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Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Blackstone, Ma, Us

Woburn, Massachusetts, Us

Architect and develop the design of custom solutions for a range of customers from SMB to large Enterprises that service creative, marketing and publishing needs. Provide analysis of current workflows, identify gaps in technology and training and deliver complete end-to-end solutions.

Woburn, Massachusetts, Us

Adobe InDesign Certified Instructor and contributing writer for several Adobe Classroom in a Book publications for Adobe Creative Suite of products. Taught state of the art graphic design programs to corporate institutions in classroom settings. Developed customized curriculum for on-site instruction and consulting with knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat, along with Quark Xpress, and Macromedia products. Publishing systems expert including K4 by MEI and QPS. Clients included Ogilvy and Mather, Time Inc., Rodale Publishing, Thomson Pubilishing, Brown Publshing, Time Out New York, Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Staples.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Designed and developed an enterprise-grade custom email publishing system as a Marketing self-serve tool to drive efficiency and productivity for the Agency. Implemented component based design templates and modules which incorporated responsive design email standards using dynamic code to drive extensibility and automated delivery. The implementation of the tool has driven Creative & Marketing Campaign efficiency to company all time highs. Architected localization tooling for global email delivery, which localizes email from a base language to 18 other markets through a self service tool - a savings of.5,000+ hours. This tooling helped to successfully deliver 14B emails in 2019 and grown since then. Developed and built a custom Digital Asset Management System (DAM) to support the administration and delivery of personalized assets and content. Developed custom Photoshop app which localizes creative assets for 18 languages, saving 4200 production hours annually. Architected the integrations of all three systems and developed both back end and front end UIs to support 40+ global business partners. Implemented automated image creation of Google product listing ads with better defined photography. The 8 hour test and roll out resulted in a $6M revenue increase across our first test product.Most recently developed an enterprise localization architecture using multiple cloud based platforms being leveraged by over 80 international associates using a custom build Adobe Photoshop application developed in UXP. The workflow accommodates localization of both product and marketing assets for 18 locales through the use of a centralized database storage via Airtable and localization workflow platform (Memsource). This custom application drives scale and accuracy of output assets with embedded metadata at a global scale, cutting overhead by 50%+ beyond standard, manual processes of asset localization.

Framingham, Ma, Us

Managed a team of 12+ designers in day-to-day production of 10,000+ catalog pages annually. Provided technical training and support for corporate agency and marketing departments. Streamlined production workflow and processes. Assisted in Quark to InDesign migration. Conceptualized and assisted in the development of an automated, database driven XML based publishing system including templates, scripting, libraries and custom workflow. Utilized Applescript for Adobe Creative Suite of applications to assist in the creation of an XML based workflow. Created customized, completely automated PDF workflow solutions for PDF creation, pre-press and PDF/X-1a compliance. Trained core team of designers on best practices, new techniques and new developing technologies.

Waltham, Ma, Us

• Graphic design using latest software such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. • Web design using Adobe GoLive, Dreamweaver, Flash, CSS & XHTML.• Fundamentals of design, color theory, visual composition, typography and print production & prepress.• Development of digital portfolios to highlight acquired practical skills and technical expertise.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Developed a digital printing division and managed the day-to-day activity. Included installation and maintenance of Xerox Doc40, workflow and business development. Maintained detailed reports and schedules in custom Access and MS Excel databases. Developed in-depth knowledge of the latest marketing techniques utilizing Variable-Data and Print-On-Demand services. Assisted in management of mailroom facility and maintained database of current postal regulations for direct mail projects. Incorporated DM into digital print division's workload. Also participated in new client advertising & marketing creative reviews and proposals.

London, Gb

Held a high-visibility position as manager of weekly publication specializing in Television and Film industries with circulation of over 40k while serving as liaison between print vendors and marketing/publishing divisions. Managed workflow and schedules for a team of 25 consisting of art, sales and editorial staff. Processed detailed quotes for new client proposals and projects. Served as team leader for implementing new technology and workflow tools into day-to-day functions. Managed quality control through press checks regular vendor visits. Established and created a PDF proofing solution for Impoze© imposition software.

• Supervised a team of 20 in production and publishing of 1,000+ pages per/week• Organized weekly meetings focusing on all facets of production, efficiency, and cost management.• Maintained detailed employee records, annual reviews, recruitment and training.