Summary of Qualifications:
Senior Graphic Designer with 18+ years of experience conceiving, producing, and delivering engaging visual communication materials on budget and on time. Specializing in a wide variety of online and print ads; newsletters; logos and identifiers for events and programs; brochures; banners; signage; booklets; direct mail; digital displays; presentations and reports; illustrations; infographics; and other specialty materials.
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Technical Experience: Acrobat, Adobe Creative Suite (Animate, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge), News Manager,
Google Ad Manager, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), PC/Mac Platforms, Coding
Work Experience:
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., Timonium, MD
Advertising Supervisor and Graphic Designer
November 2012 - November 2019 and September 2001 - May 2005
• Created advertising packages and proposals for various vendors interested in advertising in both print and online media through Diamond. Ad packages had to fit within their marketing budget and get the most impact to increase sales of their titles and get retailers and consumers interested in their other titles.
• Headed billing and invoicing for advertising, kept track of contracts to ensure they were advertising correctly and receiving their discounts that were agreed upon on their contracts.
• Designed and produced pages for a 600+ page monthly catalog, weekly internal newsletters, displays for POP in retail locations and various trade show signs.
• Created advertisements for catalogs and online publications and, packaging design for specialty licensed products.
• Designed web advertisements for various online media.
• Ensures that all pre-press production is done according to specs before sending for print production.
Strakes, Roberts & Bauer Advertising, Bel Air, MD
Production Manager and Graphic Designer
May 2005 - November 2012
• Conceived and created logos for branding and identity systems.
• Designed and produced advertising for weekly circulars and newspaper publications, brochures, postcards, magnets, catalogs, collateral, sell sheets, vehicle wraps, and direct mailers.
• Ensured that all pre-press production was done according to specs and cost before sending for production.
Education:
Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts
York, PA
Associates Degree in Specialized Technology, Graphic Design
Honors & Awards:
First Place Tear Sheet Competition
Designed full-page, four-color ad for Gateway Realty announcing its new address in the Lancaster Newspaper.
Volunteer Experience:
Pitties & Purrs Rescue inc.,
Baltimore, MD
April 2015 - Present
• Create graphics to be featured on their Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other Social Media Sites regarding adoption events and adoptable animals.
• Create printed materials for dog and cat adoption events, such as brochures, flyers and, hang tags.
• Design t-shirt graphics to be used for fundraising.