Acquired the company in a partnership. Took over the duties of President and other management functions.

• Rebranded the magazine Microwave Product Digest for its 30th anniversary with updated section tabs and new cover design. Continually keep the magazine's look current. Solely responsible for design and production of layout for all pages, editorial, special sections, house advertising, and cover. Prepared all product images for magazine and web usage. Deliver print-ready files to the printer via ftp. Used printer’s online approval system to approve printing of magazine.• Website Design - Redesigned website for improved tablet and mobile usage utilizing Word Press architecture with CSS modifications to achieve a magazine style web design. Enabled the website to assist in gathering subscriptions for the magazine. Transfer monthly all magazine editorial content to the website. This involves reformatting print resolution images to web friendly sizes and resolution, and taking articles, tables, formulas and technical fonts into a web format.• Digital Editions - Create digital editions of the monthly magazine and supplements for digital subscribers. This involves conversion of the magazine pdf to include web links for all products, advertising and articles. Create monthly HTML file for our digital delivery email service with links to the online magazine and supplements.• Email Campaigns - Improved budget utilization by bringing email campaigns in-house. This enabled sending multiple email campaigns that featured products and informative articles and also create custom email blasts for advertising clients sent to our mailing list of magazine subscribers at substantial savings.• Trade Show Design – Planned and designed trade show displays and graphics. Developed media kits, flyers, and handouts for advertising sales team.

• Pharmaceutical Marketing - Created drug information marketing packets, sales team materials, and medical information sheets that required photo retouching, photo manipulation (using Photoshop), re-creation of medical trial charts and graphs with specific data points for Kiel Pharmaceuticals, Hall Bioscience, and CodaDose. Developed all salesman notebooks, sell sheets, power point presentations, office and patient brochures for 3 new to market drugs utilizing Adobe desktop publishing software. Was the sole graphic artist responsible for the entire product launch for the pharmaceutical products. • 3D Design - Leveraged self-developed skill set with Cinema 4D to model, texture, mechanical rig, light, and CGI render product samples that were unavailable for photography. Used these renders in brochures and sales materials Sourced printing of assets and managed files and budget with printer. These products were produced on time and within budget.• E-Commerce & Marketing - Retouched photography and composited glassware to simulate liquids within the glassware for e-commerce for Tea Beyond. Retouched jewelry photography with and without models in the shots using Photoshop. Designed websites and email blasts using current HTML and CSS standards for clients in several business sectors with Dreamweaver. Utilized CMS system to populate and update web site.• General Design - Created short videos and motion graphics with After Effects. Utilized video for embedding in Power Point. Developed multi-page catalog for electronics reseller using InDesign. Created new business card look and developed web assets. Designed brochures, flyers, handout cards, and created custom logos Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.Presentation – Developed Power Point templates for educational programs. Created Power Point Decks with specialized backgrounds, icons, and visual effects. Developed video specifically for embedding within Power Point presentations using C4D and After Effects.

• Editorial Layout – Design –Revitalized and updated magazine layout and style guide. Transformed editorial to 3 column layouts with consistent styling across sections to enable rapid workflow for b-weekly production. Communicated with printer to improve the work flow and remove pre-press steps that involved scaling of pages that altered the layout and design of the magazine. Responsible for layout of all pages, editorial, special sections, advertising, and cover. Sourced photography from stock, edited and color corrected photos. Delivered files to the printer via ftp. Developed Adobe DPS style guide and icons. Developed ads for clients. Updated ads for each issue based on clients changes.• Web & Social Media – Maintain and update magazine website with new information and current cover image. Developed responsive website that retained the look and feel of the magazines older website. Created flip pdf for each issue with html and email links embedded. Uploaded this flip pdf to website and archive old issues. Developed photoshop action for conversion of pdf to facebook friendly images. Upload and maintained magazine as facebook albums.

• Print – Presentation - Photography - Created packaging inserts, packaging design, sales materials, sell sheets, and audio visual presentations including PowerPoint presentations. The PowerPoint presentations were formatted according to multiple brand guidelines for licenses. Packaging was developed using Illustrator and Photoshop for comping. Photographed, retouched and comped, using Photoshop, product lifestyle photography for presentation to Kathy Ireland design marketing team. Photographed and prepared product shots, utilizing Photoshop, for e-commerce for multiple websites following each sites guidelines and requirements. Setup small photography studio in-house to bring work back in-house and save time and budget. Used this studio for e-commerce photography as well as sample photography for sell sheets and marketing materials.• 3D & POS - Designed in 3d using Cinema 4D multiple point of purchase displays for retail environment and developed pdq designs and palletized shipper product display. Developed graphics for displays and shipper program. Created 3d renders of showroom layout and design for showroom planning. Created 3d planograms of packing for shippers, gaylords, and pdqs. Comped shelf trays and shipper program with Photoshop. Created showroom video using Premier Pro to edit.• Surface Design - Researched trend and created patterns in repeat for textile design for domestic market. Developed patterns and prints for beach towel line. Worked with product development on multiple projects.• Developed sample logging system and excel tracking file with images and text for sales and marketing team. Learned proprietary database system for purposes of finding appropriate data for sell sheets, marketing materials and PowerPoint presentations.