Brief Summary
I have worked professionally as an art director/graphic designer for nearly 15 years. My clients’ cross an array of market segments; financial institutions, television and print publications, healthcare and not-for-profits. From concept development through final production, I’ve consistently delivered effective graphic solutions to successfully
solve for branding and marketing challenges; working closely with clients to ensure a high level of service.
art direction : graphic design : branding
Clients
freelance experience
Condé Nast : Allure >
magazine advertorials; sales
+ marketing presentations
BearingPoint, Inc. >
management
+ technologies collateral
Brooklyn Botanical Garden >
annual journal
Carnegie Hall >
event posters; comprehensive
invitation package
Cline, Davis & Mann >
marketing + promotional material
for Pfizer/Viagra
Hearst : Harpers Bazzar >
magazine event invitations;
advertorials; sales + marketing
presentations
Hunter College >
annual reports
Lenox Hill Hospital >
marketing materials
+ hospital division brochures
Lifetime Television >
promotional materials for
Breast Cancer Awareness
annual concert event
New York Weill Cornell
Medical Center >
comprehensive invitation
packages; marketing materials + hospital division brochures
Prudential Financial >
corporate marketing material
Sue Coe Designs >
comprehensive healthcare collateral
servicing various channels
The Torrey Funds >
corporate collateral
+ marketing materials
UniDigital >
annual report 2001
USA Networks >
promotional materials
for EcoChallenge annual event;
additional network projects
Wechsler Ross & Partners >
corporate branding + collateral
for global financial community
YWCA >
comprehensive invitation
package
Ziff-Davis PC Magazine >
marketing + promotional
material
Professional Experience
work experience
Legg Mason
global asset management
stamford, ct
4.10–3.12
senior graphic designer/contract
design + develop marketing materials
for americas’ distribution; institutional, financial advisors, client-facing + internal
> sales/product channel collateral
> thought leadership intiatives
> package quantitative data in
charts + infographics
> image sourcing
BearingPoint, Inc.
independent business
consulting firm
new york city
1.08–1.09
graphic designer/freelance
implemented design elements
for marketing collateral
> management/technology
client literature
> disseminate quantitative
information to create illustrator graphs + charts
> image sourcing
> create press-ready mechanicals
Wechsler Ross & Partners
intergrated branding +
marketing solutions
new york city
1.05–11.07
senior graphic designer/freelance
created cross-channel marketing
collateral for global financial +
investment industries
> annual reports
> high-end brochures/collateral
> branding corporate/investment
literature
> promotional campaigns/advertising
Morgan Stanley
global financial services firm
new york city
2.04–11.04
graphic designer/contract
investment banking division
corporate design for all industry-
specific institutional securities events; global communications
> annual reports
> high-end events;
internal + external
> lucite production
Sue Coe Designs
boutique-style design studio
new york city
5.97–present
art director/senior graphic
designer/freelance
> comprehensive collateral for
leading tri-state area hospitals
> annual reports
> invitations
> signage/wayfinding
Cullinane Design
communications firm
new york city
2.97–1.98
junior graphic designer
mechanical/electronic design
from concept through production
> corporate identity + collateral
> annual report design/production
> corporate brochures;
fact + sell sheets
> packaging
internships
MTV
new york city
9.94–12.94
on-air graphics intern
MTV identity/layout for programs
special reports; news graphics
type; posters for upcoming pilots
> design/image research
for on-air programs
> video capture/beta to Mac
> time-coding/logging
Carbone Smolan Associates
new york city
1.94–6.94
graphic design intern
merchandising design; product development identity program; collateral press kit; press release 3-Dimensional
comprehensives and prototypes
> initial sketches + concept
presentation boards
> color prepress evaluations
> image research
> production research
computer skills
> Mac OSX
> InDesign CS4
> Adobe Photoshop CS4
> Adobe Illustrator CS4
> Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.0
> QuarkXPress 6
> Microsoft /PPT/Word/Excel
education
Fordham University
Bachelor of Arts, 1994
Graphic Design
Additional Training
School of Visual Arts, 1992
Art Center College of Design, 1991
references upon request
Awards and Recognition
Gold Award: Legg Mason BW Global Opportunities Bond Fund
2012 winner of Institutional Investor's 3rd Annual U.S. Investment Management Awards for Global Fixed Income in the International Strategies area. Brandywine Global Fixed Income Funds – these Brandywine funds offer institutional-caliber management to individual investors.