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Create and execute design concepts for print and digital media. Create large scale graphics for application on a variety of spaces, barricades, vehicles and other unique environments/spaces. Conceptualize and produce design comps that represent a planned presentation of the customer’s material, product or service. Interact with third-party vendors and contracted marketing agencies on behalf of customers to ensure project success. Maintain a comprehensive image/media library accessible to airport and technical staff. Design, develop and maintain web pages, content and sites, including graphics, animation and functionality. Create DEN’s marketing communications, including email, online and print collateral. Produce and maintain marketing materials, including logos, display graphics, etc. Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, assist with production coordination, background design and progress tracking and other duties as assigned.

Westminster, Co

Full time contract design work and freelance services.Season brochures, programs and marketing materials such as posters, fliers, postcards, and advertising. Online fliers and marketing collaterial. Facebook page admin. Web site administration and maintenance via open-source software.

- Design annual season brochure, programs and marketing materials such as posters, fliers, post cards, and advertising for each performance along with online fliers and concert based art for web site.- Provide the Marketing committee support by providing materials to various publications, collaborators and other advertising opportunities.- Facebook page administrator- Web site administration and maintenance (2007-2009). The web site used open source software (Joomla) of which I know well and enjoy the options it offers in ready built applications and options for a basic web site.

Greater Denver Area

Responsible for creation and completion of advertising materials and projects with predetermined procedures, formats and guidelines as it relates to company objectives. Provides conceptual layouts with the use of graphics, based on pre-determined guidelines and formats. Make judgment calls that visually improve typographic value and design. Work with cross-platform files. Communicate internally with creative designers and ensure follow through on projects. Helped Ralph’s division on launch of new “PE” (IMM Promotion Execution) data management and import system. As a team member I’ve learned and can take on coordinator responsibilities such as: creation of division print code sheets, enter billing data for page counts and proof print production schedules.

Current Position - Market Designer, November 2012 - Present- Publication management and design for all of Pennsylvania State Tourism products (print and web)- Assists with Choose Chicago, Colorado Tourism office and Wyoming Office of Tourism print publications. - Support/design for with www.experiencewa.com. Previous Position - Creative Services Designer, August 2010 - November 2012- Responsible for advertising and marketing materials. Check in and preflight all incoming ads. Create all new advertising as need by client. Both print and web. Fix as needed or build from scratch. File appropriately on the server per publication or project.- Creation of Marketing Materials for Miles|Weaver internally and through out the company for each market.- I also serve as support for design department, with pre-press services for the meeting and travel planning publications. This includes file management with style-sheet creation and modification, image file preparation for color correction, laser and Epson print proofs for clients and editorial review.- Other services include organizing/presenting proofs and other materials for clients or events, photo research and selection, scanning, color correction, final imaging, PDF files for printer, upload of final files to printer FTP site and approval of “Blue Line” proofs.- Creation and design of house ads, RFP (request for proposal) materials, invitations and other promotional materials as needed.- Responsible for following imaging rules and procedures plus any troubleshooting that is necessary.- iPad app creation with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite with Indesign Folio Producer Tool- InData (EmSoftware) coding for listings- Creation of eBooks with 3D Issue Professional- As a support role I would take publications and keep them on track until the market designer could take them back or I would finish them and send them off to the printer. This would include design of layout, file prep, photo research...etc.

Westminster, Co

- As a team member of the design department, I am involved in the design of up to eleven different newsletter publications per month. Responsible for page layout and design including cover, ads, articles, crosswords, word search and sweepstakes.- Convert newsletter data files into XML data files and then import into InDesign for sweepstakes data entry into newsletters publications. Have written some XML tags for InDesign and continue to grow my experience in this data import method.- Design and development of subscription acquisition materials such as direct mail, certificates and billing

- As the design department production support services designer, I provided support to other designers with prepress services for the meeting and travel planning publications. This included file management with style-sheet creation and modification, image file preparation for color correction, laser and Epson print proofs for clients and editorial review.- Other services include organizing/presenting proofs and other materials for clients or events, photo research and selection, scanning, color correction, final imaging, PDF files for printer and upload of final files to printer FTP site.- Creation and design of house ads, invitations and other promotional materials as needed.- Participated in the twice weekly department meetings to learn of deadlines for the week and where I might be able to help.- Responsible for following imaging rules and procedures plus any troubleshooting that is necessary

Greater Denver Area

As the Senior Display Advertising Artist, responsibilities include working closely with clients and internal sales reps to create quality advertisements for publication. Additionally, I am responsible for creating in-house materials such as promotions, mailers, brochures, gift certificates, reprints, house ads, special section or publication covers. In the creation of the electronic version of the newspaper, I set web links for advertisers, e-mail links for writers, and navigational tools to help the user. As the company holds many events during the year, I frequently create invitations, signs, banners, table tents and programs appropriate to the occasion. * American City Business Journals' Pinnacle Awards winner 1st place for Classified Promotion Ad - 2004

Greater Denver Area

Designed and built books, magazines, newsletters, mailers, flyers, calendars, business cards, envelopes, labels, logos, etc. and brochures. Preflight everything for print and send to printer. Other duties included scanning, archiving and deliveries.