Jennifer Adams

• Collaborate with cross-functional government teams in visually depicting complex concepts, ideas, and briefing materials.

• Also translate complex scientific data into creative infographics and graphics.

• Develop impactful and engaging Powerpoint presentation that communitcate effectively.

Supported the launch of the office’s web pages by providing web design.

• Enabled timely task completion and deliverables by cooperating across offices, organizations, projects, and locations.

• Collaborate with NESDIS and SAE staff and management to create a standardized and consistent implementation of processes throughout all organizations, ensuring alignment with NOAA and Federal Government strategic goals and objectives.

• Delivered expert-level support to SAE teams (director’s office, systems engineering, and enterprise architecture) in the graphical representation of the office’s mission/vision and illustrations including website, newsletters and presentations.

• Stay abreast of the latest trends in design, presentation and graphics.

• Prepares quarterly newsletters to be accomplished by gathering information and materials. Plans concept by studying information and materials.
• Illustrates concept by designing rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts. Obtains approval of concept by submitting rough layout for approval.
• Prepares final layout by marking and pasting up finished copy and art.

Responsibilities for the Graphic Team (OSGS):
• Design and produce proposal documentation presentations, PowerPoint briefs, OSGS Branding, challenger coins, lapel pins, brochures, logos, signs, websites, framing and matting, exhibit displays and tradeshow banners, awards, templates, and various other materials for divisions and branches.
• Plan creative projects for the program, ensuring maximum efficiency in resource allocation across projects area.
• Monitor the projects overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action where necessary.
• Manage project communications and point of contact for third parties such as contractors and vendors. Coordinate print/output orders with printing specialists and outside vendors.
• Ensuring all print and display materials meet OSGS branding guidelines requirements.
• Ensure project deliverables are to time, quality, and budget.

Graphic Design Production involves planning and creating a range of products using Adobe Creative Cloud for an international audience, including Heads of State and foreign dignitaries. This requires cultural sensitivity and an understanding of the Secretary of State’s mission.

• Meeting customer and organizational standards is essential, ensuring adherence to the quality and timeliness set by Global Publishing Solutions. Designs must align with the Department of State’s identity standards, incorporating color, type, and layout variations.

• High-pressure design work is critical, as significant publications often convey important political messages, necessitating expertise in using Adobe Creative Cloud Suite for layout and illustration.

• Knowledge of the printing process, including paper selection and electronic file preparation for digital and offset printing, is vital. Additionally, preparing conference materials and logos for U.S. Foreign Affairs Agencies requires clarity and thematic alignment.

•Finally, conducting online searches for stock photography and utilizing digital imaging tools are key to producing high-quality images for various publications, even on sensitive topics.

Responsibilities for the Marketing/Public Affairs Team (U.S. Army Research Lab)::
• Design and produce proposal documentation presentations, books, manuels, brochures, logos, signs, web sites, framing and matting, intranets, banner ads and various other materials for in-house clients and outside contractors.
• Prepare documentation for outside service bureaus.
• Plan the program, ensuring maximum efficiency in resource allocation across projects area.
• Monitor the programs overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action where necessary.
• Archived photos and film footage for future use. Provide technical assistance when needed.
• Manage program communication and point of contact for third parties such as contractors and vendors. Coordinate print/output orders with printing specialists and outside vendors.
• Ensuring all print and display materials meet DoD branding guidelines requirements.
• Ensure project deliverables are to time, quality, and budget.

Clearance: DoD, Army, Secret, June 2009

Responsibilities for the Marketing/Public Affairs Team (U.S. Army Research Lab):
• Design and produce proposal documentation presentations,books, manuels, brochures, logos, signs, web sites, framing and matting, intranets, banner ads and various other materials for in-house clients and outside contractors.
• Prepare documentation for outside service bureaus.
• Plan the program, ensuring maximum efficiency in resource allocation across projects area.
• Monitor the programs overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action where necessary.
• Coordinating the individual projects and managing the dependencies between them. Responsible for photography for division, using digital camera and video.
• Manage program communication and point of contact for third parties such as contractors and vendors. Coordinate print/output orders with printing specialists and outside vendors.
• Ensuring all print and display materials meet DoD branding guidelines requirements.
• Ensure project deliverables are to time, quality, and budget.

