Highly motivated Senior Graphic Designer and Art Director with over 10 years experience in design, advertising, marketing, direct marketing and email marketing.

Skilled in seeing the big picture and staying true to a brand's essence while bringing life and excitement to every project so that’s it’s memorable and clearly communicates clients’ key messages to their target audiences.

Experienced in seeing a project through from concept design to print production. Highly organized in file maintenance to increase project efficiency to meet tight deadlines. Experience with budgets, hiring and managing vendors, directing photoshoots, and supervising print press runs.

Comfortable working independently as well as collaborating with a creative team. Strong communication skills and experience in client presentations.

Specialize in branding, developing campaign strategy, conceptual thinking and design, corporate identity, signage, package design, advertisements, posters, brochures, annual reports, new business kits, direct marketing packages and email marketing.

Expertise in Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator & Acrobat.

FREELANCE WORK EXPERIENCE

99 DESIGN: Freelance Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director
Graphic Design, Advertising and Marketing Experience.
Boston, MA    .     New York, NY    .     San Francisco, CA       1999-Present

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Branding, developing campaign strategy, conceptual thinking and design, collaborating with creative teams, strong communication skills and client presentations, increasing department efficiency, creating and overseeing budgets, hiring and managing vendors, directing photoshoots and supervising print press runs.

PROJECTS:

Branding, campaigns, corporate identity, signage, package design, posters, brochures, ads, new business kits, catalogs, education curriculum guides and email marketing. 

CIENTS:

-Hasbro
-New Balance Shoes
-Timberland Apparel
-Turfer Sportswear
-Oracle Software
-Blue Cross & Blue Shield
-Nuance Healthcare
-Boston Globe
-Staples
-Mullen Advertising
-Foote Cone & Belding Advertising
-Advertising Agency at Fidelity Investments
-Digitas Integrated Marketing
-Wilde Agency
-TeachTown Education
-Springboard Education
-Houghton Mifflin Publishing 
-Wells Fargo Bank
-Pioneer Investments
-Commonwealth Financial         
-MSPCA
-YMCA


FULL-TIME WORK EXPERIENCE

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Accounts: John Hancock, Raytheon, MDConsult

DIGITAS INTEGRATED MARKETING: Art Director, Boston, MA
Accounts: AT&T, American Express

OGILVY & MATHER ADVERTISING: Art Director, NY, NY 
Accounts: AT&T, American Express, Seagrams

EDUCATION

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART: Boston, MA
Graphic Design Certificate

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS: New York, NY
Advertising Design

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY: New York, NY
Bachelor in Marketing; Minor in Graphic Arts

AWARDS

GEM Award
The American Marketing Association Award for Marketing Excellence.

The Bell Ringer Award
The New England Publicity Award for Excellence in Communications and Public Relations.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator/Acrobat
Microsoft Office: Windows/PowerPoint/Excel