I’m a visual problem-solver who thrives on the challenge of designing in multiple formats creating work that communicates beautifully and effectively.STRENGTHS AND SKILLS• Print design for books and book series• Digital design for web, e-mail, social branding, identity• Art direction and project management• Educational and editorial design• Rock-solid application skills in Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat)• 4-color process, pre-press and printing, proofing, press runs• Highly organized and detail orientedHIGHLIGHTS• Designed 2019 American Graphic Design award-winning Lost & Found series• Designed World Book's Out of this World series, produced in collaboration with NASA's Innovative and Advanced Concepts program (NIAC)• Designed more than 20 of World Book’s commercially and critically successful educational websites (positively reviewed for their visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces and responsible for more than 60% of company revenue)• Improved production time by templatizing marketing materials and streamlining implementation of new branding identity in online and print media• Saved tens of thousands of dollars by bringing outsourced direct-mail design in house• Designed World Book’s first iPad app, World Book’s World of Animals, featured as a New and Noteworthy educational app on Apple’s iTunes store (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/world-books-world-of-animals/id441771838?mt=8)
Listed skills include Quarkxpress, Publishing, Graphic Design, Indesign, and 45 others.
