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Palatine, Il, Us

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Charged with the creation and maintenance of print and digital assets for multiple B2B brands.• Print and digital editions of brand magazines• Digital eBooks, special reports• Supplements, event publications• Redesign of magazine brands• Logo development• Brand ad designs for print and web• Web banners, hero images, charts/diagrams/graphics• Infographics for print and digital use• Web code cleanup via CMS (BASE, Aspire)• Cover meetings, postmortems, teamwork, knowledge sharing• Branding guidelines and templates• Illustration: traditional; stock manipulation; AI prompt engineering• BASE-Aspire/InDesign-InCopy workflow• Troubleshooting and training of editorial teams

Schaumburg, Il

Created and managed print and digital assets for multiple B2B brands, as well as, assisting with others.• Mentoring of new art directors• Print magazine design, conceptual illustration, production, management• Digital asset creation: ebooks, special reports, digital magazines, iPhone magazine app (Mag+)• Client supplement design and production• Managed eBook and special reports production• Publication redesigns• Brand advertising; design and production• Illustration: traditional; stock manipulation• Logos, infographics, web/newsletter banners• InCopy/InDesign workflow• Cover meetings, postmortems, teamwork, exchange of ideas• Prepress, preflight, uploads to InSight or CMS• Event posters, drapes, handouts• Trained editorial teams on software and troubleshot issues• Web code cleanup via CMS (Silverstripe)

Various Cities

Design and illustration for legal hearing(s) presentation graphics and client media kit.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Initially took over the publication Sport Pilot for a 6 month period in 2006, then assumed responsibility for it from 2008 to 2009 at which point it was folded into the association's main publication Sport Aviation. Continued to assisted in the direction, design and production of Sport Aviation Magazine from 2010 thru 2012. Working remotely with EAA editors, ad managers and art directors as well as printers, R.R. Donnelly and Publishers Press. Currently working with them as freelance illustrator.

Deerfield, Il

Contracted to assist in the design and production of more than a dozen trade publications for the Food and Beverage industries. Art director of Candy Industry Magazine from 2001 to 2003 (ASPBE Award 2002) and took over Flexible Packaging Magazine for a 4 month transitional period in 2003. Responsible for the creation and branding of the new publication CM&P Magazine (2007). In addition, handled all aspects of design and production of special publications and supplements for Stagnito. Worked with editors, writers, ad managers, art directors, publishers, and occasionally photographers in the process of producing the final files for upload to Quebecor or Publishers Press.

Rosemont, Il

The War Room was a division of this multinational accounting firm, providing strategic experiences to Fortune 500 leaders via multimedia events (division closed in 2000). Managed all 2D artistic components on several War Room projects. Dealt with the primary presentation design for the War Room experience, event CDs, posters, invites, etc... Additionally, involved in building compelling marketing presentations and material for event solicitations.

Chicago, Il

Graphics specialist working on projects ranging from brochures, banners, giveaways for IBM sponsored industry events and presentations for IBM’s mobile reps. Collaborating with IBM marketers and outside consultants to deliver final files to printer or service bureau. Further assisted in the graphics and basic HTML markup used for page mock-ups of intranet employee deals site.