Beginning a new chapter in my Marketing and Advertising career, I am now the Digital Marketing Program Coordinator for Arizona State Parks. Here I will support advertising and marketing projects and programs, creating graphics for print & web, as well as day-to-day support of our website (http://azstateparks.com/) and photography & video projects across the state.Prior to this, I worked for more than four years with Scottsdale Community College and two and a half years with the Scottsdale Unified School District. Here I expanded my knowledge and experience in web, graphics, marketing and advertising production, using those skills to assist in the creation of a new website, ongoing enrollment campaigns and school bus advertising at SUSD.Specialties: Graphic Design, web technologies, social media, email marketing, client/vendor relationships, technical support, outdoor advertising, marketing support, videographer, photographer.
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Freelancer And ContractorAquentPhoenix, Az, Us
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Community Relations AdministratorArizona State Parks Sep 2014 - PresentPhoenixSupporting the digital marketing and advertising needs of Arizona's beautiful 33 state parks, creating graphics for print, web, video & photography projects. Promoting the our Arizona state parks worldwide to expand public awareness, increase tourism and share the natural beauty of Arizona with the world.Come see what you're missing at http://azstateparks.com. -
Community Relations AdministratorArizona State Parks Sep 2014 - PresentWorking as the Legislative Liaison during the 2016 session. Coordinating Legislative tours for state representatives to visit Arizona State Park locations. Collaborate with Marketing department with promotional campaigns, website, social media, events, customer service, & community partnerships.
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Freelancer/ContractorAquent Aug 2007 - PresentWorking in a variety of design, creative and production positions within the advertising industry.
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Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design & Video CoordinatorScottsdale Unified School District Feb 2012 - Sep 2014Scottsdale, AzWorking with staff, students and the public to support the message and goals of 31 K-12 public schools in the Scottsdale school district. Promote the advantages of education within the community of Scottsdale, highlighting scholastic, athletic, student and faculty achievements through all available advertising mediums. -
Graphic DesignerScottsdale Community College Jul 2010 - Jul 2014Scottsdale, ArizonaCreate original creative materials to promote enrollment, supporting staff, faculty and students. Serve as a liaison with school departments and external vendors to support the technical and promotional needs of SCC. -
Graphic DesignerQuantumpathic 2007 - 2009
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Production DesignerPetsmart Oct 2007 - Mar 2008Work with in-house, corporate marketing departments, to support their business.Provide turn-key solutions to clients, allowing them to maintain project schedules, productivity levels and the creation of high quality products for their advertising operations and clients. -
Advertising Graphics/Publishing Systems ManagerThe Arizona Republic Oct 1995 - Feb 2006Worked hands-on with staff, senior management, clients & vendors to create and support advertising projects, products and daily advertising operations. Hired, managed & trained 6 supervisors, and was responsible for 75 designers. Managed quality control, advertising projects, technology, deadlines and production of over 100 annual magazines, newspaper publications and products. -
Electronic Prepress SpecialistTypography Unlimited, Inc. Jul 1994 - Dec 1995Involved in all areas of client projects including: page layout, graphics/logo creation, high resolution 4/C & B&W scanning, color correction, photo retouching, electronic trapping/imposition of final film & trouble shooting problems in the production workflow.
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Prepress OperatorImperial Litho 1993 - 1994
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Prepress OperatorOffset Separations West Jun 1992 - Jan 1993Learned workflow of both the Scanning & Prep Departments. Built pages on Macs for later translation to Scitex Prismax Workstations for the output of final film or 3M Digital Matchprints. Color corrected & retouched photos for national publications including, Frederick's of Hollywood, Victoria's Secret & Bloomingdale's. Worked heavily in Photoshop & Scitex Blaze software to incorporate final images into products, prior to running final film/plates for printing.
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Prepress OperatorAmerican Color May 1991 - Feb 1992Worked with clients and Prep Dept. to expand their knowledge of the capabilities of our facility. Transferred electronic files to Crossfield Assembler stations. Involved in the file archival/management of client jobs, maintained electronic workflow. Scanned and retouched digital images for Arizona Highway magazine & ran final pages to film for off-site printing. Trained new staff members and provided national technical support for eight other prepress facilities.
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