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Design and produce original and custom designed tee shirts for retail sale and for sporting, corporate and private events.Provide full-service graphic design services including marketing collateral, signage, branding, and more.

Provide quality layout, design and illustration services to a wide variety of clients.

Responsible for accuracy and visual appeal of vendor products and promotions throughout the store. Responsible for resets and service, making sure that all product and POP signage and displays are set to planograms. Assists customers as needed.

• Assemble products for sale in store and for customer orders• Receive truck and scan in freight, including stock items and custom orders.

Teach Adobe Creative Suite to those looking to learn graphics programs for personal or professional purposes.

- Skills instructor for All-Stars Volleyball Developmental Program, working with kids 6-12 years old, teaching volleyball fundamentals and preparing them for participation in competitive programs- Travel Team Coach, working with girls 12-14 years old, competeing throughout the southeast in regional and national competitions. Teaching fundamentals, competitive strategy, sportsmanship, teamwork, respect for self and others, and responsiblility.Accomplishments: 2013 - placed 3rd in AAU National Volleyball Championship in Orlando, Florida - had 2 players named as AAU All Americans

Responsible for the development of athletes 8-14 years old. Helped in the development of and ran the "All-Stars" program, which taught fundamentals and sportsmanship to athletes new to the sport of volleyball. This program was designed to develop beginning players into competitive athletes capable of competing in the clubs travel program.

- Planning and placement of print, broadcast, web and mobile advertising for retail clients.- Perform analysis of clients' needs and make recommendations for obtaining desired sales goals- Negotiate vendor contracts, ensuring best possible rates to improve clients' ROI- Handle and resolve clients' customer complaint regarding print advertising distribution- Work with Analytic Team to produce market mapping and analysis as requested by clients- Perform and quality check all print runs to ensure accuracy of data prior to going to press.- Work as partner with clients in their advertising and media efforts.

Responsible for the creation, development and day to day operations of an internal advertising department for a mid-sized regional retailer. Responsibilities include the supervision, mentoring and training of a creative staff of 5-7, production planning, budget management, creative direction, equipment and software management, vendor negotiations and events planning.Accomplishments * Successfully built internal advertising and production function for a company that previously outsourced all creative work.* Development, project management and implementation of "Hamrick's MORE Card" program, which offers customers incentives to apply for and use a card that will gather customer purchasing and demographic information for use in marketing efforts and ad planning.* Used vendor negotiating skills to grow size of advertising plan, while keeping budget at or below previous levels.* Utilized knowledge of technology to streamline production process.

Responsible for creative and graphic support for the bank's mortgage division which included development of marketing materials for loan officers, creation and management of mortgage division websites and creative support for events manager.Accomplishments * Creation of graphics, signage and visual support for large scale corporate events at venues such as the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and the Corcoran Gallery of Art.* Development of wholesale mortgage division website that allowed brokers access to information needed to sell Chevy Chase Mortgage products.* Development of BF Saul Mortgage website, which provided a directory to BF Saul Loan Officers and their individual websites.* Creation of library of printed collateral in PDF format for easy distribution and printing.

Worked with small to mid-sized businesses, offering them affordable options for quality visual design, printed collateral and websites.Accomplishments * Built a successful and profitable business through networking, cold calling and providing a quality product, which led to word of mouth business opportunities.* Designed and sold custom embroidered and screened apparel, building a locally known brand name.

Conception, design and production of large format, exposition graphics for use in tradeshow and special event displaysAccomplishments * Developed library of 3D renderings of display components to allow for easy design of display concepts for RFP requests.* Instrumental in the conversion from cut vinyl graphics to large format digital technology.* Development of corporate web presence.

Responsible for the art direction, design and production of versioned multi-page advertising in a fast pasted retail environment. Also responsible for the training, development and supervision of a team of designers.Accomplishments * Development of standards for digital illustrations in a time prior to the common use of digital photography.* Instrumental in the integration of digital photography to the advertising function.

Production of ads and coupons for direct mail advertising programsAccomplishments * Development of system to track paper pricing for use in budget planning and analysis* Programming of excel worksheet to determine best way to gang jobs for cost effectiveness.

Took on the HR function for a quickly growing company and was instrumental in growing the company from 30 employees to over 300 inside of 4 years. Developed an employee recruiting process that accurately identified key traits of those who would be successful in a range of positions, thereby reducing company turnover and training costs.Managed and executed the company's discipline and discharge policies, resulting in a 100% success rate in defending the denial of unemployment claims.Managed the company's health benefits programs and acted as a mediator between employees and benefit companies to ensure the employees needs and concerns were met.