun 2025
Relevant coursework: Typography, visual communication, interaction design, design research
Skills
Role expertise
Adobe Creative Suite · Brand identity · Packaging design · Art direction · Production design
Certifications
Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop
Adobe
Nov 2024
Publications
- Published a personal design case study using the prototype test record, explaining how audience needs changed the hierarchy and documenting the accessibility limits of the final design.


