I am a professional graphic designer with 26 years of hands-on experience in creative design projects, concept creation, graphic design, and t-shirt design. I’m skilled at escalating brand awareness by utilizing my industry expertise to identify opportunities and overcome objections, all while building strong relationships with vendors, clients, and the workforce. I enjoy working closely with customers to understand their needs, designing logos, banners, and apparel, and managing projects from start to finish to ensure quality and timely delivery. Collaboration and creativity are at the heart of what I do, and I’m always eager to help bring new ideas to life.

Matt Pendergrass

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I am a professional graphic designer with 26 years of hands-on experience in creative design projects, concept creation, graphic design, and t-shirt design. I’m skilled at escalating brand awareness by utilizing my industry expertise to identify opportunities and overcome objections, all while building strong relationships with vendors, clients, and the workforce. I enjoy working closely with customers to understand their needs, designing logos, banners, and apparel, and managing projects from start to finish to ensure quality and timely delivery. Collaboration and creativity are at the heart of what I do, and I’m always eager to help bring new ideas to life.

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I am a professional graphic designer with 26 years of hands-on experience in creative design projects, concept creation, graphic design, and t-shirt design. I’m skilled at escalating brand awareness by utilizing my industry expertise to identify opportunities and overcome objections, all while building strong relationships with vendors, clients, and the workforce.

I enjoy working closely with customers to understand their needs, designing logos, banners, and apparel, and managing projects from start to finish to ensure quality and timely delivery. Collaboration and creativity are at the heart of what I do, and I’m always eager to help bring new ideas to life.

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Work Experience

Graphic Designer at Cutting Loose Graphics
November 3, 2024 - October 4, 2024
Assisted customers via phone, email, or walk-ins with quotes on orders, artwork questions, and deadlines. Managed job tickets, material listings, and cost calculations for customer orders. Took customer instructions and measurements, designed items to fulfill orders, and took photos for vinyl application. Collaborated on new t-shirt designs for local school booster clubs, bands, choirs, and athletic teams. Coordinated with installers to prepare items for installation. Worked with screen print shop on artwork registration, ink colors, and shirt ordering. Managed digital print approval and finalization of orders.
Graphic Designer at Sign Brothers (CDL Electric)
May 3, 2021 - December 29, 2023
Provided customer assistance over phone, email, and walk-ins on orders, artwork questions, and deadlines. Created job tickets detailing materials, substrates, and costs. Designed logos, business cards, banners, yard signs, and signs. Took customer instructions to design items fulfilling orders. Prepared designs for digital printing upon approval. Updated existing Sign Brothers promotional materials and apparel lines with new designs. Trained new employees on design processes, including emailing designs for approval and correcting designs as needed.

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Industry Experience

Retail, Consumer Goods, Media & Entertainment