• Responsibilities include establishing design direction on projects for a variety of clients including Medical Devices Consulting, Branding for The City Club of Cleveland, Breathing Space, Petal Fresh Botanicals, Nutress Hair Care Products, Vitamix, PolarX Ornament and Gifts, Dr. Marie Calabrese, DMD and Hot Sauce Dave’s Packaging labels, TOPUCU• Involved in all aspects of the projects from concept to completion, account management, project estimating, working with outside vendors and prepping files for final printing

• Provided Color Marketing & Design Services support for the graphic designers of the America’s Group sales organization• Produces high quality photo renderings, Custom Homescapes binders and color cards• The ability to select and specify color necessary for each application• Provides graphic design solutions primarily for the Commercial market segments but also, Healthcare and Hospitality, Multi Family and New Residential• Ability to handle multiple projects and meet deadlines in fast-paced environment• Interacts with all levels of Field Support Sales, vendors and customers

• Designed and produced all aspects of packaging for Pat Catan’s retail stores. Was responsible for copy writing, design and/or modify dielines, product development, photo direction, ordering translations, proofreading and working with vendors in China.• Designed and produced biweekly email blasts for 28 Pat Catan’s and Crafts2000 retail stores. Designed and produced store signage, mailers, graphics for crafting events and store merchandising. This was a very fast-paced environment that required extremely tight deadlines.

Lead designer of Corporate Banking, Business Banking, Retail Banking and Allegiant Asset Management Group• Design and produced community annual reports, brochures, direct mail, logos, newsletters, ads, flyers, sell sheets, collateral for the digital creative library, corporate holiday cards, POP, tradeshow booths and signage• Designed and developed the 2009 - 2010 Work Perks campaign for National City which consisted of a llama, posters, ads, take-ones, flyers for the digital creative library and brochures• Provide creative direction to designers and production artists in all lines of business• Prepare and present creative concepts to clients during scheduled meetings• Follow and understand the brand standards and corporate guidelines for primary lines of business and as lead designer, make sure that other designers are following the same discipline• Strong knowledge of print production• Attended press checks and photo shoots

Designed and produced brochures, sales sheets, packaging, menus, direct mail, ads, newsletters, logos and web-site designs for a variety of clients including Sherwin-Williams, The George Group, Harry Buffalo, Somer’s Restaurant, Kellex Corporation, Tiara Medical Systems and TTI Floor Care• Was responsible in all aspects of design and production. Art directed photo shoots working with food stylists and photographers, photo retouching, account servicing and client communication• Hired and worked with all outside vendors within budget - illustrators, photographers, paper representatives, translation services and printers

• Was responsible for designing trilingual packaging for all upright vacuum cleaners, brochures, POP,prototypes, sales sheets, tradeshow graphics, aftermarket packaging and logo design• Met all deadlines in a very fast paced, in-house graphic design department• Met with project management team, packaging engineers, art directed photo shoots, contact vendors in U.S.A. and China, maintain image database, prep all artwork for printing• Assisted in supervising other graphic artists in the department and training on System OSX