Clearance: DoD, Army, Secret, June 2009

Responsibilities for Air Traffic Control Division of NAVAIR (Webster Field):
• Design and produce proposal documentation presentations, brochures, logos, signs, web sites, framing and matting, intranets, banner ads and various other materials for in-house clients and outside contractors.
• Prepare documentation for outside service bureaus.
• Plan the program, ensuring maximum efficiency in resource allocation across projects area.
• Monitor the programs overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action where necessary.
• Coordinating the individual projects and managing the dependencies between them. Responsible for photography for division, using digital camera and video.
• Responsible for photographing and video taping of various formal events, equipment and other projects for the base. Photos and raw footage was used for presentations, education multimedia projects and marketing campaigns. Also archived photos and film footage for future use. Provide technical assistance when needed.
• Manage program communication and point of contact for third parties such as contractors and vendors. Coordinate print/output orders with printing specialists and outside vendors.
• Ensuring all print and display materials meet DoD branding guidelines requirements.
• Ensure project deliverables are to time, quality, and budget.

• Accomplishments - created graphic department for ATC including research on equipment need. Ordered equipment, computers and software and layout for the department.

Clearance: DoD, Navy, Secret, June 2009

Responsibilities:
• Offering freelance graphic design, print publishing, and fine art services in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area including writing, editing, proofreading, typography, design, illustration, desktop publishing, press pre-flight, print production consultation/coordination; as well as custom portrait painting, murals, and interior decorating/remodeling design. Clients include: The Greenwell Foundation, Progress Equestrian Therapeutic Riding Program, Faller Management, Calvert Marine Museum, and Steven Smith IT Design.

• Accomplishments – 2nd Place finish in the Design Cover contest for St. Mary’s County Technical Handbook 2006. Developed award winning web sites for The Greenwell Foundation Therapeutic Riding Program and Greenwell Foundation in Hollywood, MD and the Progressive Equestrian Therapeutic Riding Program in Upper Marlboro, MD, using FrontPage, Access and Photoshop. The sites include general program information, tracking of volunteer and sponsor information and links to program sponsor’s web sites. Produced and design website for a residential properties management company using FrontPage.

Responsibilities for Code 4.5.12 of NAVAIR (Webster Field):
• Design and produce proposal documentation presentations, brochures, logos, signs, web sites, framing and matting, intranets, banner ads and various other materials for in-house clients and outside contractors.
• Prepare documentation for outside service bureaus.
• Responsible for photography for division, using digital camera and camcorder. Responsible for the quarterly newsletter and annual base calendar including photography, layout and production as well as the printing team.
• Also a contributing writer and editor for newsletter.
• Supervised four other graphics artists on the layout and production of calendar and newsletter.
• Responsible for photographing and video taping of various formal events, equipment and other projects for the base. Photos and raw footage was used for presentations, education multimedia projects and marketing campaigns. Also archived photos and film footage for future use.

Responsibilities
• Designed and produced proposal documentation, logos, signs, web sites, intranets, and various other promotional materials for in-house clients and outside contractors.
• Prepared documentation for outside service bureaus.
• Responsible for photography for company, using digital camera.
• Produced all graphic work for the Safeware Tradeshow in Williamsburg, VA, including all exhibit panel and all promotional products for the tradeshow, using Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress. Designed the logo for company bags and mouse pads, and developed graphics for the promotional mugs and pens. The designs were done in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and CorelDraw9. Also participated in the final assembly of these products. Redesigned the company’s product line card, using QuarkXpress, to compliment the exhibit and used vendor’s co-op funding to pay for project. Developed the company’s Corporate Profile for the Tradeshow that identified each of Safeware’s business units and the services they offer. The Profile was done in PowerPoint 2000 and was run on an IBM/PC Laptop.
• Redesigned the company website as well as the company intranet.
• Produced and design other site for the company, including an information site on Bioterrorism and First Choice Safeware using FrontPage.
• Images were published in the Wall Street Journal. Photos were taken with a digital camera and manipulated in Photoshop.

Images were published in the Wall Street Journal for an article on Bio Terrorism, 2001. Photos were taken with a digital camera and manipulated in Photoshop.

Responsibilities: Designed and produced vinyl signs, vehicle lettering, and other promotional materials.

Accomplishments: Instrumental in acquiring state of the art printing equipment, which reduced production and material costs and created more durable outside signage.

Responsibilities: Design and produce signs, vehicle lettering MDOs, showcards, movie posters, and magnetic.

Responsibilities: Planned Graphics Department. Designed images and advertisement layouts.

Accomplishments: Instrumental in acquiring state of the art printing equipment for new production department.