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Technical Skill
Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, Photoshop, Corel Painter, valid XHTML and CSS (compliant with W3C standards), organic SEO practices, WordPress, Actionscript 2.0
Work Experience
01.2008–Present Graphic Designer at City of Boston
- Oversee all graphic design services to support the Office of Business Development
- Duties include but are not limited to designing commercial signage, logos, web sites, and various print materials
- Review and execute the production of marketing materials
- Initiate and manage quality and cost effective production methods
- Provide guidance and technical assistance to neighborhood business districts and individual businesses
- Prepare graphic presentation materials
- Project manage contracted design services and coordinate activities with other appropriate Department of Neighborhood Development staff and public and private entities
01.2007–01.2008 Web Production Designer at VistaPrint
- Designed effective content layout for continuous user experience improvements
- Executed design concepts into mock-ups for final web page layouts
- Maintained and updated existing web pages and product offerings
- Created mock-ups for new page designs & web application developments
- Developed and maintained web graphic directories in content management tool
- Created illustrations and icons
- Supported implementation of web and content strategies
- Participated in creative brainstorming sessions
- Designed graphic updates for monthly merchandising and localization needs
07.2000–01.2007 Graphic Designer at Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Designed marketing materials e.g., booklets, posters, display panels for on-road recruitment, bookmarks, postcards, brochures, ID card, stickers, direct mailers, and centennial logo for several departments including: Admissions Office, Career Services, Student Service Center, Athletics, Institutional Advancement, Continuing Studies, Community and Learning Partnerships, and Alumni Relations
- Created magazines ads for educational publications including: Newsweek, Boston Globe, Redsox Yearbook, College Conference, New England Board of Higher Ed
- Developed web graphics for the Admission’s web page, redesigned photo tour, developed landing page for Accepted Student Day 2006, and created header graphics for Wentworth’s web portal lconnect.wit.edu
- Prepared digital photos for recruitment events, magazine ads, and various shoots assigned by the Director of Admissions
Freelance
| Advanced Visual Systems | Organic Gardening Magazine |
| Big City Party Band | Resolve Technology |
| Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Verse Media |
| Custom Decor | Weekly Dig |
| Improper Bostonian | Wentworth Institute of Technology |
| Lawyers Weekly |
Education
- 06.2003, 08.2005 Continuing Ed at Mass College of Art – Boston, MA
- 08.1996–01.1999 Bachelor of Arts at Art Institute of Boston – Boston, MA
- 06.1995–01.1996 Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, RI
- 08.1993–01.1995 Pennsylvania State University – State College, PA
Personal and Hobbies
- Design, illustration, bikes, music, movies, billiards, wiffle ball, cooking, spending time with family and friends
- 06.2005–06.2006 Big Brother of Massachusetts Bay volunteer
- AIGA member since 07.2009