Professional Experience
Mercer Advisors, Graphic Designer, 04/10 – current
Print and web graphic designer for a financial management firm. As a direct report to the vice president of marketing, I am responsible for designing and producing marketing and sales collateral such as brochures, flyers, postcards, sales kits, folders, and ads using Adobe Creative Suite 5 software (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator). I also create email blasts, Flash animations, web graphics and corporate web design using Dreamweaver CS5 and Flash. Other responsibilities include designing PowerPoint presentation templates, editing, light copywriting, proofreading, enforcing corporate branding, and working with outside vendors.
Goble & Associates, Production Manager, 03/07 – 09/09
Graphic design production manager for pharmaceutical advertising agency. Responsibilities included designing and producing sales and marketing collateral (brochures, advertisements, sales kits, educational material, etc.), buying print for client projects, managing outside vendors, managing creative studio, supervising production staff, and training art directors.
DPM Advertising, Studio Manager, 08/05 – 03/07
Provided long-term freelance creative talent to branding and advertising agencies. Responsibilities included designing and producing print-ready layouts and graphics, image manipulation and copywriting while adhering to strict branding guidelines.
Aquent, Senior Production Designer, 09/04 – 08/05
Provided long-term freelance creative talent to branding and advertising agencies. Responsibilities included creating print-ready layouts and graphics, image manipulation and copywriting while adhering to strict branding guidelines.
BAI, Manager of Production Services, 02/03 – 08/04
Marketing communications manager for a financial services not-for-profit organization. Provided art direction, print production, and lettershop support for direct mail marketing campaigns. Also managed and scheduled the production of a bimonthly trade magazine.
Aquent, Production Supervisor, 06/01 – 02/03
Provided long-term support to a financial services company in the capacity of production supervisor. Duties included supervising four typesetters, managing brand guidelines, color correction and digital image manipulation of high-resolution images, producing business documents and presentations, mentoring and training staff.
Lante, Production Designer, 10/00 – 05/01
Designed and produced a wide range of marketing collateral, including event invitations, save-the-date postcards, fact sheets, presentations and signage. Other responsibilities included maintaining brand guidelines in all printed materials and buying offset and digital print for direct mail campaigns.
Tiber Group, Production Artist, 02/99 – 03/00
Under general art direction, I designed and produced white papers, fact sheets and client presentations. I also managed and updated the company's web site and provided Mac IT support to the company's Macintosh users.
Ernst & Young, LLP, Production Artist, 02/98 – 02/99
Production artist for real estate division of Ernst & Young (Kenneth Leventhal).
Boston Consulting Group, Production Specialist, 06/90 – 11/97
Produced PowerPoint presentations and highly complex graphic illustrations and schematics.