CAREER OBJECTIVE
To provide creative design solution and share ideas to a wide variety of clients with the experience in design and production of corporate identity, web, print, marketing productions and presentation publications.
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Designer, Present - December 2, 2009
As a freelancer and consultant, I provide cost-effective and compelling brand design, web design, web development and marketing services for businesses, non-profit organizations and start up companies.
Senior Designer, MindComet, December 2, 2009 - July 2009
• Designed and managed web and interactive projects.
• Develop project plans, specifications, application prototypes and information architecture.
• Conduct business process and requirements analysis.
• Managed project change orders and impact analysis.
• Developd RFP responses, proposals and cost estimates.
• Contributed to user interface, design and development efforts.
Art Director, Leisure Bay Industries, September 2002 - July 2009
• Managed the Leisure Bay brand by developing, creating and maintaining the look and feel of the brand including product images, print work, web ads and other collateral materials.
• Developed a deep understanding of the company's business model and applied it to the user experience
via print, web and e-commerce.
Art director, Video Central, March 2000 - 2002.
• Responsible for coordinating and producing a variety of graphic products and services including ads, newsletters, report covers, annual reports, brochures, exhibit displays, maps and slide shows.
• Oversaw all aspects of projects including design, layout, art direction, recommendations and approvals.
• Prepared final layouts for printing and review.
Graphic Designer, Bonnier Corporation, March 1999 - February 2000
• Designed advertisements and layout for national publications such as Waterski, Wakeboarding, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Sport Diver, Sport Fishing, Fly Fishing and Marlin Magazine.
Graphic Designer, Madison Advertising, January 1996 - February 1999.
• Served as in-house designer for Madison Advertising.
• Created a bi-monthly newsletter for the architects association.
• Designed logos and artwork for silk screening.
• Organized the production of various material and provided design and art direction for ordinances, plans, reports, brochures, application forms, exhibit displays, maps, presentations and slide shows.
Graphic Designer, 5TCO, May 1994 - January 1996
Completed various freelance design assignments including creation of a bi-monthly printed newsletter for a architects association, design of various logos, and artwork for a silk-screening company, Silk-screening.
coordinated and produced of a variety of graphics products and services. Prepared and estimated costs, coordinated graphic production and reproduction by service bureaus. Prepared the assembly of final layouts for printing and provided graphic design and art direction for a variety of products including, ordinances, plans, reports, brochures, application forms, exhibit displays, maps, presentations, and slide shows.
SKILLS
Excellent understanding of OSX, network management, web, and pre-press.
Tools: illustrator, photoshop, indesign, acrobat, iwork, dreamweaver, flash, quarkXpress, wordpress.
Design: brand design, print, pre-press, user Interface design, wireframes, information architecture, photography, communication, typography, drawing & writing.
Languages: html, css, ajax, javascript, some actionScript.
EDUCATION
Digital Media, Full Sail Real World Education, Orlando, Florida, 2002.
Macromedia Authorized Training program, Red Wave Interactive, Inc., macromedia dreamweaver 4, Flash 4, 2001.
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, University of Central Florida, May 1997.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
PDF download of my resume
