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 ABOUT ME 

My name is Bob Ward and I am a retired graphic designer/print production artist. I have worked for commercial printers, marketing departments, stationary companys, international banks, ad agencies, & benefit administrators. With over 40 years in the graphics busness my last employers were;

Businessolver
Mercer
Hill Holliday

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My Photography

Today, I am exploring my creative side by continuing my passion of photography. Now using my Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, I have incredible zoom and digital capabilities with the camera on this phone. Being constantly inspired by my environment, I am constantly taking pictures and learning new techniques while developing my own individual photographic style. I have particular interest in local view photography for the tourism industry.

All images are for sale and with a printing partner I can pass down great discounts of my images printed to canvas, with or without a thin frame. Be sure to check out my different photography pages on this website.

Things have sure changed since I first studied shooting, developing and printing black and white photography back in 1978. Studying for my BFA, Photography was my minor study (Graphic Design was my major), back at the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, MA. Unfortunately the college no longer exist and the art program is now part of the UMass Dartmouth's art curriculum.

These days, my iPhone has taken the place of my Nikon D-50 digital camera. After several fails with the Nikon D-50 and utilizing the compactness, availability, excellent camera lens and the ability to quickly take and download image files to my MacBook pro, I have gravitated to the iPhone with its excellent camera features. Because the iPhone fits in your pocket, one can take a picture at a moments notice or impulse. And with the advent of social media it has become customary to share images online for quick acknowledgment or delivery.

 

Visit bobdward.myportfolio.com to preview more of my ready,
framed and unframed prints for sale. 

Checkout my YouTube channel where you can view my videos made for Roslindale Open Studios promotion, Roslindale Village Main Streets events, local Boston happenings and my travel videos from Brazil.

 

 

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Businessolver Portfolio

Top project is a template theme that I designed that could be applied to any clients print/web campaign.
Below are a few Businessolver clients' print/web projects that I designed while adhering to client branding specifications.

Once you click on each portfolio below, click on the thumbnails for a high resolution slide show of that portfolio.

  • Benefits Road Trip theme for Annual Enrollment

    Benefits Road Trip theme for Annual Enrollment

    I designed this template campaign called "Benefits Road Trip" using illustrative stock images for the following annual enrollment print items; Annual Enrollment Postcard, Pre Annual Enrollment Postcard, Annual Enrollment Benefit Guide, Annual Enrollment Poster
     
  • Hitachi

    Hitachi

    This gallery contains Hitachi annual enrollment & new hire employee benefit guides, a typical new hire email, an annual enrollment teaser postcard, and a annual enrollment administrator toolkit flyer.
     
  • AEP Quarterly Newsletters; self mailers and online versions

    AEP Quarterly Newsletters; self mailers and online versions

    Working from American Electric Power's (AEP) quarterly newsletter template, from start to finish, I designed and formatted these print and online versions of their newsletters. Responsibilities include; designing, building and maintaining files, ensuring quality control while adhering to client branding guidelines for accurate release to printers and client.
     
  • Harley-Davidson

    Harley-Davidson

    For Harley-Davidsons Open Enrollment I designed their teaser poster, go live poster, teaser postcard, and teaser digital display (vertical & horizontal formats). I also designed a retiree postcard, two Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) postcards, and a retiree beneficiary post card. And I also designed a logo for their Health Behavior Rewards (HBR) with applications.
     
  • City of Abilene,Texas

    City of Abilene,Texas

    As a new client for Businessolver, I created a new look and feel (branding) for the City of Abilene, Texas benefits enrollment literature. In this gallery you can view emails, postcards and benefit guides that I designed and produced.
     
  • Envision/AMSURG

    Envision/AMSURG

    In this gallery I created an annual enrollment poster, newsletter, a url site relaunch postcard, and a benefits at a glance document.
     
  • CEMEX

    CEMEX

    This gallery I designed a CEMEX annual enrollment postcards, posters and benefit guide.
     
  • Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA)

    Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA)

    Using established graphic "Find Your Fit", while adhering to the clients branding guidelines, I designed a Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) annual enrollment newsletter, poster, digital display and teaser postcard.