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40 Marcus Blvd., Hauppauge, New York 11788

Island Harvest is Long Island’s largest hunger-relief organization. As Island Harvest’s first on-staff graphic designer, I used my vast knowledge to build a productive graphic design workflow beginning with creating and maintaining image libraries with a 129 page interactive image catalog, and an organized file system for storing all graphic media.• Designed and created a full range of promotional, instructional, and corporate communications including: annual reports, email templates, flyers, tri-folds, booklets, posters, newspaper and magazine ads, office signage, event t-shirts, and tradeshow banners.• Designed and built email templates using OpenMoves Email Marketing.• Conceptualized and established a recognizable visual brand identity • Developed a “Brand Kit” containing a Brand Guideline Booklet, templates to ensure consistency of brand tone, and logos and other brand graphics • Advised other staff members on adherence to Island Harvest visual brand and the branding guidelines of partnering organizations.• Advised management in printing cost reduction.

Plainview, New York

Welcome Wagon is a state-of-the-art marketing company using world-class digital print-on-demand equipment to produce and mail 740K personalized books and postcards each month. This high volume workflow was the perfect environment to refine carefully-developed production techniques into a tool that consistently delivered designs that built an impressed client base by exceeding expectations.Beginning with assisting the art director with adding full page display ads to increase the value of their flagship product, the Welcome Wagon Gift Book, over the years I worked with a graphic design team of 15 to develop and create ever-evolving product lines. The company was sold, and the new owners relocated the headquarters to their home state of Florida.• Conceived, designed, and produced advertising pieces to meet the needs of 100’s of diverse clients. Handled concept and development of visual look including layout, typography, color schemes, graphics, textures, and all other design elements required for piece.• Prepared images and raw scans to reproduce well in print including tonal & color correction, sharpening, noise and artifact removal, photo retouching, compositing, and any other required image manipulation.• Recreated logos and other graphics to replace poor-quality art. • Designed and created backgrounds and other graphic elements used in designs.• Created graphics for the Welcome Wagon website.

Rockville Centre, New York

Yellowbook provided an opportunity to use my yellow page directory experience to gain access to the commonly used graphic design software that I needed to learn in order to advance my career beyond Yellow Page Advertisements.• Responsible for creating ads for a national yellow page directory company.

Syosset, New York

Volt was the publisher of the NYNEX Yellow Page and Thomas Regional/Register Business Directories. Volt had utilized the more than thirty years it maintained the NYNEX directory contract to develop an impressively efficient system of proprietary software with a correspondingly elegant workflow to move 1000’s of advertisements through house each day.Relying on a logical sequence of steps to develop advertisements, this high volume business provided the perfect environment to establish impeccable and efficient design and production habits that I was able to use to quickly advance to be selected as a designer to participate in a premium ad program that increased revenue by offering advertisers a reasonably priced, more impactful yellow page ad.When NYNEX was bought by Bell Atlantic, the directory contract was not renewed necessitating a drastic workforce reduction.• Responsible for the creation of art and ads for NYNEX and Thomas Regional/Register Business Directories while adhering to Spec Book and printing requirements.

Amityville, New York

I combined my training as a fine artist and draftsperson with my library card to learn how to successfully complete a wide range of assignments and build a satisfied and loyal client base of small businesses.• Fulfilled a wide variety of assignments including logo design, identity packages, menus and restaurant table cards, brochures, book illustrations, and POP displays.

Babylon, New York

Greenman-Pedersen is a consulting engineering firm that specializes in the innovative development, design and construction of infrastructure and building systems.• Responsible for drafting plans for a full range of consulting and civil engineering projects from complex bridge plans for the BQE/Gowanus merge to landscaping plan renderings for parks and townhouse developments.• Produced presentation materials for marketing department and town meetings.

Melville, New York

Transcontrol manufactured vital relays and signal systems for the railroad and transit industry.• Responsible for drafting plans for mechanical parts used in railway signaling equipment and circuitry used in railway houses and control centers.

Regents Diploma, Art/Art Studies, General

Activities and Societies: Recipient of Outstanding Achievement in English and Outstanding Achievement in Art Awards

Engineering Graphics