Melissa Clarke

I've been in the D.C. communications community since 1999. My experience in several firms has given me much experience in many aspects of the creative business. I enjoy long projects that require lots of planning, details and organization. While small projects inspire and help keep my design juices flowing. I'm a stickler for detail and try to use that skill for production checking and quality control in every aspect of my career. My work has broadened to producing photo shoots all over the country. I enjoy matching the creative ideas to the right photographer partner. I enjoy seeing the end results after all the planning is complete. Outside of work, I enjoy creating custom designs for weddings and events. Skills include:

• CS skills in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop

• Microsoft Suite

• Design skills include; style guides, collateral, event materials, ads in multi-media executions

• New business creative executions

• Producing photo shoots

• Art directing

• Estimating and contracts

• Scheduling

• Project managing internal process

• Production checking files and press checking

• Event planning; corporate and social

• New business creative development