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Contract graphic and production design assignment for 2025 Open Enrollment season. Design and production duties including employee benefit package brochures, email and digital banners, Powerpoint decks, fillable PDF forms, and any media in support of employee benefit Open Enrollment. Work with stakeholders across multiple Fortune 100 and 500 employers including Arthur J. Blank, Walmart Global, and Target.

Graphic and form design projects in multiple formats: print, web, identity/branding, and collateral media. Design projects include identity/branding packages composed of logos, business cards, promotional brochures/flyers, periodicals, books, eBooks, book covers, journals, and newsletters. Custom digital illustration utilizing Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as digital generative AI images via various AI engines including Midjourney, DALLE-3, and Openart.ai to enhance projects. Form design projects include fillable PDFs for clients. Work with clients to provide graphic design ideas, solutions, and alternatives, contributing to improved project outcomes.

Volunteer position as Editorial Layout Designer for the MOSF Journal of Science Fiction, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Project included redesign and relaunch of this publication for the 8th Anniversary in April 2024. Duties include design, layout, and PDF publication of this periodical.

Business Analyst/Forms Designer in the State Farm Forms group at Richardson, TX corporate hub location. Create and maintain insurance forms, specializing in life insurance forms. Form design programs include Adobe Livecycle Designer, Acrobat Professional, Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign and Photoshop), and Eclipse. Forms range from simple (flat or fillable interactive PDFs) to complex (GUI front-end bound to complex Livecycle PDFs). Work with back-end programmers to add custom JavaScript, as well as create and bind schema to forms. Complex Livecycle forms may include hide/show subforms and multiple Docusign signature structure. Forms are designed to comply with Level AA federal ADA (accessibility) requirements. Forms may be constructed to prevent Sensitive Personal Data or Protected Data (Social Security or TIN numbers, HIPAA) from being emailed. Involved in baseline testing to upgrade Livecycle ES2 to ES4, including AEM. Introduced Agile workflow techniques to State Farm Forms group. Serve as Scrum Master for the Life Forms Team. Run Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Planning, and Review/Retrospective ceremonies.

Contract assignment as Government Forms Specialist in IDG group for 2013-14 Tax Seasons. Primary duty consisted of creation and editing of Government Instruction Files and Tax Forms for Federal and State income tax forms for Pro Series product. Tools and programs used included Adobe Livecycle Designer, Acrobat Professional, Adobe Reader, Workshare Compare, Eclipse, Perforce, and Prism. Maintained version control of files from submission to final approval. Worked in an Agile team atmosphere (Scrum), collaborating and load-balancing as needed.

Life and Medicare supplement insurance provider. Paper and Interactive PDF form design including English and Spanish versions. Forms designed for ADA compliance per Section 508 accessibility standards and WCAG 2.0 guidelines, and protection of Sensitive Personal Data or Protected Data (Social Security or TIN numbers, HIPAA). Graphic design work included 4-color brochures and promotional materials for Life and Medicare Supplement insurance products, as well as direct mail design for Medicare supplement offerings. Main graphic and production designer for 4-color in-house agent magazine. Worked with business partners on RFPs (requests for proposals) for new business. Pre-press duties included color correction, preflight, and output of press-ready PDF files, as well as converting and preparing files received in various digital formats for inclusion in print production.

Owner and Partner of B2B firm specializing in direct marketing campaigns utilizing custom-designed greeting cards.• Designed and wrote copy for all company promotional materials including brochures, newsletter, greeting card verses and inserts.• Custom graphic design services including greeting card design, logo design, business card design, digital art creation, custom digital photography and image editing.

Graphic design temporary assignment agency. Various clients including a long-term (1+ year) assignment for San Diego Gas & Electric, creating and editing over 100 printed and interactive forms for the Federal Energy Efficiency Rebate Program for businesses and consumers. Interactive forms included both English and Spanish versions. Other clients included San Diego MTS (Metropolitan Transit System).

Senior Graphic Designer for privately-owned, niche technology magazine publisher and live training event sponsor. Position encompassed print, online, production, and in-house agency design duties. Adobe Creative Suite products (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) used daily to design and publish all materials. Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access) used daily in support of document creation and needs. Maintained corporate brand identity throughout all publications and collateral materials. Maintained digital asset library via proprietary CMS system. Liaison with staff editors, live event coordinators, and magazine writers. Created and maintained all-digital workflow, from prepress to publication. Coordinated product photo shoots and post-production. Digital spot illustration for publications. Branded peripheral material creation including conference materials binder; PowerPoint presentations and speaker notes; event, directional and trade show booth signage; pens/notepads; t-shirts; backpacks/messenger bags; DVDs.