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Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As an Associate Director, I served as a creative lead in all aspects of branding, print and interactive design, as well as work closely with the project management, technology, and strategy teams to ensure seamless production of creative work. As a proven leader, mentoring and managing creative teams, I helped to establish strong brand experiences and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As the first creative hire at Adfero, my primary responsibility was to grow the creative capabilities of the agency into a fully functioning internal design department, servicing all of the agency’s client creative needs. This role included speerheading the development of innovative design concepts across several forms of media, building effective brands.

As an independent contract designer and art director, I have built seamless aesthetic and visual identities as well as established brand recognition for over a hundred businesses and organizations. I have also collaborated with several area communications firms including GMMB, Craft Communications, Gumbinner and Davies, Borcz:Dixon, Herrmann Advertising.

Annapolis, MD

As art director and senior designer of Ram’s Head, my role was to establish a strong brand presence for the Rams Head Group, a proprietor of several restaurants, taverns, and live performance venues across much of eastern Maryland, most notably, Annapolis and Baltimore. This position included developing and executing all marketing and advertising materials.

Washington, DC

As a senior contract designer for CRAFT, I conceptualized and created several different brand identities and correlating collateral packages and interactive experiences for a variety of different organizations, agencies, and political figures. Among these, I worked on establishing a personal brand package for a well-known Congressman and political leader.

Washington, DC

During the 2010 election cycle, I contracted full-time and on-site to create countless direct mail and campaign materials for a large variety of local, state-wide and national candidates running for a variety of different offices. This was extremely fast-paced and time sensitive work, demanding efficient workflow and strong communication with campaign.

Crofton, MD

As primary lead on creative activities of this traditional advertising agency, I developed numerous successful brands, print advertising and social media campaigns, interactive experiences, and collateral packages for several associations and corporations. As the art director, I also maintained a steady workflow of effective design deliverables for the.

Baltimore, Maryland

As a full-time, on-site contract designer for Cordish, I focused on designing logo identities and supporting materials for the various urban development projects nationwide. This included designing the logo identities for existing projects as well as the marketing and proposal materials for projected projects in new cities. I also helped to supply design.

Davidsonville, MD

As the primary creative and in-house designer, I created all marketing materials, publications, internal and external communication materials as well as advertising for this large-scale retail and distribution garden center. During this time, I utilized much of my illustration skill set to establish a very specific and recognizable brand on a national.

Alexandria, VA

As an entry level designer, I worked my way up through this in-house design department to become one of the leaders in the design of numerous publications, retail and membership marketing and advertising materials, corporate branding, internal and external corporate communication needs, company collateral materials, as well as a quarterly national.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Fine And Studio Arts

Activities and Societies: Involved in several collaborative artistic endeavors, gallery shows and events

Apprentice, Graphic Design, Art

I was the first United States citizen to study at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design at Univerza v Ljubljana, collaborating with the top.