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Design Associate
Room and Board
Washington, DC
Sep 2014 - Present (10 years 2 months)
• Provide professional, relationship-based budgetary requests needs from clients
• Collaborate with other Designs Associates, Leadership, and Corporate Associates
• Create full quotations for clients based on client needs
• Lead with questions and incorporate a customer’s personal needs and design requirements to present the best solution
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Graphic Design & Brand Consultant
Greenbelt, MD
Apr 2005 - Present (19 years 7 months)
• Develop a unique design boutique environment for clients giving them a flexible to give a fresh perspective and a unique eye for their needs
• Evolved in Project Managing long and short-term design projects including marketing materials, events, and brand management needs
• Provide photography, image editing, and website development as needed
• Manage client’s scope of work including time schedules, phases of designs, and manage various sizes of budgets constraints
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Seasonal Art Director
CARIBE INC.
Waldorf, MD
Jun 2001 - Present (23 years 5 months)
• Art Director
• Graphic Designer
• Costume Designer
• Photographer
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Proposal Specialist/Lead Graphic Designer
Fairfax, VA
Apr 2005 - Jul 2013 (8 years 3 months)
• Created solid problem solving skills to determine how to best achieve the end results within time and budget constraints
• Conceptualized innovative yet clean designs, drafts, and presentations
• Collaborated with vendors, clients, and various departments acting as a liaison providing graphic support for trade show, banners, and e-mail campaigns
• Developed branding materials such as style guides. Secondary duties: designing inter-company and external marketing materials; maintain and enhance social media sites; as well as enhancing photographic images
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Assistant Manager/Associate Graphic Designer
Lil SoSo Productions
Silver Spring, MD
May 2005 - May 2006 (1 year)
• Assisted partners and associates with presentations for client review
• Designed and maintained print materials that meet the communications priorities of the unit
• Update and refreshed graphic content on company and client specific websites
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Office Manager/Graphic Designer
The Edgecombe Group Inc.
Hyattsville MD, United States
Sep 2002 - Jan 2005 (2 years 4 months)
• Conceptualized and designed high-quality print and web work aligned with business goals and sales team guidelines
• Maintained assets and electronic files on shared server
• Served as point of contact for internal and external vendors
• Mastered and maintained brand standards for print collateral and materials for local media