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Aurora, Colorado, United States

• Conceive, design, and execute a wide range of award-winning projects for various clients.• Contracted as Interim Art Director for Memory Makers magazine to redesign magazine - 9 months. • Successfully launched and currently operate a freelance business, B2B. • Designed Midwest Living magazine's first website. • Served as Advertising Art Director for Tucson Lifestyle magazine for one year. • Routinely execute superior design work in line with client specifications to uphold brand name.• Utilize in-depth communication skills to build client relationships for Northwest Airlines Magazine, Florida Tourism Council, Connecticut Tourism Council, Meredith Books, and Decorating Den.

• Designed and developed packaging concepts for Barbie dolls' exclusive adult collector series with price points ranging from $70 to over $1,500.• Planned and art-directed all photography and illustrations.• Adroitly negotiated prices on all outsourced vendors, photographers, illustrators, etc.• Designed The Barbara Millicent Roberts (Barbie’s real name) Collection, Speigel’s Shopping Chic, My Fair Lady Collection, Ghanan Barbie, and Glamour Classique. • Collaborated with a copywriter, a packaging engineer, a comp artist, photographers, graphics department, technical illustrator, and pre-press production department.

Colorado Springs, Co

• Tasked with initiating and heading up the new Digital Design Studio, which is responsible for all design and production work for all products produced directly by Current.• Dexterously conceived, planned, and directed all custom photography for all photographic projects and training of other designers in photographic art direction and methodology.• Accountable for conceptualizations, freelance negotiation for photographers and stylists, location scouting, prop shopping, propping, photo styling, and general art direction of new photography.• Planned, designed, and executed graphic design of all calendars and any photographic projects and multi-dimensional products, including books, posters, compact disc jackets, die-cut products, correspondence seals, cookbooks, wrapping papers, postcards, paper mobiles, packaging, and other paper products.• Executed all conceptualizations, freelance negotiations for photographers and stylists, location scouting, budgeting, prop shopping, propping, photo styling, and general art direction of all-new photography.• Produced 12+ calendars annually.

Dodgeville, Wisconsin

• Created, planned, budgeted, and directed all location and studio photography for quilt, tabletop, and blanket product lines• Designed assigned catalog pages in designated product areas• Served as Art Director for designated Coming Home and Lands’ End catalog pages• KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Only Art Director chosen to go on long-distance photo shoots to San Francisco and Chicago

Des Moines, Iowa

Promoted from entry level designer to Associate Art Director during 7 1/2 year tenure.DESKTOP PUBLISHING:• Responsible for implementing applications of first Macintosh desktop publishing system for magazines in corporation including: involvement in budgetary proposals for equipment, software, and hardware testing, creating file management methods, re-engineering copy flow direction, streamlining of copy flow from a 48+ step process to an eleven step process, troubleshooting applications problems, incorporating latest application updates into departmental procedures.• Served as desktop applications support for staff during first year of implementation • Conducted procedural course for editorial staff on desktop publishing applications in a effort to unify procedures.• Established 140 page S.I.P. Macintosh Handbook, used as reference for designers.MANAGEMENT:• Supervised and directed assigned members of a fourteen member design staff, including approval of all layouts and covers, resolution of production techniques and management of relative magazine schedules.• Maintained productive communication channels between Art Director and art staff including which included: Assistant Art Directors, Senior Graphic Designers and Graphic Designers.• Delegated administrative and creative responsibilities to staff members as appropriate.• Responsible for maintenance of art production budget of $ 2.1 million for thirty-one magazines annually.• Involved in establishment and continued revision of comprehensive cost workbook for prepress production of S.I.P. magazines.ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN:• Conducted, as well as supervised, pre-planning for photography and execution of concept from set design to film.• Planned, designed, and directed art production of a quarterly magazine, Decorating• Designed editorial magazine pages and cover of each magazine, conceptualized and art directed photographic concepts, proofed all phases of magazine production.

Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States

• Started out cleaning out paste-up drawers and ended up being one of the designers to win several national awards for some of my work• Drew up plans to reorganize the office, which the director okayed and we rearranged the whole office for better workflow• Designed and executed by hand any of the following types of projects: University identification, departmental brochures, event programs, posters, billboards, advertisements, financial aid forms and booklets, student activities brochure and catalog, flyers, and a host of other printed materials.

Web Design Certificate, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia And Information Resources Design, 3.83

Activities and Societies: President’s List, Deans List, The One Club (formerly Art Directors Club of Denver), PTK (Honorary Scholastic.

Master’S Degree, Industrial Technology With An Emphasis In Graphic Communication, Gpa 3.91

Activities and Societies: • UCDA - University and College Designers Association • CASE - Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Bachelor Of Arts, Industrial Technology, Journalism, And Visual Arts, Gpa 3.86

Activities and Societies: • Received Neil C.MacDonald Academic Scholarship (most coveted award at UND) • Graduated Magna Cum Laude, GPA.

G D E, College Prep

Activities and Societies: • Varsity Cheerleader • Varsity Basketball Player • Yearbook Designer • Co-Salutatorian, GPA 3.89I played.