Randal Pawlicki

Experience

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  Bagby and Company

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Graphic Designer

  I was responsible for initial concept development, art direction, and production of printed media including consumer advertisements, catalogs, sales kits, signage, direct mail pieces, and logo/brand identity creation for multiple clients. Job highlight: Learned to quickly design and execute concepts from sketch to finished piece.

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  Preston Publications

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Graphic Designer for Photo Technique Magazine

  Working directly with the editor, I designed and produced a bi-monthly, four-color magazine (Photo Techniques). Responsible for meeting deadlines for the publication’s design, production, illustration, proofing, and printing schedule. In addition to this, I helped produce two monthly scientific journals. Job highlight: Sole designer of an 84-page bi-monthly magazine.

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  Morningstar

  Oct 2000 - now

  Morningstar, Inc., 2000–presentInformation Products Group, 2014–presentTeam LeadAs Team Lead for the Information Products group, the challenge is producing time-sensitive materials on deadline, and turning complex data into great communication design. Design’s goal is to improve the quality of the user experience through design, information presentation, and flow This is accomplished by creating engaging, attractive, and user-friendly pieces. These products include newsletters (print and digital iPad edition, reports, factsheets, whitepapers, etc. We work with developers, project managers, product managers, and business owners to develop our reports and publications. After a design reorganization I transitioned my former clients to their new designers and worked to build strong relationships with the Reports team’s new clients. I did this by opening up the dialogue between the analysts and design, providing transparency of our workflow to the research team and working with them to create more efficient processes for both design and research. I developed typography standards for our team’s templates, built the files in the most efficient way to produce the observers. This work has continued with the new template we are releasing this quarter.Job highlight: Developed a process to create our newsletters in a more efficient, templatized manner while developing strong communications with the research team to set/meet and exceed everyone’s expectations. Show less ndexes/Fund Research/Realpoint, 2007–2010Senior DesignerI was the sole designer for the Morningstar Index and Fund Research teams. For Indexes, I supported a team of seven people and designed/produced the following pieces: the Morningstar Index yearbook (32-page brochure), weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, print ads, online ads, HTML emails, online product landing pages, research papers, and sales presentations. For the Fund Research team, I designed the new target-date report from concept to downloadable PDF. I collaborated with analysts, researchers, writers, and programmers throughout the design process. This report is now a revenue stream across the company and was incorporated into our Office Edition, Principia, and Workstation software. Morningstar, Inc., 2000–present (continued)In addition to my main job responsibilities, I coordinated and produced the design projects for the 2009 Morningstar Investment Conference. I conducted brainstorming meetings, managed a freelance designer and a photographer, organized design/content reviews, adhered to deadlines, and was accountable for meeting the design budget. I collaborated with writers, product managers, marketing managers, the sales team, and outside vendors. Design projects included: print ads, direct mail campaigns, signage banners, presentations, the conference book, the conference daily, email newsletters, email ads, web display ads, and data reports. Job highlight: Designed and launched Morningstar’s first target date report. Coordinated and produced all collateral (books, conference daily, signage, marketing) for the 2009 Morningstar Investment Conference. Show less Morningstar Principia & Financial Communications, 2007DesignerI was accountable for both the Financial Communications’ group and Morningstar Principia’s design projects, which included: product brochures, print ads, direct mail packages, sales presentations, email newsletters, email ads, data reports, and software interface design. In addition, I trained a junior designer and a design intern on the direct marketing design process. Job highlight: Managed a team of three designers and art directed their marketing and sales collateral projects for multiple products.Morningstar Advisor Workstation Office Edition, 2003–2007DesignerI played an integral part in the redesign of Office Edition’s interface and printed data reports. I was also the lead designer in the development and execution of the relaunch marketing campaign. Job highlight: I helped design Office Edition’s new interface and developed direct mail packages that increased brand awareness and reduced printing and paper costs. Show less

  • Design Manager

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Senior Graphic Designer / User Interface Design / Team Lead

    Oct 2010 - now

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    Oct 2007 - Oct 2010

  • Graphic Designer

    Oct 2000 - Oct 2007