Provides creative services that included a full range of marketing collateral and presentations materials; specialized in creating innovative, multimedia-rich corporate presentations and stand-alone kiosks.Select Career Highlights• Defined and designed First Solar InDesign, Word, and PowerPoint templates and resources in order to create and maintain a consistent visual brand worldwide; lowered costs by enabling reusability.• Assisted clients in defining cost-effective solutions for producing visual products that are easily upgraded, include multipurpose graphic elements, and leverage archive/retrieval processes for reusability. • Scripted live shows, scheduled rehearsals, and reviewed speaking engagements with senior executives and contracted presenters; events ranged between 500 and 1,500 attendees.• Secured funding and managed a zero-based cost center budget as Information Development & Consulting Manager for Digital Equipment Corporation; also handled capital planning.

Marketing & Communications Graphic DesignerCreated marketing and communication media that included print and electronic ads, brochures, PowerPoint presentations, kiosks, trade show materials, user manuals, reference guides, and product profiles.• Designed and produced all internal logos, letterheads, and corporate business cards.• Defined the corporate vision brand identify for First Solar and wrote the First Solar Brand Identity Guidelines.• Ensured all First Solar marketing and communications adhered to branding guidelines and high standards of creative execution for internal and third-party development.• Set criteria and guidelines for remote qualifying designers, print vendors, and photographers.• Managed global outsources of graphic design projects when internal resources lacked bandwidth or when localized photography and/or printing was required.

• Offered a full range of print materials and marketing collateral, specializing in creating innovative, multimedia-rich, world-class corporate presentations, interactive DVDs, and stand-alone kiosks• Coordinated sales and marketing offsite events by surveying venues and determining audiovisual, staging, and facility requirements; also negotiated contracts with vendors and hotels.• Coordinated events in Scottsdale, San Diego, Orlando, Miami, Las Vegas, Maui, and Acapulco for industry leading clients such as Novartis, Alcon, Baush & Lomb, Carl Zeiss Meditec, CE Distribution, Essilor, Hoya, Heidelberg Engineering, Optos NA, SynergEyes, Signet Armorlite, CIBA Vision, and Safilo.

Taught MAC 101, Computer Graphics I, II and III (using Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark), Creating PowerPoint Presentations, and Pre-Press Preparation

Consulted on, designed, and developed interactive CBTs, multimedia kiosks, speaker presentations, Internet and intranet graphics, software GUIs, technical illustrations, and hypermedia documents.• Recruited and managed 12 to 42 in-house and contract employees, including course developers, artists, writers, and editors; developed and cultivated client and vendor partnerships.• Defined and implemented business strategies, practices, and policies.