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About
Accelerated designer, passionate creative, extremely organized visionary, excellent graphic design skills working independently or on a team ensuring client satisfaction, revenue return and diplomatic communication.
Challenge my own creative sensibilities on a daily basis. Design projects from concept to completion. Stay abreast of current graphic trends as a thriving visual artist. Render thought into effective design to communicate a simply stated message. Comply with company integrity standards in branding a classic look.
Specialties: Design sensibilities put forth daily in a fast-paced deadline oriented environment in collaboration with various departments that harmoniously produce publications for print and online.
Designed one on one with Marketing Director for a thriving competitive marketplace, the New England Seacoast. Conceptualized and produced endless, targeted marketing products. -
Experience
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Graphic DesignerHampton, NHMar 2018 - Present (3 years 9 months)Design adverts for magazine on a freelance basis with publisher.
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Advertising Art DirectorSep 2014 - Present (7 years 3 months)Freelance position - design advertisements, preflight and reply to advertisers, paginate pages to upload to printer, and manage all client files. Six issues a year or two double flip book issues a year. 240 page spread or 112 page. Responsible for all adverts in both issues of Coastal Home and TASTE of the seacoast magazines.
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OwnerConcord, NHJan 1996 - Present (25 years 11 months)Accepting commissions for freelance graphic design projects. From teacups to TV commercials using the latest Adobe CS software on my iMac, while perched upon my yoga ball.!
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Advertising Art DirectorPortsmouth, NHSep 2018 - Mar 2020 (1 year 6 months)
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Graphic Designer print/web/marketingConcord Monitor PublishingJan 2005 - Jul 2013 (8 years 6 months)Design collateral in a fast-paced, deadline oriented environment for Marketing, Sales, Advertising and Online Departments. Print and web savvy. Designed so many advertisements I lost count.
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Graphic/Marketing DesignerSeacoast Media GroupJan 2000 - Jan 2005 (5 years)Designed multi-media with the Marketing Director for all advertising needs. Print, web, products, direct mailers, menus, promos, signage and adverts for the many departments/clients involved.
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Graphic Artist/Sign PainterBagdon Advertising/Saxton SignsMay 1988 - Jan 1990 (1 year 8 months)Desktop Publishing it was called back them. Imagine that!
Sign Painter -freelance, commercial, residential.
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Awards
Artwork displayed in 2 museums
Label designs sold to chain supermarket
Wrote/designed patent/received patent pending
print/publishing/web graphics/signage/photography fields
Artist workshop-Berkshires
Adobe InDesign CS3 Class- Boston
Writing a novel
Library Trustee 3 year term
Community Service - town newspaper
Freelance Commissions - school, business, artists
Preparing for residency-MacDowell Artist Colony
Blog, Podcast, PR, broadcast, reporting, photo journalism classes
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Affiliations
Butera School of Art, UNH, Craft Center in Worcester, MA, Nackey Loeb School of Communications, Kelby Training, Adobe InDesign Seminar, Computer Arts, Print Magazine, Arts Projects, Twitter, Linked in
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@jdizzle, member since 2008
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Following 24
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