Professional Experience
SUMMARY
Multi-talented Designer, Project Manager, Product Developer, Production Artist, and Brand Developer with over seven years of experience and success. Management of 16 person graphics department staff and timeline for over 1000 new products annually.
Top expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, including HTML and CSS, as well as strong design and typography knowledge.
QUALIFICATIONS
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; extremely organized; adept multi-tasker; very adaptable; ability to work well with others as well as independently; detail-oriented; highly creative.
EDUCATION
Simmons College, Boston, MA
BA Art History (May 1997)
President’s Scholarship (1993-1997)
Richmond College, London, England
Art History, theatre and music courses
Summer 1996
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
BFA Graphic Design (May 2004)
Talent Award (2001-2004)
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Designer (March 2012 - present)
Self-employed, San Francisco, CA
Visual design, interaction design, and print and production design for a variety of clients.
Manager of Product Development & Design (January 2005 - March 2012)
BrownTrout Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Production Manager, Creative Director, Marketing and Brand Developer, Licensed Product Design and Compliance for leading publisher of photographic and fine art wall calendars worldwide. BrownTrout also publishes stationery products, printed gift sets, and exhibit format books.
Product Development & Branding:
Logo design and product branding to help distinguish BrownTrout products.
Socially conscious business branding, including FSC sustainable paper compliance.
Designed branded header cards, stickers, and signage for in-store displays.
New Product Launches:
Developed over 1000 published products annually, keying in to market demands and consumer buying patterns.
Communicated directly with licensors, which included asset management, brand compliance, and product approvals.
Designed gift packs and discount range for mass market.
Design & Pre-press:
Served as in-house design expert, using Adobe Creative Suite to maximize quality of products.
Designed, created, and helped script over 20 templates for efficient composition of product range.
Marketing and corporate communications including annual catalog, sales sheets, and printed marketing objectives.
Prepared pre-press files to print suppliers.
Intern (September 1996 - May 1997)
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Assisted gallery director with framing, installations, jurying shows, contacting artists and updating artist’s resumes.
Photographer (October 1996 - February 1997)
School of Health Studies and School of Social Work, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Photographed students, faculty, staff and cityscapes for website, slide presentations and catalogue.
Project Coordinator (February 1993 - May 1993)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Organized volunteers and information, and designed the fundraising booth for the Jimmy Fund’s Marathon Challenge Team.
