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Freelance Art Director and Graphic Designer
Self-Employed Freelancer
Chicago, IL
Aug 2014 - Present (9 years 8 months)
Freelance art direction, responsive web design/development, WordPress design/development, print design/development, and copywriting.
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Graphic and Web Designer
Chicago, IL
Apr 2016 - Jun 2016 (2 months)
Responsible for migrating the college’s website from CoreDNA to Wordpress. Built custom Wordpress tools for managing faculty and course catalog online. Designed and coded responsive emails and landing pages within Hubspot. Responsible for all of the college’s print collateral and signage for students and internal use (from conceptualization to press). Managed a variety of vendor relationships.
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Graphic Designer
Highwood, IL
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016 (4 months)
Design and production for trade show display, print, and advertising collateral. Book design, typesetting, prepress, and production. Data visualization for quarterly reports. Responsive email and landing page design. Primary client: Canon Solutions America
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Art Director
Killian Branding
Chicago, IL
Dec 2004 - Apr 2014 (9 years 4 months)
Art direction, company naming, branding, print design/production, advertising design/direction/production, traditional and responsive web design, front-end web development, SEO, WordPress development, email design/campaign management, photography, illustration, proofreading, occasional copywriting, last-resort tech support, and bearer of ice-cream sandwiches. Clients: Peapod, U.S. Foodservice, CNN Accent Health, U.S. Waterproofing, DePaul University Graduate School of Business, Hermitage Art, Hill & Valley Desserts, Child’s Voice, EuroFurniture, Family Credit Management, Grippo & Elden, IHC Construction Companies, North Shore Pediatric Therapy.
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Graphic Designer & Front-End Web Developer
Screen Dreamer
Cherry Hill, NJ
Sep 2004 - Dec 2004 (3 months)
Website design and development for real estate and mortgage sector. MLS integration with websites. Advertising design and production for print.
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Graphic Designer & Front-End Web Developer
Software Technologies Laboratory
Blacksburg, VA
May 2002 - Aug 2004 (2 years 3 months)
Web design, front-end development and light back-end development for various groups within the U.S. Department of Energy and D.O.D. Print collateral design and production. Internal promotional marketing materials (print and interactive).
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Flash/Authorware Developer
Classmate Software Inc.
Blacksburg, VA
Jan 2002 - Aug 2004 (2 years 7 months)
Flash/Authorware development for educational software.
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Graphic Designer
Architecture and Urban Design Associates
Blacksburg, VA
Jan 2004 - Feb 2004 (1 month)
Branding and identity.
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Research Assistant Intern
Optical Image Processing Laboratory, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
May 2000 - Aug 2000 (3 months)
Research assistance with holography and Fourier optics.