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Kansas City, Kansas

Lenexa, Kansas

US Foods is one of the United State’s leading food service distributors. The company provides food and related products to more than 250,000 customers, including independent and multi-unit restaurants, healthcare and hospitality entities, government and educational institutions. The US Foods Kansas City Division implemented a Menu Design program as a value added service for it's customers. As a Menu and Graphic Design Specialist for US Foods, I was responsible for designing and engineering menus for restaurants in over 21 US Foods Divisions across the United States, dedicated mostly to the St. Louis and Salem areas. Menu & Graphic Design Specialist March 2014-Present•Design and produce high quality and creative menus for customers across the United States•Manage an average of 60 menu projects on a daily basis, communicating status with customers and design contacts, keeping within time lines assuring a high quality product in a timely manner•Engineer menus using basic psychology principles to achieve full profitability•Work with different vendors to get competitive pricing quotes and options to assuremy customers’ projects stay within their budget•Management training: Assist manager with billing, payroll and opening projects inpreparation to take on the management role when available and to assist when thecurrent manager is out of the office•FOODIE Award for Outstanding Design & Customer Service - Q1 2015 & Q3 2015Only designer to win multiple times

North Kansas City, Missouri

Major Brands is a leading distributor of premium spirits, wine and beer, representing an outstanding portfolio of brands throughout the state of Missouri. Throughout my tenure at Major Brands I was responsible for designing and producing innovative point of sale items such as menus, table tents, posters, large-format banners, etc. for customers, including restaurants and stores throughout the entire state of Missouri. From 2009-2011 Major Brands outsourced the internal graphics department through Centiv.Graphic Designer April 2009-February 2014• Implement and train sales force on Major Brands’ new POSTer job tracking program• Produce an average of 10 high quality designs a day • Complete an average of 6-8 rush jobs a week Graphic Design Assistant July 2005-April 2009• Worked with sales force to create high caliber artwork for their accounts to proudly advertise their products • Produced an average of 8 designs a day• Assisted on many on-site project assemblies

North Kansas City, Missouri

Brandmuscle (formerly Centiv) is a local marketing software company that enables brands to own the local decision point by empowering their network of local distributors, dealers, franchisees and salespeople with everything they need to deliver brand-approved marketing tactics customized to local needs, tastes and other relevant differences that can affect the sale. Major Brands employed Centiv for their marketing needs, and thus Centiv took on all Graphic Designers formerly employed by Major Brands. My duties with Centiv were similar to my duties with Major Brands, in that I was responsible for for designing and producing innovative point of sale items such as menus, table tents, posters, large-format banners, etc. for customers, including restaurants and stores throughout the entire state of Missouri.Graphic Designer April 2009-June 2011• Trained sales force in the Design Tracker job tracking program and on placing orders through the Instant Impact point of sale system at www.instantimpact.com • Utilized Design Tracker to manage daily workflow of job orders • Produced an average of 8-10 jobs a day

Pittsburg, Kansas

The Campus Activities Center is a student-centered department at Pittsburg State University focused on creating a safe and inclusive community. The CAC provides opportunities for leadership development and encourages citizenship and socially responsible behavior. While employed there, my duties included creating high quality brochures, posters, mailers, flyers, etc. for the student organizations and campus wide activities sponsored by the Campus Activities Center.Student Graphic Artist August 2003-May 2005• Organized files to send to print • Worked closely with clients to assure that they are getting a quality advertisement that is up to their standards • Composed First Place Publicity Campaign, National Association for Campus Activities Regional Graphics Competition - Fall 2004• Student Worker of the Month - September 2003