Darlington Smith Graphics RFP #15 44 mcps

Darlington-Smith Graphics RFP submission

Request for Proposal (RFP) # 15-44 for Graphic Design Services Issue Date: February 4, 2015 Proposal Due Date and Hour: February 20, 2015

Montgomery County Public Schools 750 Imperial Street SE Christiansburg, VA 24073

1. General Information Form MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RFP# 15-44 ISSUE DATE: February 4, 2015 GENERAL INFORMATION FORM (TO BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED) QUESTIONS: All inquiries for information regarding this solicitation should be directed to: Angela Bland, CPPB, C.P.M., VCO, Phone: (540) 382-5100 Ext. 1015, Fax: (540) 394-4447, e-mail: abland@mcps.org.

DUE DATE: Sealed Proposals will be received until February 20, 2015 at 3:00 PM. Failure to submit proposals to the correct location by the designated date and hour will result in disqualification.

ADDRESS: Proposals should be mailed or hand delivered to: Montgomery County Public Schools Purchasing Department, 750 Imperial Street SE, Christiansburg, VA 24073. Reference the Opening Date and Hour, and RFP Number in the lower left corner of the return envelope or package.

COMPANY INFORMATION/SIGNATURE: In compliance with this Request For Proposal and to all the conditions imposed therein and hereby incorporated by reference, the undersigned offers and agrees to furnish the services in accordance with the attached signed proposal and as mutually agreed upon by subsequent negotiation.

FEDERAL TAXPAYER NUMBER (ID#)

FULL LEGAL NAME (PRINT)

CONTRACTOR'S REGISTRATION

(Company name as it appears with your Federal Taxpayer Number)

Darlington-Smith Graphics & Promotions

300718480

BUSINESS NAME/DBA NAME/TA NAME

FEDERAL TAXPAYER NUMBER

(If different than the Full Legal Name)

(If different than ID# above)

Jill Darlington-Smith

385-76-2758

BILLING NAME

FEDERAL TAXPAYER NUMBER

(Company name as it appears on your invoice)

(If different than ID# above)

Darlington-Smith Graphics & Promotions PURCHASE ORDER ADDRESS

PAYMENT ADDRESS

662 Dobbins Hollow Road Riner, VA 24149 CONTACT NAME/TITLE (PRINT)

662 Dobbins Hollow Road Riner, VA 24149 SIGNATURE (IN INK)

DATE

Jill Darlington-Smith / owner

February 17, 2015

E-MAIL ADDRESS

FAX NUMBER

TELEPHONE NUMBER

jill@darlingtonsmith.com 540-257-0885

TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER

000-000-0000

000-000-0000

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2. Experience and Qualifications

HELLO, I AM JILL DARLINGTON-SMITH A SHORT INTRO, WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU

I am Jill, of Darlington-Smith Graphics. I have been providing graphic design solutions for over fifteen years. I create dynamic design solutions to promote business products and services developing a more magnetic brand to attract loyal customers and keep them involved. I craft captivating visuals to deliver a concise and powerful message using consistent branding, style, creativity and simplicity. I embrace the challenge each new project brings, as it represents a new opportunity to communicate employing the human factors of psychology, user interaction, and the user experience.

Digital Design Diploma from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, PA, honors 2006 Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Central Michigan University, 1983

MY SPECIALTIES, WHAT I DO I create a more magnetic brand to attract loyal customers for my clients. I have had the opportunity to develop expertise in a wide variety of graphic related fields, creating projects for different industries and services, and for hundreds of clients reaching thousands of people.

BRANDING

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

INFO GRAPHICS

WEBSITES

NEWSLETTERS

PROJECT TEMPLATES

DIGITAL ART

MOBILE APPS

BROCHURES

PHOTO MANIPULATION

ILLUSTRATION

MY SUCCESSES, WHAT I HAVE DONE NON-PROFIT MARKETING License plate designed in May 2011 for FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Top earning private plate at our DMV for 2 years!

NEWSKETTER DESIGN High Vistas Journal designer for FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and NRV Bridals & Events Magazines. #1 reason sited for increased membership!

DARLINGTON-SMITH GRAPHICS Graphic design agency creating miscellaneous marketing and advertising projects for print and web.

Over 150 happy clients & SWaM Certified!

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Teaching Adobe Indesign CC at Radford University, DSN220, fall 2014.

ART DIRECTOR, graphic designer, and pre-press manager for Southern Printing, VA, 2005-2009 and Quality Printers, SC, 2002-2005.

CONTRACT DIGITAL ARTIST Redesign of fish food container labeling, aquarium, pond and reptile product packaging and retail display. Independent contractor for Tetra, VA, 1998-2000.

PACKAGING SPECIALIST and graphic designer for TechPak, MO, 2000-2002, and Energy Savers, Unlimited, VA/CA 1996-1998.

2. Experience and Qualifications - continued

MY SKILL SET, HOW I WORK I help define the product vision, distill rough project ideas into concrete project designs, and create beautiful user experiences for print and mobile. I work with a variety of software choosing the perfect tools to craft each project.

MY TOOLS OF CHOICE ADOBE INDESIGN . . . . Expert Lever User/Teacher ADOBE PHOTOSHOP . . . . . . . . . Expert Level User ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR. . . . . . Advanced Level User ADOBE MUSE . . . . . . . . . Intermediate Level User

MY CURRENT PROJECTS, MY INTERESTS Having 20+ years design, marketing and publishing experience is not enough for me. I continue to learn and explore new technology and software, and never stop evolving as a graphic designer.

