Resume

Creative, outcome oriented, experienced, energetic, dependable, bi-lingual graphic design and print production manager with excellent design, collaboration, organization, and interpersonal skills. Dynamic team player accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments within budget. Successful in branding across a variety of media platforms, formats, and sizes. Diverse skill set includes art direction; branding; vendor, author, and constituents relations; graphic and web design; print production, digital imaging, illustrations, typography, and photography; and basic knowledge of WordPress.

CREATIVE EXPERTISE

  • Art Direction: Concept development and management of creative initiatives across all channels in print and digital media to convey a specific message to a particular audience to evoke a targeted emotional reaction.
  • Branding:  Ideate and execute cohesive and compelling brand stories to maximize messages across multiple platforms to strengthen brand identify and recognition.
  • Print: Magazine and meeting program design, layout and production; brochures, flyers, logos, and icons; business cards and stationery; T-shirt design; cards, posters, signage, and entrance units.
  • Web: Social media support, banners, digital signage, advertisement, and website design.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

  • Graphic Design and Print Production: Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Lightroom Classic)
  • Web Design: Adobe Creative Cloud (Dreamweaver), Adobe Creative Cloud Express, WordPress
  • Other Software: Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
  • Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CORPORATE AND NON-PROFIT:

The Electrochemical Society (ECS): 2007-current
Graphic Design/Print Production Manager: 2014-current

    • Execute consistent art direction to communicate a united message and engage key stakeholders and persuade and communicate across all Society channels. Manage and create all graphic requests from initial stages to completion.
    • Provide print and digital brand and marketing support to all departments.
    • Create production schedule and oversee print projects from initiation to completion for a quarterly magazine as well as biannual meetings; this includes vendor management, author communication, archiving and distribution.
    • Participate in biannual meetings and support the meeting registration area by managing all student volunteers on site and supporting meeting staff at additional events.
      Support social media coverage of biannual meetings through event photography.
      Supervise external photographer and videographer onsite regarding their schedule and delivery requirements.
      Identify, order, and distribute ECS swag for biannual, co-sponsored, and satellite meetings and manage the budget.
    • Go-to-person in all questions relating to skill and knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (in particular, InDesign, Illustrator,
      and Photoshop).

    Key Achievements:
    Conceptualized, designed, and produced a new brand guide to give the Society a unified voice.
    Implemented proofing process for shared internal and external review that cut down production time depending on project by up to a week.
    Proactively conceived creative ideas that succeeded in communicating a strategic message with unique, attractive design.
    Became an integral part of the registration team at biannual meetings by managing advanced registration and supervising student volunteers.
    Selected to serve as a judge for the ASAE (American Society of Association Executives) Gold Circle Award for e-newsletters (January 2019-April 2020).

    Production Assistant/ Interface Production Manager: 2007-2014

    • Managed day-to-day operation of Interface (the Society’s quarterly magazine), including all page layout, design, production and advertising management.
    • Designed and produced all other collateral material, including meeting programs and creative assets supporting the biannual meetings.

    Key Achievement:
    Redesigned quarterly magazine, Interface, in-house and saved costs by in-sourcing the cover design.
    Implemented a robust production schedule for efficient and timely delivery of collateral.
    Digitized the proofing process to reduce resource utilization.

    Princeton Financial® Systems: 2005-2007
    Graphic Designer:

    • Created new company branding that incorporated marketing and promotional materials through business presentations, binders and brochures, invitations, posters, web design.
    • Saved the client significant expense by performing a wide range of functions in-house; produced all conference marketing and promotional materials such as presentations, flash splash screens, binders, brochures, and signage.

    Simstar Internet Solutions, Inc: 1999-2001
    Graphic Designer: 2001

    • Designed pharmaceutical web sites; oversaw production process; created banner ad designs; prepared external/internal presentations in partnership with art director and the CEO.

    Production Artist: 1999-2000

    • Contributed to web site designs; prepared and implemented web designs for various pharmaceutical brands and companies; designed illustrations and animated banner ads; created presentations for external clients for sales pitches and internal presentations.

    Key Achievement:
    Promoted to graphic designer as a result of a successful series of illustrations for a client.

    VOLUNTEER:

    • APAW (April 2018-current): Animal Placement Agency of West Windsor, NJ – Animal Welfare
      Socialize and walk dogs
    • ASAE (January-April 2020): American Society of Association Executives Gold Circle Award Judge
      Selected to serve as a judge for the 2019 Gold Circle Award for e-newsletters

    FREELANCE:

    • Eventful: Created complete identity and web design; launched web site, 2006.
    • Princeton Dance and Theater Studio: Devised company identity, complete advertising and web design; 2003.
      Designed logo for Dancevision (non-profit organization of PDT), 2007.
    • Optima Design: Created logos for several clients, including Bristol-Myers Squibb’s “Race for the Cure”, 2002-2004; Blossoming Rose Communications, 2003.
    • Morgan Stanley: Developed intranet web-sites and logos for the Data-Mining Group, Business Intelligence Group and myNewIssues project, 1999-2002.

    LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:

    • Adobe CC Masterclass: Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD, InDesign
      StackSkillsApril 2021, No Expiration Date

    OTHER:

    • Taught grades 5 through 12 in Schwerin, Germany.
    • Led children’s classes for Environmental Rangers as a volunteer.

    EDUCATION

    Mercer County Community College, Trenton, New Jersey
    Associate in Applied Science Degree in Visual Arts and Computer Graphics, 1997-1999.

    Landesinstitut für Schule und Ausbildung, Schwerin, MV, Germany
    M.Ed. in Physical Education and Geography, 1993-1995.

    University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
    B.Ed. in Physical Education and Geography for grades 5 through 12, 1987-1993.

    HONORS

    • First Simstar President’s Award, March 2001 (Led a team of colleagues in developing and implementing a concept to promote team work).
    • Albert B. Kahn Scholarship; Outstanding Achievement in Computer Graphics; President’s Honor List; Scholar Athlete Award; National NJCCA Champion in Women’s Tennis, Division III; First and Second Team All-American in Tennis, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, New Jersey, May 1998-1999.
    • Citation from the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, for Achievements with the Environmental Rangers, New Jersey, May 1996.

    ADDITIONAL

    • Fluent in German.
    • Wide exposure to diverse cultures.