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Freelance Graphic Designer/Owner
Skokie, IL
Jan 2019 - Present (7 years 5 months)
Work with clients on a range of projects, including catalogs, brochures, technical drawings, copy writing and editing, banner ads, social media graphics, letterhead and marketing services.
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Senior Graphic Designer
ProductWorks LLC
Deerfield, IL
Dec 2020 - Apr 2025 (4 years 4 months)
As senior graphic designer in the Product Development department, my main responsibilities included product design; packaging; retouching product photos and creating lifestyle images; product catalogs; creating social media posts; creating, writing and deploying emails; and updating sales presentations.
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Interim Manager of Marketing & Communications
NSSRA
Jul 2020 - Aug 2020 (1 month)
Contract position: Executed all marketing and communications responsibilities while NSSRA filled the permanent position. This included designing and posting website and social media assets; writing an article about NSSRA Foundation’s Capital Campaign to submit to the press; creating and deploying emails and newsletters in ConstantContact; updating two websites using WordPress; updating a summer program guide; providing copy writing and editing and more.
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Graphic Designer
Dream Town Realty
Chicago, IL
Sep 2019 - Feb 2020 (5 months)
Designed a wide variety of marketing collateral, including brochures, postcards, invitations, signage, portfolios, banner ads, custom emails, posters, social media images and more for brokers and/or the company.
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Freelance/Contract Graphic Designer
Creative Circle
Chicago, IL
May 2019 - Sep 2019 (4 months)
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Graphic Designer
ISSA
Northbrook, IL
Oct 2014 - Nov 2018 (4 years 1 month)
Sole designer in charge of development of all graphics for print and digital editions of Cleaning & Maintenance Management (CMM) magazine, ISSA's largest publication with a readership of over 33,000 and nine annual issues of up to 72 pages each.
• Developed all design elements for print and digital editions of CMM magazine, including cover design and page layout, using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Following ISSA’s acquisition of the publication, executed the redesign of the magazine to modernize and bring a cleaner aesthetic.
• Coordinated all activities with print and digital publication vendors.
• Redesigned daily newsletter template, implementing a responsive design, modernizing outdated graphics and simplifying layout for a sharper look.
• Responsible for sourcing, selecting, formatting and posting images on CMMonline.com website, as well as creating product-related posts and advertorials, using Adobe Business Catalyst.
• Led team tasked with executing a major fix to the layout, navigation, graphics and text of the Latin American trade show website under a tight deadline of three weeks before launch.
• Designed trade show signage for the association’s North American convention.
• Developed designs and layouts for select advertisements for print and digital publication.
• Edited podcasts using Adobe Audition.
• Edited layout and content of webinar slides in Microsoft PowerPoint.
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Marketing Coordinator
ISSA
Northbrook, IL
Dec 2000 - Sep 2014 (13 years 9 months)
-Responsible for design and layout of various marketing collateral, including international business guides, flyers, direct mail postcards, web banner ads, brochures, signage, etc.
-Managed projects such as media kits and trade show brochures, and coordinated trade show logistics.
-Key contributor to a major organizational rebrand, with a project management and design support role.
-Designed e-mails and newsletters using Dreamweaver.
-Wrote copy for various client-facing marketing collateral.