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Graphic Designer
Holland & Hart LLP
Oct 2013 - Present (11 years 1 month)
Graphic Design and branding of a broad range of marketing communication materials, including brochures, proposals, PowerPoint presentations, electronic communications, external practice group newsletters/alerts, practice group capability profiles, announcements, invitations, charts, forms, advertisements, and video.
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Freelance Designer
Graphic Design and Moore
Jan 2013 - Present (11 years 10 months)
Assisting companies with visual communication and solving challenges to help get their message out. Projects include web design, logo design, advertisements, identity packages, sales collateral, newsletters, social media design, and more. Please visit GraphicDesignandMoore.com for my portfolio.
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Adjunct Faculty
University of Baltimore
Aug 2012 - Jun 2013 (10 months)
Currently teaching Computer Graphics: Publishing for the 2012-2013 school year. Instruction includes Adobe InDesign and Dreamweaver.Currently teaching Computer Graphics: Publishing for the 2012-2013 school year. Instruction includes Adobe InDesign and Dreamweaver.
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Creative Services Manager
SC&H Group
Aug 2006 - Jan 2013 (6 years 5 months)
Responsible for serving as the firm’s lead graphic designer for both print and web based materials.
Maintained consistent corporate identity across all mediums; daily tasks include website design and maintenance; advertising campaign design and production that include electronic and print mediums; design and production of printed marketing materials including items such as postcards, tri-folds, cut sheets and event materials; newsletter production; holiday card design; and e-mail campaign design and production.
As graphic designer in a financial oriented business, multi-tasking between projects which occurred at the same time was imperative, as well as working with multiple personalities within the firm.
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Graphic Designer
Catholic Review/Cathedral Foundation
2005 - 2006 (1 year)
Design and produce weekly newspaper; manage and design advertisements for placement in newspaper; creative lead designer for clients in full service sector of company, tasks include print design and web site design; and create Multimedia presentations.
Part of a three member Creative Services Department that created and
implemented creative standard operating procedure within the company;
redesigned the newspaper; published outstanding weekly paper series; and launched a national advertising campaign for client all within 6 months.
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Production and Design Specialist
George Washington University
Oct 2004 - Aug 2005 (10 months)
Created and updated publications and communications for Information
Systems and Services Department.
Lead designer for print and web based materials.
Redesigned web site centered around customer needs and products offered.
Print pieces include issues of Tech Today, Annual Report, postcards,
brochures, and other handouts.
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Adjunct Faculty
Harford Community College
Sep 2001 - May 2005 (3 years 8 months)
Classes taught include Introduction to Computer Graphics, Multimedia I,
Interactive Design, Design for the Web and 2D Animation. Programs include
Quark, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After
Effects, Macromedia DreamWeaver, Macromedia Flash, and Macromedia
Director.
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Program Manager
Computer Career Institute at Johns Hopkins
Sep 2002 - Oct 2004 (2 years 1 month)
Researched and co-wrote award-winning curriculum for Digital Media Program, which includes 32 classes in subjects ranging from basic computer graphics, design theory, interactive design, video editing and motion graphics. This Program is implemented in all five schools run by the Computer Career Institute.
Managed, scheduled, hired, and interviewed supporting Digital Media staff and faculty.
Taught Digital Media Program, as well as the Graphic Essentials and Web
Essentials programs, predecessors to Digital Media. These classes gave students a solid grounding in the tools and skills of computer-generated design, for both print and web based projects. The Digital Media curriculum goes far beyond basic principles.
Emphasized technical proficiency and design theory, including Typography, Design Technique and Color Theory.
Programs taught: Quark, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Macromedia DreamWeaver, as well as HTML.
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Multimedia Designer/Video
Social Security Administration
Feb 2002 - Sep 2002 (7 months)
Supported staff and projects in design and production for various interactive CD-ROMs, video, web, and print projects. Assisted with staff training in Photoshop, Illustrator and Closed Captioning Methods.
Assisted in the re-design of 97 brochures and leaflets for public consumption; lead the final round of edits before presenting to the commissioner. These were designed in Quark.
Created CD-ROM “Make a Difference in People’s Lives and Your Own” for give-a ways at Career Fairs, the piece incorporates pre-existing branding pieces.
Ran camera and teleprompter in Broadcast Studio.
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Graphic Designer
Wunderkind Studios
Aug 2000 - Feb 2001 (6 months)
Developed creative concepts, created graphical elements, and produced
content for multimedia projects such as web sites, CD-ROMs, and other
interactive media.
Met with clients to discuss creative direction, and presented various designs.
Worked with clients to incorporate their goals with designs. Assisted in writing Creative Briefs.
Creative involvement in the following web sites: Cayman Systems, Inc. (www.cayman.com), Citizens Funds (www.citizensfunds.com), Greenwood Press, Heinemann Publishing, Manchester Air (www.flymanchester.com), R3 Media (www.r3media.com), and Wunderkind Studios (www.wunderkindstudios.com).