Professional Experience
Art Director (Contract 2012)
Bluestem Brands – Eden Prairie, MN
• Designing web graphics for Fingerhut.com.
Graphic Designer (Temporary 2012)
The Shinebox – Minneapolis, MN
• Designing packaging and web graphics for 3M.
Graphic Designer (Temporary 2012)
Patrick Jarvis Design – White Bear Lake, MN
• Designing advertisements and marketing materials for medical device clients.
• Photo retouching of medical devices.
Graphic Designer (Temporary 2011)
Heartland America – Chaska, MN
• Page layout of catalogs.
Art Director/Owner (2004 to Present)
Schmittyapolis Advertising – Cambridge, MN
• Design of interactive, catalogs, logos and packaging.
Associate Creative Director (2005 to 2011)
The CORE Organization – Elmhurst, IL
• Oversee creative department. Interviewing of new employees.
• Execution of direct mail campaigns, logos, catalogs and collateral.
• Key asset to agency, during three years of telecommuting, through
streamlining of processes and technologies.
• Able to work as part of a team or independently.
Art Director (1999 to 2005)
The CORE Organization – Elmhurst, IL
• Created direct mail, magazine ads, trade show materials, posters, identities, catalogs and collateral.
• Achieved direct mail response rates as high as 25%.
• Developed cross-platform marketing messages, raising dollar amount of average online shopping cart purchase by 243%.
Clients: Allstate, Citi, EAS, GNC, Riddell, Smith Barney, Wells Fargo
Art Director (1998 to 1999)
Sterling Creative Group – Wheaton, IL
• Developed magazine ads, trade show materials and collateral.
• Involved with job cost estimation, photo shoots, press checks,
film and print vendors.
• Creative attracted two new clients.
Clients: C.P. Bourg, Pennant Foods, PrimeSource, Xeikon
Art Director (1997 to 1998)
Shaker Advertising – Oak Park, IL
• Co-managed creative department of ten graphic designers.
• Interviewed and trained new employees.
• Design of newspaper and trade journal ads, collateral and outdoor.
• Creative for UPS won agency national account, eventually carried over into outdoor, radio and TV spots.
Graphic Designer (1996 to 1997)
Shaker Advertising – Oak Park, IL
• Design of newspaper ads, trade journal ads, outdoor and collateral.
Production Assistant (1994 to 1996)
Shaker Advertising – Oak Park, IL
• General production/presentation duties. Maintained database of
3,500+ client logos.
• Secured approval of materials to meet publication deadlines.
Clients: Disney, Motorola, Spiegel, UPS
