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Chesterton, Indiana, United States

Michigan City, Indiana, United States

Created user manuals for over 40 manufactured engineering projects, Industrial products, portable products, Printed publications, prepress, internal communication, composition writing, Illustrations and photo editing.

Greater Chicago Area

Freelance Graphic Design | Social media Marketing

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Supervised and lead students through real-life projects in digital/web content marketing
• Planned and managed six design multimedia instructional courses for nearly 100 students
• Implemented Hybrid online instruction via video conferencing to the Chicagoland campuses

Portage, Indiana, U.S.A.

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Cedar Lake, Indiana U.S.A.

• Specialized Trainer to over 1000 students grades 9-12 in Adobe Creative Cloud & certifications
• Optimized the hardware and software graphics benchmarks by 50% saving the school $10,000
• Recognized as an “Effective Teacher” by the State of Indiana Dept. of Ed. for 5 years in a row
• Sponsored and managed a staff of 30 students to publish the Key 50th-anniversary yearbook
• Implemented over 50 cutting edge UX design assessments for the graphic design curriculum

Greater Chicago Area

• Generated over $100,000 in print media advertising revenue sales for Grieger Automotive group
• Published print advertising in 3 local media publications markets in NW Indiana and Illinois
• Designed and art directed Digital media ads for over 50 local publications in a two-year period

Merrillville, Indiana/ Tinley Park, Illinois U.S.A.

• Focused instruction to over 200 students in MS Office and Adobe Creative Cloud projects
• Directed 3 student teams in web design internship projects completed for community services
• Integrated 15 years of real-world personal experience into the course curriculum objectives

Valparaiso, Indiana U.S.A.

• Trained over 400 college students in undergrad and masters in Adobe Creative Cloud skills
• Advised staff of 10 for internship projects related to logo branding and layout design projects
• Art directed the City of Valparaiso, New City branding Logo student project through Rtrail Inc.

Workone Express Of Northwest Indiana, Crown Point, Indiana

• Processed 2500 unemployment workers through the Indiana Dept. of labor to find work
• Trained over 5000 job seekers in Northwest Indiana for various skills to land new employment
• Help 50 unemployed job seekers per week to find permanent new employment within 2 years

Munster, Indiana U.S.A.

• Generated over one million dollars annually in revenue in advertising sales in digital media
• Increased advertising print media productivity 15% gain for classified sales annually
• Received 3 print design awards of excellence from the Indiana State Press Association

Bachelors, General Studies; Art & Graphic Design; Graphic Design, Photography And Art History

Associates, Art/ Graphic Design

The main focus was in art, graphic design, photography and general studies courses.

Master Of Education, Instructional Design

Concentrations in Corporate Training, Curriculum, Educational Research, Instructional Technology, Instructional Design

Bachelor'S Degree, Graphic Design