» Art direct and design a content-led city lifestyle magazine with a circulation of 25,000 bimonthly (136-152 pages); generate concepts for layouts and covers, schedule and art direct photo shoots, hire photographers and illustrators, design covers, features, departments, ads and maintain templates and branding standards» Manage art budget and ensure quality from front cover to back-of-book» Color correct hundreds of images each issue for both Arlington Magazine and Bethesda Magazine; handle prepress production; collaborate with marketing team on branding, email marketing, collateral and new initiatives» Oversaw design of arlingtonmagazine.com from its beginning, create compelling images for digital features

» Art directed a city ‘people’ magazine with a circulation of 30,000 bimonthly (240-320 pages); generated concepts for layouts, scheduled and art directed photo shoots, hired photographers and illustrators, designed covers, features, departments and everything in between» Responsible for all aspects of layouts from brainstorming ideas through prepress production» Organized company calendar; distributed and enforced deadlines for mulitple publications» Assisted in redesign of magazine and website. Provided art direction and created images for bethesdamagazine.com and arlingtonmagazine.com» In a continuing effort to improve processes, reworked company media kit to increase effectiveness and revamped spec sheets to improve clarity

» Concepted and designed compelling layouts for a regional lifestyle magazine with a circulation of 42,000 monthly—including food and home features and a variety of sub-features» Assigned photographers and illustrators, art directed photoshoots» Coordinate with account executives to produce all in-house advertising» In charge of all company marketing materials and sales kits—revised advertising contract, subscription campaign and sales materials to increase effectiveness and efficiency

» Created innovative print and online advertising, collateral, logos and signage for PR clients including NC State University Dining, NC Chamber of Commerce, Atlantic Tire and Charlie Goodnights; communicated with PR account execs to develop concepts, secure client approvals, set budgets and deadlines» Designed layouts and advertising for numerous publications including local, national, monthly, bimonthly and semi-monthly magazines with circulation ranging from 24,000 to 450,000 readers; titles include Cary Magazine, NC Farm Bureau Magazine and Auto Remarketing» Designed collateral for and supported annual national used car industry conventions