Hi, I'm Eric Beckett, a graphic designer and art director with over a decade of experience crafting branding, print, and digital design for publishing, marketing, and e-commerce. I love creating cohesive, vintage-inspired aesthetics that help brands tell their stories and stand out in crowded markets. I've designed wedding invitations, magazines, and marketing materials for Minted, Simply To Impress, Primedia, and Werner Publishing, always focusing on clear typography, strong layouts, and polished production. I enjoy collaborating with clients to bring ideas to life using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

Eric Beckett

Hi, I'm Eric Beckett, a graphic designer and art director with over a decade of experience crafting branding, print, and digital design for publishing, marketing, and e-commerce. I love creating cohesive, vintage-inspired aesthetics that help brands tell their stories and stand out in crowded markets. I've designed wedding invitations, magazines, and marketing materials for Minted, Simply To Impress, Primedia, and Werner Publishing, always focusing on clear typography, strong layouts, and polished production. I enjoy collaborating with clients to bring ideas to life using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

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Hi, I’m Eric Beckett, a graphic designer and art director with over a decade of experience crafting branding, print, and digital design for publishing, marketing, and e-commerce. I love creating cohesive, vintage-inspired aesthetics that help brands tell their stories and stand out in crowded markets.

I’ve designed wedding invitations, magazines, and marketing materials for Minted, Simply To Impress, Primedia, and Werner Publishing, always focusing on clear typography, strong layouts, and polished production. I enjoy collaborating with clients to bring ideas to life using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Designer at Minted.com
January 1, 2011 - Present
Award-winning designer; created wedding invitations, save-the-dates, graduation announcements, business cards, note books, holiday photo cards, art prints and photography; produced exclusive foil art prints and unique wedding invitation suites using Adobe Illustrator; emphasized vintage-style, cohesive layouts.
Freelance Designer at Simply To Impress
January 1, 2015 - Present
One of a small group of hand-picked designers; range of designs for sale including wedding invitations, save the dates, graduation announcements, and holiday photo cards; strong emphasis on vintage-style designs and typography-based visual composition to ensure consistent brand aesthetics.
Assistant Art Director at Werner Publishing
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2015
Oversaw art direction and production for Outdoor Photographer and HD Video Pro magazines; conceptualized and designed layouts for all articles; managed image processing (color correction and retouching) and final output to printer; set layouts for occasional articles for other titles; created in-house ads, editorials, circulation materials, contest ads, and various marketing materials; implemented new workflows to optimize art department production.
Senior Designer (Marketing) at Primedia
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2005
Produced materials for all 64 magazine titles; designed promotional material for sponsored events, ads, and campaigns; led a team of three in creative direction, proofreading, and project management; designed print ads for internal and external publications and collaborated with web developers on online order forms and web ads using Photoshop and Illustrator.
Art Director at Madavor Media
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2017
Oversee art direction and production for Outdoor Photographer and HDVideo Pro magazines; conceptualized and designed layouts for all articles; color correction and image processing; final magazine output to printer; created in-house ads, editorials, circulation materials, contest ads and marketing materials; improved art department workflow with new software solutions.

Education

General Education at Riverside Community College
January 1, 1996 - December 31, 1998
Multimedia Certificate Program at Mt San Jacinto Community College
January 1, 1998 - December 31, 2000
Extension Classes for design related software at UC Riverside
January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2001

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services