| PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• website design and promotion
• email campaigns
• retail catalog design
• direct mail print packages
• print media advertisements
• informational brochures
• educational manuals
• membership newsletters
• fund-raising campaign materials
• print buying and estimating
• special event invitations & promotion
• indoor/outdoor signage
• digital photography and retouching
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Quark Xpress
• Indesign
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Dreamweaver
• Flash
• HTML
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Powerpoint
• Mac & PC Systems
EDUCATION
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts Cum Laude Graphic Design, Illustration, and Photography
State University of NY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Elementary school art ed
AFFILIATIONS/INTERESTs
• Brandywine Harp Orchestra • International Guild of Miniature Artisans
• Professional Doll Makers Art Guild
• Philadelphia Flower Show exhibitor
AWARDS
Best Website, 2004 AFP
Non-Profit Communications, www.delart.org |
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WORK HISTORY
Adecco, Inc.
Wilmington, DE
Contract Art Director for Bank of America, 2007 to 2008
- Art direction of various print materials for Bank of America's Enterprise Creative Solutions in-house agency
- Projects focused mainly on Small Business and Student banking and lending, and Mortgage products.
The Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE
Art Director/Webmaster, 2001 to 2007
- Design and maintenance of Museum website: www.delart.org
- Design and implementation of email campaigns
- Integration of website and email campaigns with database software
- Design and production of all Museum print materials and indoor/outdoor signage
- Print buying, estimating and solicitation of in-kind donations and discounted print work from vendors
- Interviewed, directed and oversaw freelance designers, production artists and interns
The Franklin Mint
Franklin Center, PA
Senior Designer, 1996 to 2001
- Design and production of direct mail, retail catalog, print media advertising for high-end collectible items
- Worked closely with marketing team to achieve successful selling strategies that often exceeded sales forecasts • Directed photographers, stylists, illustrators and free-lance production artists
- Worked with print buyers to design new standardized brochure formats
Reese, Tomases & Ellick
Wilmington, DE
Graphic Designer, 1995 to 1996
- Designed and produced safety manuals, product information kits, corporate communications pieces, outdoor advertisements, annual reports
Janet Hughes & Associates
Wilmington, DE
Production Manager, 1994 to 1995
- Coordination and production of all print work for marketing communications agency
- Created electronic job filing system, archived files and maintained backup system
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