CAREER OBJECTIVE : To be an integral member of a visual communications development team, through design and/or art direction.

• American Graphic Design 2010 - In-house Design Awards
• Grand prize winner - Glade Scented Oil Tin Design Contest 2009
• American Graphic Design Awards 2008 (sponsored by NEWPAGE®)
• American Graphic Design Awards 2007 (sponsored by Adobe®)
• American Graphic Design Awards 2006 (sponsored by Adobe®)

Pedagogue Solutions
7/2002 - present

Marketing Manager

Conceptualized and designed the new branding of the company which includes but is not limited to: collateral, company newsletters, marketing web pages, HTML e-mails, direct mail campaigns, and print/on-line advertising

Responsible for preparing and producing materials for annual tradeshow including: new booth design, banner stands, sell sheets, and demonstration materials

Participated in generating new company business and strategies

Graphic Designer

Designed/created Quark templates for printed sales training materials

Illustrated graphics and layout for learning systems

Created layout and production graphics/activities for interactive courses

Designed template for client proposals and responsible for production of all proposals and managing the proposal archive

Established vendor list for both learning systems and marketing

Acted as studio manager for upkeep of supplies/equipment

project Manager

Aided in creating proposal timelines and budgets

Acted as liaison between client and team members to create learning materials

Responsible for creating and keeping timelines for projects both in-house and with client teams

Assisted in the implementation of client medical, legal and regulatory review needs

Reorganized the servers and created production process

Factiva
12/2000 - 12/2001

Global Marketing Graphic Designer

Conceptualized, designed and produced various print marketing materials, created as print and PDF versions to be used in the U.S., Europe, and Asia

Conceptualized, designed and produced various web marketing materials, some tiles and banners received click-through ratings of 3 through 8

Acted as lead artist and developer on the redesign of the company’s corporate branding section of their web site

Worked on the marketing launch of four international products and re-launched the CI Center community site

Aided the choice of company premiums and corporate photography

Acted as studio manager for upkeep of supplies/equipment

Pharmaka/Team Graphics
5/1999 - 11/2000

graphic designer

Followed creative direction, conceptualized, designed and produced various print materials

Lead designer and developer for the design corporate web site and interactive portfolio

Attended start up meetings and editorial meetings

Contacted vendors on the status of current jobs

Acted as studio manager for upkeep of supplies/equipment

Freelance Experience

Image Cog LLC
12/2005 - present

Citation Graphics
11/2001 - 12/2002

Ad.X Designs Inc./Ad.Apeal Inc
11/2004 - 2008

Dow Jones & Company
11/1998 - 1/1999

software

Photoshop, Quark, Illustrator, Acrobat, Image Ready, Dreamweaver, Flash, Word, Outlook, InDesign, Excel, IE, PowerPoint, Articulate, Lectura, SoundForge, HTML

Hardware

Mac and PC platforms (various OS)

Knowledge based

Print development and production

User interface site architecture for both on- and off-line products

Photography skills (black and white, color, 35mm developing)

Project management

Art direction

Marketing

The College of New Jersey
09/1995-05/1999
BFA in Graphic DesignDouble specialization in print and interactive design.