Graphic designer proficient in taking projects from initial design to preflight for printing. Working on personal accounts and freelance work:Davidoff of Geneva, Stamford, CTDesign/production on sell sheets, high-end booklets, posters, easels, and evites. Photography/retouching.Manhattanville College, Purchase, NYSubbed for vacationing Design Manager. Worked on Mville’s alumni booklet and undergrad application.Chase Temkin & Associates, Hawthorne, NYDesign and production on various marketing, sales and collateral pieces for Albert Einstein Medical Center, Montefiore, White Plains City Center/Inspiria, Oak Ridge Day Camp and Blue Rill Day Camp.Kardea, Hamden, CTDesign/production on stuffer/coupon, header card/shelves, and product labels for this nutrition bar company.Pepsi, Purchase, NYProduction work on Pepsi packaging for Vertis (contractor) at Pepsi.Yorktown Land Trust, Yorktown, NYDesigned and produced the Yorktown Land Trust 44-page hiking booklet with 17 topographic maps.

Designed, created mechanicals, and photographed products for this large consumer products corporation. This included point-of-sale, packaging, one-on-one marketing (tents, banners), sell sheets, trade show displays, new product package design, magazine ads, wall murals, photography and retouching. Achieved significant cost savings with an eye on design. Responsible for projects that would ordinarily go to an outside agency. Provided day-to-day analytical project comprehension and error free execution. Received high accolades for design, speed, and accuracy from various levels of management.Representative assignments:• Created UST marketing program presentation boards at half the cost and time • Redesigned the Canadian Cope can package labels• Designed national sales meeting 60’ wide backdrop mural

UST, Greenwich, CTFreelanced at UST before being asked to join staff.Digitas, New York City, NYRetouched photos for various ad campaigns in the Photoshop section of the dept. Carrafiello • Diehl, Irvington, NYCreated TV boards, retouched photography, produced mechanicals, and attended a press run. Clients included Centrum, Comet, and Taro Pharmaceuticals.Marketing Drive, Wilton, CTProduction work on Prestone antifreeze point of sale materials. MJA Design, Mohegan Lake, NYOwner and founderDesigned and produced: • Jimmie Lee’s Southern Barbeque Restaurant‘s stationary, web site, BBQ sauce labels, eat-in / eat-out menus, adult and child’s place mats• DBD Electronics stationary• Ossining Boat & Canoe Club brochure and poster

Supervised eight staff and freelance production personnel for this broad-based integrated marketing services agency and full-service graphic design group. Directed staff for a timely delivery of direct mail, corporate identity, marketing/sales collateral, brochures and print ads to online media, signage and p-o-p displays. Hands-on approach created complicated mechanicals with die cuts, retouched photos, and created finished art. Coordinated and supervised multiple projects simultaneously. Produced comp assembly for photography and/or client approval.