Photos in this gallery were produced for packaging for Walmart. I often sketched out the layout, noted specific props to include, and chose the scene construction - what type of floors, molding, etc.
I learned how to code websites in HTML alone back in college. It helped me understand the basics behind coding language. Later, I learned how to build sites in Flash. Now also mostly obsolete. I loved the wireframing process and working through the user experience of the site. I collaborated on several touchscreen user interface systems with developers while employed at Winntech.
Thousands of individual product packaging files are produced each year by myself and a handful of team members at Walmart. I focus on creating the most cost-effective design, in terms of time and physical cost components to keep costs low for customers. In addition to the design of the packaging artwork itself, most packaging requires photography. This is directed by the designer on the project and executed by partner agencies.
At Winntech, we designed and implemented ideas. Mostly for retail spaces. We could concept the brand, build out the interior, create the website, create touchscreen interface systems, create custom audio-visual controlling displays, and produce our own large-scale graphics. As a graphic designer there, I honed skills in many different areas. I learned to build websites with Flash. I became best friends with our large scale printer and laminator (running that in-house department for a brief time). I cut and applied custom vinyl. I created user interfaces and tested wiring circuits. I built physical displays and pitched clients ideas about their retail concept. I wrote customer-facing copy for complex audio-visual products. Work was not just a way of life, it was a blessing in a hard economy, and I was appreciative.
