Qual­i­fic­a­tions Summary

  • Highly adapt­able web and print designer with 9 years of exper­i­ence in both non-​profit and cor­por­ate sectors.
  • Has an incred­ible repu­ta­tion for high qual­ity work, prob­lem solv­ing skills, and timeli­ness while stay­ing on budget.
  • Cap­able of man­aging cre­at­ive depart­ments effi­ciently while remain­ing hands-​on in design processes.
  • Excel­lent teach­ing and com­mu­nic­a­tion skills for all levels of stu­dent or client.

Skills

Adobe:InDes­ign, Pho­toshop, Illus­trator, Dream­weaver, Acrobat
Other: HTML, CSS, Word­press, Joomla!, iMIS, Key­note, Prezi, Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Exper­i­ence

Elec­tronic Pub­lish­ing Spe­cial­ist
T. Rowe Price, Nov 2007 to Mar 2008 and April 2011 to present
Taught mini course on Key­note to other employ­ees. Rewrote pro­ced­ures for vari­ous types of pro­jects res­ult­ing in a sig­ni­fic­ant increase in turn-​around time. Became the go-​to per­son to resolve prob­lem jobs that come through depart­ment. Worked on present­a­tions, col­lat­eral, bro­chures, reports, ban­ners, inter­act­ive forms, etc.

Web Designer, Fit­ness Instructor
Xpose Fit­ness, April 2011 to present
Designed new Joomla! web­site based on back-​end needs for cli­ent and ease-​of-​use for gen­eral pub­lic (going live Janu­ary 1, 2012). Cur­rently design­ing com­pany intranet to improve com­mu­nic­a­tion and brand­ing aware­ness between indi­vidual fit­ness stu­dios as well as cre­at­ing social media cam­paigns across Face­book and Twitter.

Graphic Designer
Stu­dio Lewis Graphic Design, Feb 2009 to present
Improved design iMIS based web­site through CSS and backend data man­age­ment res­ult­ing in a much more useable and aes­thet­ic­ally pleas­ing user-​experience for the Amer­ican String Teach­ers Asso­ci­ation. Designed visu­ally pleas­ing books and annual reports both on time and under budget for cli­ents such as the USCCB and the Insti­tute for Com­munity Economics.

Cre­at­ive Ser­vices Super­visor
The Cathed­ral Found­a­tion, Jun 2006 to Oct 2007
Man­aged cre­at­ive depart­ment which provided sup­port for internal and external cli­ents span­ning the coun­try. Cre­ated ad cam­paign designs to pro­mote the Bal­timore Cath­olic Review’s new web­site res­ult­ing in an MDDC advert­ise­ment award.

Man­ager of Pub­lic­a­tions and Graphic Design, Web­mas­ter
Amer­ican String Teach­ers Asso­ci­ation, Feb 2002 to May 2006
Over­hauled design of quarterly journal to improve over­all organ­iz­a­tion, read­ab­il­ity, and aes­thet­ics res­ult­ing in a plat­inum
MAR­COMM Cre­at­ive Award and many pleased national board mem­bers and asso­ci­ation members.

Awards

2004 plat­inum MAR­COMM award
2006 MDDC award