Liturgical Publications, CT September 2012 - PresentProduction/Publication Specialist/Graphic Designer – www.4lpi.com• Responsible for design services for customers and sales departments including: Layout and design of bulletin, newsletter and directory templates.• Design; create advertisements for widely distributed weekly and monthly bulletins and newsletters for churches and organizations throughout the United States.• Conversion of bulletins, directories, newsletters for the Hartford, CT office from QuarkXpress to InDesign.• Maintaining InDesign bulletins• Trained design staff in use of InDesign Software• Created reference manual to support training of InDesign• Provide customer with all materials and knowledge necessary to compose electronic files and transmit files for printing and reproduction of document• Train and instruct new accounts on requests for additional remote training with infrequent onsite/overnight travel as needed. • Deliver customer service and technical support to customers to help resolve issues they may have with their files and/or transmitting their files • Assist customer service with new customer set up including determining current software needs, computer requirements• Create and maintain customers monthly newsletters• Create templates for customer in various programs

Independent contract design services targeting small business* Brochures, business cards, logos, banners, booklets, labels* Business forms, branding and marketing products, * Flyers, menus, posters, websites, and advertisements for publication

• Design, create and layout advertisements for widely distributed Daily and weekly Newspaper• Effectively collaborate with advertisers and sales staff to achieve customer objectives • Partnered with a variety of local and nationally recognized brands/advertisers • Enhance customer provided text and graphics to create effective print communications in a 4 color environment • Produce prestigious front and back cover designs for the daily circular • Recognized by customers and management as imaginative, innovative, and resourceful

• Design, create and layout advertisements for widely distributed weekly and monthly circulars and associated publications • Enhance customer provided text and graphics to create effective print communications in a 4-color environment• Construct/design 4 special sections of the weekly paper i.e. Pet, Real Estate, Help Wanted, and Medical• Electronically assemble weekly paper for production • Produce prestigious front and back cover designs for the weekly circular and yearly calendars• Set-up and maintain, on daily basis email, FTP and all employee accounts • Researched, sourced and implemented new software/hardware platform for newspaper layout and accounting functions. (Mac/PC platform) • Design and maintenance of company website