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Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

● Collaborate with the publisher and print vendors on various print projects including 100+ page books, cover art, logo design, packaging and various other collateral to ensure visual and historical accuracy, achieve successful production and sales, as well as craft a gratifying experience for the end user.● Manage various web functions, including coding, maintenance, troubleshooting and visuals.● Perform miscellanious services such as marketing, creative writing, photo editing, photo reconstruction and critiques.

Morton Grove, Illinois, United States

● Successfully managed workload while working from home a minimum of two days per week, over 2+ years. This remote schedule was initiated and practiced by the Marketing department as a whole.● Effectively conceptualized, designed, managed and oversaw all visual print and digital components of the company's $20+ million annual sales incentive program, including logo creation, branding, imagery, brochures, flyers, event signage and collateral, emails, website and mobile app.● Designed a variety of collateral in both print and web, including flyers, brochures, catalogs, logos, advertisements, presentations, banners, emails, banner ads, tradeshow graphics and event signage, while adhering to brand standards.● Built and maintained several responsive websites using both WordPress and HTML/CSS for several of the company’s divisions, ensuring adherence to brand standards.● Coordinated, managed and designed graphics for an annual calendar program providing 3-month, desktop and poster-size calendars to all branches within the company, with combined annual production of approximately 9,500 pieces.● Maintained a supervisory role for a graphic design intern, while also providing mentoring, training and guidance to fellow designers.● Successfully represented the company during their biennial sales conference, attended by approximately 1000 Sales Representatives. I provided design, web and onsite support in the form of event signage, presentations, app support, online updates, setup/tear down and onsite customer service.

● Designed a variety of print collateral and branding, including flyers, brochures, registration forms, discount cards, logos, greetings cards, event tickets, bookmarks, letterhead and donation slips.● Collaborated with the association board to design signage to be used on the lakefront, as a notice to boaters, while ensuring all artwork meets the standards and requirements set forth by the county.

Greater Chicago Area

● Maintained a social presence on Facebook by posting daily and weekly news articles, contest and contest winners, online games, event updates and general posts to drive traffic to the website.● Researched the website daily to become informed of new information to distribute via the social media platform.

Greater Chicago Area

● Conceptualized and designed several collateral pieces, including a t-shirt, lanyard and bookmark, to be distributed for and used at watch parties for a television show.

● Conceptualized and designed informational postcards to be distributed to residents during the police department's Neighborhood Watch Meetings.

Elmhurst, Il

● Solely spearheaded the conceptualization, creation and production of the 45th and 50th reunion booklets, including photographing points of interest, photo editing and content authoring.● Worked in conjunction with York classmates to obtain additional photos and ensure accuracy of content.● Performed RFQ's and press check's to ensure quality, while staying within budget.

Schaumburg, Il

● Managed annual setup and production of Medicare Part D member enrollment communication, while collaborating with IT, Eligibility and vendors to ensure accuracy, timeliness and proper functionality, while staying in compliance with Medicare and Medicaid guidelines.● Established trusting relationships and worked with outside print vendors to maximize efficiency and quality, setup store fronts, develop automation processes, as well as monitor and track daily production of printed materials.● Typeset, edited and maintained time-sensitive template-based patient benefit communications, while adhering to NCPDP, postal and CMS guidelines and regulations.● Collaborated with Marketing to perform a complete company rebrand after multiple mergers and acquisitions.● Developed templates, printed and electronic forms, as well as training materials and SOP's for both internal and external use.● Manage vendor submission requests for material needs, on an ongoing basis.

Addison, Il

● Collaborated with the owner of the company to conceptualize, design and establish the company branding.● Spearheaded the design and maintenance of all visual identify pieces, including business cards, leave-behind stickers and additional collateral as needed. ● Designed and Built an HTML/CSS website to be used at a future date.

Wheaton, Il

● Developed and maintained template-based production files, in both English and Spanish, for a well-known textbook company and various children's books, ensuring compliance with approved design standards● Implemented and finalized typography and layout edits provided by the proofreader, for various textbooks and children's book.● Designed and digitized various collateral, including logos, flyers and brochures. ● Managed production files, including printer proofs, photos, templates and reference material.

Carol Stream, Il

● Supervised, trained and maintained a schedule for a kennel crew of 6 employees.

Ux Design & Research

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Desktop Publishing, Graphic Design

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Visual Communications, Graphic Design

Diploma Program - Web Design, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia And Information Resources Design

Certificate For Web Development, Web Design

Flash Based Web Design

Certificate For Indesign, Graphic Design