Computer Experience
Proficient user of:

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• Adobe Creative Suite

 - Photoshop

 - InDesign

 - Illustrator

 - Dreamweaver

 - AfterEffects

 - Premiere

 - Flash

 - GoLive

 - Acrobat

 

• MS Office

 - Word

 - PowerPoint

 - Excel

 

• Other

 - QuarkXpress

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Cross-platform

(Mac OS and Windows)

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Experienced user of computer peripherals (printers, scanners, removable media, digital cameras)​

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​​Education​

Rochester Institute of Technology,BFA in Graphic Design

Work History​

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Art Director | Senior Graphic Designer
Ambient Design, Milford, NH
(June 2006-present)

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• Hands-on leader for all phases of graphic design (concept through production)

  - advertisements (print and web)    
  - corporate identity    
  - GUI
  - logos
  - photography
  - product graphics and labels
  - promotional items
  - social media
  - sales and marketing collateral
  - signage (building and office)
  - trade show graphics
  - vehicle graphics
  - web sites
• Client meetings, design briefs and presentations.
• Manage creative resources, scheduling and deliverables.

 

Graphic Designer (Freelance)

Eastern Mountain Sports, Peterborough, NH
(April 2014-October 2014)

• Product packaging and apparel hang tags. 

• Direct mail: catalogs, mailers, and postcards.

• Promotional materials: signage, posters, and flyers.

• Social media graphics and web affiliate banners.

• Photo retouching: color-correct and modify lifestyle and product photography.

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Graphic Designer (Freelance)
Staples, Framingham, MA
(January 2005-June 2007)

Projects include logo and icon development, graphic layout and pattern designs for: 
  - calculator faceplates
  - calendars    
  - CD jewel cases    
  - folders

 

Graphic Designer (Freelance)
The Burlington Group, Westford, MA
(January 2003-March 2004)

Conceptualize and implement designs for client web pages, event registration pages and emails, packaging and marketing collateral. Clients include HP, Microsoft, Rohm & Haas, and Bard Medical.

• Designed client web pages, event registration pages and emails, and various marketing collateral.

• Clients included HP, Microsoft, Rohm & Haas, and Bard Medical.

 

Art Director (1998-1999),  Senior Graphic Designer (1997)
Montage Media Corporation, Mahwah, NJ
(March 1997-June 1999)

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• Lead a team of 7 designers in the production of 6 magazines (4 bi-monthly and 2 quarterly).
• Re-design the flagship periodical, “Practical Periodontics & Aesthetic Dentistry” (PPAD). May and Sept. '98 issues won pewter Gold Ink Awards.
• Establish page layouts, graphics and templates for periodicals and newsletters. "Verbatim" was recognized for excellence in graphic design (Editorial Design category) as well as "Mosaic" (Newsletters category) in the '98 American Graphic Design Awards.
• Coordinate design studio efforts with editors, proof readers, scanners, and film output department.
• Verify accuracy of film separations and color proofs.
• Maintain a high level of design integrity throughout all pieces produced.
• Design brochures, pamphlets, and advertisements for commercial clients.
• Facilitate the foundation of a Multimedia Department for development of animations digital video editing.
• Design and produce interactive CDs and video presentations.
• Employee of the Month, June 1998.

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Graphic Designer
ID Graphics, Somerville, MA
(May 1994-March 1997)

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• Develop corporate identity, newsletters, web sites, interface design, digital and video presentations, trade show graphics, and textbook graphics. 
• Complete pre-flight on files for offset-print jobs (spot and process).
• Interface with clients and vendors.
• Clients include Lifeline (Cambridge, MA), Computer World (Framingham, MA), and Simon & Schuster (New York, NY)

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Design and Production Supervisor
Charrette ProGraphics, Woburn, MA
(October 1991-May 1994)

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• Manage a team of 4 in all stages of exhibit and display graphics.
• Design and produce vinyl graphics for vehicles, buildings and trade show signage.
• Prepare electronic files for 2-color and 3-color offset print production.