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Work closely with editorial departments, photo editors and creative director in a deadline driven and fast-paced environment to create high-end luxury publications for multiple major markets across the United States. Serve as art director and lead designer for various titles including Miami magazine, Chicago Interiors, and Modern Luxury Brides South Florida and the Caribbean. Design covers layouts for all Modern Luxury titles nationally, working alongside our director of imaging and fashion director to ensure photography and color standards.

Worked closely with editorial departments, photo editors and creative director to create high-end luxury publications for multiple major markets across the United States. Served as art director and lead designer for various titles including Miami magazine, Modern Luxury Hawaii, Chicago Interiors, Modern Luxury Brides South Florida and the Caribbean, and Hawaii Insider's Guide.

As Creative Director my responsibilities included:GRAPHIC DESIGN/PRODUCTIONDesigned 100-page magazine each month, adhering to production schedule and TCW style standards. Created and managed the production schedule, ensuring deadlines were met and pages met press quality standards. Supervised press checks at RR Donnelly on a monthly basis to secure color quality, approve final forms, and see printed magazine through to the end stages of production.Hired, trained and supervised production interns.PHOTOGRAPHYPlanned, scheduled, assigned, art directed, and attend all photo shoots with featured subjects and photographers/illustrators on a monthly basis. Managed freelance staff by collecting and editing photography submissions, negotiating compensation, and maintaining relationships.ADVERTISING/MARKETINGCommunicated with clients to collect, post and create their artwork for print, web and e-blasts. Created all collateral, marketing materials and advertisements for TCW media sponsorships and events. Produced and updated the TCW media kit and all other in-house collateral. Planned the TCW Foundation (TCWF) fundraisers and client-partnered events with TCW team, as well as created all marketing materials for each event.WEB/SOCIAL MEDIACoordinated the redesign of TCWmag.com with managing editor which launched March 1, 2013. Oversaw all visual aspects of website using a WordPress system, ensuring images are produced at web standards. Maintained the visual look of TCW homepage, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Prepared printed magazine for web viewing, including subscriptions, single downloads and iPad viewing (using FlipPDFprofessional). Helped to develop TCW’s social media strategy bringing Facebook likes to over 4,000 and Twitter followers to over 6,000.

Designed marketing materials, advertisements and layouts for various publications.Prepared advertisements for print using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.Responsible for collecting images, products and assisting with various aspects of photo-shoots.Supported several art directors with day-today tasks in a fast paced, professional environment.

Acted as a direct point of contact for 40 residents, available at all times. Served as a liasion between residents and various campus resources. Responded to crisis situations in the residence hall in a timely and efficient manner. Collaborated with a diverse team of resident mentors to plan monthly educational hall programs and events.

Created bulletin boards, advertisements, and banners for various residence hall events and activities. Designed editorial layout for monthly residence hall newsletter. Completed preliminary online research for inclusion in residence hall programming.

Represented an intensive university-wide focus on delivering strong customer service for residents’ needs. Assisted students and visitors with available services (e.g. mail, equipment to rent). Communicated information about on-campus locations, directions, and events.

Scanned client-based documents into company’s internal web interface to be accessed by employees. Overhauled central filing system for the Purchasing Department. Analyzed employees’ performance histories and presented findings to higher management for implementation of future decisions.