Michael Cucco Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

• Oversee classes of 40+ students with responsibility for teaching, testing, grading, and communicating with parents• Serve as the current Grade 3 chairperson and previously served as the Grade 4 chairperson; develop junior educators and manage grade program initiatives• Assess student data trends, feedback, and educator performance to identify areas for program improvement• Spearhead key curriculum enhancement projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams of educators and administrators• Design and create innovative, engaging, and co-curricular lessons in reading, grammar, writing, math, science and STEAM in accordance with New Jersey State standards• Incorporate modern classroom technologies to drive classroom engagement• Collaborate with cross-functional and internal teams to design, modify, and implement curriculum• Coordinate meetings with internal and external stakeholders to address student academic and behavioral needs

Washington Township N.J.

• Aided educators in curriculum development, content delivery, and student behavior management strategies• Supported the implementation of new classroom technologies and guided IEP students through device usage• Collected data for special education and general education teams on student progress and challenges• Ensured compliance with all regulatory requirements, as well as internal processes and procedures

Woodland Park, Nj

• Designed pages for 201 Magazine and smaller advertorials based on project requirements and stakeholder needs• Presented progress of layouts to stakeholders and communicated additional creative material requirements• Coordinated with cross-functional departments and leadership to ensure completion within deadlines• Identified and implemented process improvements to day-to-day workflows• Trained, coached, and mentored junior team members to meet quality standards• Assessed market and industry trends to implement modern design trends

Greater New York City Area

• Edited multiple books and prepared them for four-color reprinting with use of the Adobe Creative Suite.• Responsible for filing of orders• Responsible for filing library of books.• Communicated with vendors to make sure files were received and printing was meeting its timeline. • Assisted in the training of employees.• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook

Greater New York City Area

• Designed holiday packaging for Christmas 2009.• Worked closely with Estee Lauder’s Production Team• Created Estee Lauder packaging designs with Adobe Creative Suite.• Handled both in-house and external design requests.• Communicated with different departments using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Ramsey, Nj

• Designed and prepared print materials for customers through phone, in-person or online requests.• Responsible for all graphic design needs, both in-house and external.• Complete design requests using Adobe Creative Suite, Corel Draw, Microsoft Word, Excel and additional programs.• Handled filing of outsourced print orders.• Handled customer service of walk-in clients.• Responsible for the distribution of files that were printed by our vendors.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Web Page, Digital/Multimedia And Information Resources Design

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Best of Quarter Award; Award given by Graphic Design faculty for exemplary.