Professional Experience
Experience
Freelance Graphic Designer (2006-Present)
• As a multi-faceted Graphic Designer, I’ve used my expertise to effectively plan, design, and art direct staff, consumer,
inter-departmental, and executive-level online, print, media, digital and promotional campaigns.
• Designs include: brochures, ads, presentations, web design, flyers, invitations, layouts, direct mail, pre-press production,
display booths and banners.
• Overseeing project development from concept to completion.
• Keeping track of budget and timelines.
• Liaison with printers, promotional products, media and more.
• Self-starter, self-motivated works well under pressure and deadline oriented.
Advertising / Graphic Design Manager, Power Express Mortgage, Lake Success, NY (2003- 2006)
• Collaborate with President and Branch Managers to gather marketing requirements for the brand and to consult loan officers at
monthly sales meetings to generate new leads and enhance customer experience with the brand.
• Design, development of marketing materials, ads, flyers, brochures, presentations, postcards, trade show materials and more.
• Design and update Website.
• Offer brand and marketing guidance to nationwide offices and Real Estate partner network nationwide.
• Work closely with an advertising agency on national newspaper ads, magazine ads and other media campaigns.
• Liaison to: advertising agencies, media, printing and promotional vendors.
• Art Direct and hire freelancers to help on ongoing projects.
• Set up and develop marketing department, staff, budget and to keep with the company brand.
• Developed brand strategies for the sales team to find new consumer and business relationships.
Graphic Design Manager and Client Services, American Home Mortgage, Melville, NY (2000-2003)
• Collaborated with CEO, upper management, branch managers, and loan officers to gather requirements for executive presentations, internal communications, and advertising materials such as brochures, flyers, sell sheets, open house flyers, postcards, direct mail, trade show & more.
• Art Direct 10 Jr. designers; effectively directed projects, timelines, and production schedules.
• Designed and developed presentations, advertising, and marketing collateral for over 90 branches nationwide.
• Managed key production files, match & blueprint reviews, and price quotes.
• Developed effective relationships with vendors; liaison to and contract negotiator for print vendors.
• Updated office software and hardware; analyzed and resolved technical issues.
Graphic Designer, Prudential Securities, New York, NY (1996-2000)
• Design wide variety of projects ads, brochures, catalogs, annual reports, production layout, flyers, forms and more simultaneously while consistently meeting all deadlines from concept to execution.
• Managed performance and deliverables for 5 designers and direct photo shoot assignments.
• Interviewed, hired, and led freelance designers, photographers, and proofreaders.
• Liaison to printing vendors; worked closely with internal and external team contacts.
Education
• Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY - Associate Arts Degree in Advertising Design
Skills
• Adobe Creative Suite (Creative Cloud 17)
(Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat)
• Quark XPress , MS Office Word
• PowerPoint, Excel, MAC OS X and PC
• Social Media, SEO, Knowledge HTML, CSS
• Wordpress