WEB AND MOBILE DEVELOPMENT ongoing learning,

certification, study and design practice utilizing various software and languages to create applications and projects.

• iOS & WEB DEVELOPER CERTIFICATION • ADOBE MUSE • WORDPRESS • DREAMWEAVER • FLASH • HTML5 • JAVA • PHP • MYSQL • BOOTSTRAP • APEX • SWIFT PUBLISHING AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA magazines,

catalogs, and product support materials creating print as well as interactive PDFs, epubs and ipubs • ADOBE INDESIGN • DPS APP BUILDER

BOOK PUBLISHING AND PROMOTION working with

Pocahontas Press to publish and promote local authors, with both print and digital pubs.

• iBOOKS • eBOOKS • AMAZON & KINDLE PROMOTION • LIBRARY & NEWSSTAND DEVELOPMENT • PROMO & DEMO VIDEO PRODUCTION ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD TEAM ACCOUNT a member

since 2011, using CC apps and assets, visiting and learning from online tutorial libraries:

• iTUNES • ADOBE TV • UDEMY • CENGAGE BRAIN

3. Portfolio samples and web links

I’M ONLINE, DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS

MY DIGITAL VAULTS

I have uploaded many project samples and digital publications to promote my clients and their causes. I have portfolio gallery pages in my website and wonderful interactive samples, called Stacks, at ISSUU.

WEBSITE . . . . . www.DarlingtonSmithGraphics.com

Visit STACKS to see groupings of projects types and client projects.

FACEBOOK . . . . . facebook.com/JillDarlingtonSmith

ISSUU. . . . . . . www.Issuu.com/JillDarlington/Stacks LINKEDIN . LinkedIn.com/pub/Jill-Darlington-Smith facebook.com/DarlingtonSmithGraphics

4. Price List for Services CONTRACT WORK . . . . . . . . . . . 20% DISCOUNT ON ALL STANDARD HOURLY RATES Design & Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00/hr . . . 60.00/hr Design by the Page . . . 8.5” x 11” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00/hr . . . 60.00/hr Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00/hr . . . 36.00/hr Facebook Banner Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00/hr . . . 24.00/hr File Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00/hr . . . 28.00/hr File Management. . . . sending, collecting or converting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00/hr . . . 16.00/hr Gathering Images . . . . Sharing Dropbox images, Transferring images. . . . . . . . 35.00/hr . . . 28.00/hr Graphic Design. . . . . project: graphic design and development. . . . . . . . . . . 75.00/hr . . . 60.00/hr Graphic Illustration . . . vector graphics, info graphics, logo development . . . . . . 50.00/hr . . . 40.00/hr Hosting. . . . . . . . . . monthly rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00/mo. . 10.00/mo Image Editing. . . . . . alterations, manipulation, composition, silhouette. . . . . . 75.00/hr . . . 60.00/hr invoicing. . . . . . . . . calculating and researching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00/hr . . . 28.00/hr Kill Fee . . . . . . . . . . Invoice terms includes a 25% Kill fee for ALL contracted work. . . . . . . . .

Logo Rebuilding . . . . converting and/or updating compatibility to match use . . . 65.00/hr . . . 52.00/hr Meeting - phone. . . . productive time in phone conversation spent. . . . . . . . . 35.00/hr . . . 28.00/hr Meetings. . . . . . . . . time spent in productive information gathering. . . . . . . 40.00/hr . . . 32.00/hr Mileage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.44/mile . . . 0.44/mi Photo Editing. . . . . . color balancing, masking, merging, collage creation, . . . . 80.00/hr. . . 64.00/hr

customization, Photo Selection. . . . . searching online studios for comp imagery . . . . . . . . . 20.00/hr . . . 16.00/hr Printing Prep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00/hr . . . 16.00/hr R & D . . . . . . . . . . . non digital tasks involved in project design & development. 35.00/hr . . . 28.00/hr RUSH. . . . . . . . . . . design, editing, printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00/hr . . . 60.00/hr Sending Email . . . . . . discussing project and proof material. . . . . . . . . . . 20.00/hr . . . 16.00/hr Text Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00/hr . . . 28.00/hr Training Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00/hr . . . 24.00/hr Web Development . . . Layout, design and coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00/hr . . . 28.00/hr Website consulting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00/hr . . . 28.00/hr Website Modifications. using web builders or templates to update ex… . . . . . 30.00/hr . . . 24.00/hr

5. References Susan Jackson Mills, Ph.D., Executive Director FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway P. O. Box 20986, Roanoke, Virginia 24018 Toll Free: 800.228.PARK (7275) Susan_Mills@FriendsBRP.org www.BlueRidgeFriends.org David Shanks, Architect Cornerstone Studio, LTD 314 East Main Street Christiansburg, VA 24073 540-382-0200 David@CornerstoneStudioArchitects.com CornerstoneStudioArchitects.com Michael Abraham, Owner/Author Pocahontas Press 304 Royal Ln, Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-951-0343 / 540-392-1119 bikemike@nrvunwired.net www.PocahontasPress.com George Munsee, Sales and Production Manager Southern Print and Copy 2406 Franklin Road, SW, Roanoke, Virginia 24014 540-342-7774 sales@southerncopy.com www.southerncopy.com Bill Gilmer, Owner Wordsprint 225 Industrial Drive, Christiansburg, VA 24073 (540) 382-9111 BGilmer@wordsprint.net www.Wordsprint.com Susan Hensley, Artist 2704 Mount Vernon Ln, Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-449-3596 suehen2@hotmail.com www.frostfeathers.net