About

About

Rocket Nine Design is the portfolio  for Chris Fox, a Digital and Print Designer living in Dallas, Texas. He has over 20 years experience on print and digital marketing projects. Helping clients engage and deliver value to target markets and their audiences. Excels at focusing on the task at hand, and finding unique solutions to solve issues.

In June of 2013, began a weight-loss journey from a one-time weight over 400 pounds, down to 200 pounds. Took up running in 2014, and has competed in marathons, half-marathons to 5K races. I am currently training for two marathons in 2017 and hoping to run my first ultramarathon before the end of the year.

My recent personal challenges show what is possible with the drive and determination to accomplish great feats.

Skills

  • Print Design & Pre-production
  • Copy writing
  • Brochures & Newsletters
  • Logos & Business Cards
  • Postcards & Mailers
  • Catalog Layout
  • Infographic Design & Layout
  • Digital Photography Retouching/Adjustment
  • Trade Show Booth Display Design
  • Web Design
  • Web Development
  • CMS Editing and Maintenance
  • Blog Development
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Email Campaign Design
  • Email Template Development
  • Presentation Design
  • Social Media Management
  • Multimedia Development
  • SEO

Technical Skills

  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Microsoft Office
    (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  • HTML5
  • CSS
  • WordPress
  • Drupal (6 & 7)
  • ColdFusion
  • JQuery
  • PHP
  • MySQL

” Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
– Henry Ford

Experience

General Glyphics

Print & Digital Design Specialist
October 1996 – Present | Dallas, Texas
Joined company when the primary focus was print pre-production and design. In 1999 assisted in the transition to include a variety of digital projects such as website design and development, email design, multimedia and presentation design. Worked with a variety of corporate and nonprofit clients in design, development and execution of numerous projects in various media. Excels in developing new marketing campaigns while working within client’s established brand guidelines.

Parker Chiropractic Resource Foundation

Marketing Assistant
July 1995 – October 1996 | Ft. Worth, Texas
Worked in the marketing and communications department. Assisted in production and layout of materials and helped with the organization and event management of seminars held by Parker University.

Education

University of Texas at Arlington

B.A., Communications – Advertising
Graduated May 1995
Dual minors in Art – Graphic Design and Architecture