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DESIGN SKILLS
Visual communication and concept development of logotypes, business systems, brochures, annual reports, advertisements, promotional packaging, editorial, poster and CD design, multi-panel murals, corporate identity and its applications, expressive and creative use of typography with extensive knowledge of its terminology and history, experience with traditional and electric pre-press production, black and white, color and digital photography, color theory, three dimensional design, screen printing, drawing, painting, and web design

DIGITAL SKILLS
Proficient in the most recent Macintosh and IBM/PC platforms with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Streamline, Image Ready, Fireworks, Omnipage, Quark Xpress, PageMaker, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, ATM Deluxe, Microsoft Office, Word Perfect, Powerpoint, DART Ad Manager

 

 

DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer
August 2008 – Present
Clear Channel Radio
Latham, New York
Design graphics for all seven radio stations in the Albany, NY cluster for projects including website content, t-shirts, vehicle wraps, flyers, event promotions, and tickets or entrance passes, videography for clients advertsing on one or more of the station websites including setup of the shoot, video direction of the talent, green screen editing when applicable, photo and video correction when necessary, maintain a close and open working relationship with all managers and sales representatives to produce the best possible graphics and/or video for the client's campaign, organize paper and electronic files continuously, research fonts and crative resources to stay on the cutting edge for each musical genre's style

 

Graphics Manager
August 9, 2007–March 14, 2008
Media Sales Group, LLC
Delmar, New York
MSG produces four specialized advertising products including The HomeOwner’s Directory, Upscale Direct, Websites OverNight, and Regional B2B.com, with duties including layout and design of all products and advertisements, correspondence with customers to obtain ad approval, management and uploading files to printers, review of all ad proofs and approval to print, layout and design of all internal graphics, sales forms and individual projects including logo design, sales support and prospecting via e-mail and fax, editorial research, website design and maintenance

 

New York State Graphics Manager
November 1, 2004–April 1, 2007
Eber Bros. Wine & Liquor
Guilderland, New York
Conceptualize, design and produce menu graphic inserts to be distributed to a sales force of over 60 representatives, create custom marketing graphics for suppliers to promote their brands utilizing easy recognition techniques and promoting consumer awareness, manage the needs, concerns and creative input of four other designers in divisions across the state of New York, research, quote and propose needed equipment for the graphics department to better benefit the quality the designers can provide to the company’s accounts, simultaneously communicate clearly, effectively and often with suppliers and accounts on various levels of print jobs while conducting regular duties for the sales force

 

Graphic Designer
July 2003–October 31, 2004
Creatacor, Inc.
Clifton Park, New York
Designed print advertisements for magazines, initiated client meetings to communicate goals for exhibits, assorted and researched ideas to match the clients’ request for a certain theme or feel, provided concepts, composites and test prints foe clients to view graphic quality and color correction possibilities before final production, indexed graphics used for tradeshow for organization and future revisions, prepared graphic files for an on-line database for the clients’ easy access, involved in printing graphics in RGB and CMYK digital press platforms, design and layout a variety of graphics utilizing various applications including vinyl signs and headers, multiple substrates, labels, brochures, large format murals and graphics, produce and execute graphics from design to final production stages

 

Freelance Graphic Designer, Intern
May 2002–April 2003
The Orvis Company, Inc.
Manchester, Vermont
Design and layout The Orvis News, research, optimize and create PDF’s of visual imagery, illustrate maps for retail locations, design various flyers, retail school information, handouts, mailers and posters, conceptualize and prepare a series of graphics for in-house awards program, assist in press checks, manage freelance employees, interact directly with vendors

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS
Masters in Business Administration
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York, December 2007

 

Dean’s List, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York, 2001

 

Artwork selected for exhibition at the juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition, 2000, 2001, 2003

 

Second Place Award at the juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition, 2000

 

Art Scholarship, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York, 1999–2003