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Greater New York City Area

• Interpret visualizations on wireframes and prototypes to transform new or existing web content into high-fidelity interface elements and elegant user interface designs• Adobe Experience Manager Certification for migrating as part of a company-wide effort to move over 400,000 pages to the new AEM environment• Work with a variety of teams accross IBM lever organizations’ lead (UX) Designers, Design Directors, Product Managers and Web Developers to understand stakeholders, users and the markets in which they operate, incorporate feedback received through usability testing, metrics and iterative process• Ensure that designs enhance the desired user experience implementing the latest IBM Carbon Design standards (visual language) to reinforce IBM vision and brand

Greater New York City Area

• UX/UI Design• Web Design: CMS, Responsive, eCommerce, Personal and Business• Provide marketing collateral and promotional design solutions, including presentations, sell sheets, brochures, mailers, marketing event signage and collateral, comps, direct mail pieces, in-book special sections and advertising• Produce client photo-shoots for: product, portraits, landscape, still-life and real estate photography• Provide video production

111 River St, Hoboken, Nj 07030

Successfully managed and coordinated design and production of eight thousand book cover designs annually. Collaborated with department managers to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines. Effectively built, motivated, and directed design team. Created and conducted highly effective training for marketing and project coordinator teams. Expertly converted existing work templates into more efficient ones, to help the design staff and contribute in achieving company objectives. Managed cost saving temporary staffing solutions, and helped reduce administrative expense.Key Achievements:• Successfully completed annual company projects worth up to $12 million• Established initiative to improve a lackluster production workflow and replaced it with a working, cost-effective system, saving the company $260,000 annually• Provided book cover design, marketing collateral, print ads and banner ads, special book author promotional websites and a variety of catalogs both digital and print • Collaborated with managers in establishing an improved art-proofing system that increased production quality and helped department performance by 90%• Implemented and maintained branding standards across various social media platforms• Maintained efficient working relationships with designers, marketers and editors• Provided guidance and expertise in the design and production of book covers, advertisements and promotional material • Conducted software training courses for design staff and freelancers, including training exercise files and manuals

Greater New York City Area

Provide design and art direction for children’s K-12 and Young Adult educational books. Participate in team effort to the streamline production of over 400 children’s books annually. Collaborate with clients Grolier and Scholastic in providing exceptional design themes and graphics from initial book series concept to the final deliverables. Provide the concept, development, and production of educational products designed to meet curriculum standards. Directing photography at photo-shoots designed to meet book’s content. Collaborate extensively with copy and photo editors as well as marketing and production teams. Retouch, manipulate and color-correct images. Manage the team’s prepress preflighting of all book layouts as required by the different printers and vendors. Team up with department directors in the hiring, training, and managing of in-house design staff and freelance designers. Key Achievements: • Successfully provided proposal layout and design to secure multi-million dollar corporate contract with client for the production of large number of educational and specialized children’s book series on extremely tight deadlines• Interface extensively with company staff and client staff in all aspects of production, including new project concepts, series design, photography, content research, illustration, scheduling, and prepress

Greater New York City Area

• Design interior pages and ads for this magazine featuring the regional cuisine of Italy• Work closely with the home office in Italy in the preparation of art, photos and editorial content• Prepare final pages and covers for the prepress team in Italy• Work effectively with copy-editors and content writers

Brooklyn, New York

Create new designs for cover and interior of monthly magazine. Create full page advertisements. Collaborate with authors and copy writers in developing content. Establish work flow for bulk image conversion for specific needs. Work with photographers and illustrators.Key Achievements:• Collaborated with editorial team and art director in producing monthly issues of this tight deadline magazine• Provided technical expertise in network administration and maintenance of hardware and software for all the work stations, working closely with Director and President

Graphic Design

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Business Administration And Management, General

Pace University is a private comprehensive multi-campus university in the New York metropolitan area.