Resume

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Creative and motivated production artist and graphic designer with over fifteen years of industry experience and a proven record of product management and planning, vendor and client print coordination, developing of digital catalogs and libraries, and cross-functional team building. Holds a demonstrated record of organized and quality production of design projects, demonstrating exceptional communication skills and adaptability. Goal-oriented professional willing to take initiative in formulating new ideas and strategies to invigorate corporate messaging through marketing and trend data analyzation.

EDUCATION

University of Maryland Global Campus I BA, Graphic Communication I 4.0 Summa Cum Laude
Maryland Institute College of Art I Graphic Design/Illustration

AFFILIATIONS

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society I Member, Chapter 22-UC
Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society I Member, Tau Chapter

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Visual Artist - Illustrator I The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab I October 2021 - Present
  • Graphic Design Specialist I American Association of Retired Persons I May 2021 - Sept 2021
  • Graphic Design Consultant I American Petroleum Institute I January 2016–May 2018
  • Freelance Illustrator I Take2games I February 2015–May 2015
  • Freelance Designer I Centers for Disease Control and Prevention I April 2013–June 2013
  • Freelance Graphic Designer I Mack/Crouse Group I July 2012–August 2012
  • Freelance Graphic Designer I American University College of Law I April 2012–May 2012
  • Proposal Formatter I URS Corporation I March 2011–December 2012
  • Desktop Publisher I Baltimore City Community College I November 2000–June 2008

WORK HISTORY

Managed, redesigned and supervised creation of graphic art collateral materials including sell sheets, presentation templates, merchandisers, catalogs, books, brochures, posters, flyers, postcards. Conceptualized and developed layouts, packages and advertisements best highlighting appropriate messaging and staying within current brand guidelines. Conducted interviews while participating in 5 search committee assignments. Performed printing and mounting of posters and exhibits working with Packaging Engineers to design graphics for product merchandisers and check proof for accuracy. Preparing work for PowerPoint and Keynote presentations for over 20 presentations. Led team on company-wide diagnosis of digital filing systems in order to reduce and consolidate files between divisions, expand storage capacity. Created specs and verified artwork from printer and vendors.

SKILLS

SOFTWARE
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Animate, After Effects and Photoshop Creative Cloud (CC), Microsoft Word I Microsoft Excel I Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, section 508 accessibility (PDF)

WEB DESIGN
Adobe Dreamweaver (CC), HTML and CSS coding

SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube

ILLUSTRATION
Digital and Tradtional Illsutration, Sequential Storytelling and Basic Animation