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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 7 months)Design adverts for magazine on a freelance basis with publisher.
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Advertising Art DirectorSep 2014 - Present (7 years 1 month)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 9 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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