Design Experience
I'm a professional designer with extensive experience in corporate identity, branding programs, print collateral, and marketing implementation. I have experience with website development, user interfaces, social media branding and email marketing. I'm currently working with clients from introductory meetings through to day-to-day project management.
Work Experience
I have been working in Cambridge since 1992, handling whole accounts for some of the best corporations in the area on projects from logo development and corporate identity through to annual reports, web sites and product packaging.
Currently working directly with clients from initial contact and exploratory meetings to presentations and proposal review. Responsible for comprehensive, ongoing project management on existing design engagements from project initiation through design development, client feedback and revision to completion.
Identity projects include corporate, service and product identity for start-up and emerging technology companies.
Print projects include annual reports, capability brochures, collateral materials, web sites and packaging design solutions to established high-technology, biotechnology, computer software, and service companies.
Partner in Boston design firm. Responsible for extensive client contact including design and production of all client work.
Projects included logo design, collateral and marketing design for law firms, real estate, public health corporations, consulting and numerous service companies. Cultivated new clients and controlled all aspects of design firm business. Interviewed, hired and supervised junior designers and interns.
One of the most advanced computer graphic and packaging design installations in the country at the time. All design and production work completed on Scitex and Contex systems.
Developed packaging design solutions for Armour, Compugraphic, Continental Can, Farmland Foods, Genesee, Hills Bros., Pepsi, Rustoleum, and Sherwin Williams. Designed and produced print materials promoting Design Group capabilities.
Responsible for design and production of all company print material. Designed and produced all company publications and all new marketing and collateral, promotional and advertising materials. Accountable for all studio and publication photography.
Education
Swain School of Design - BFA
An intensive four-year program of study which included foundation courses in all the fine arts. Earned Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design, studied under Tom Corey.
Scholarship student to Aspen Design Conference.
Design Skills
Adobe Suite including InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash and Acrobat, Powerpoint and MSWord. Extensive experience with Photoshop for image and color correction.
Working knowledge of HTML and CSS, have programmed small websites from scratch.
Awards
AIGA Best of New England
American Corporate Identity 10, 12, 13, 14, 17
American Graphic Design
Creativity 2000
Logo 2000 Annual
Global Corporate Identity 2002
Graphis Logo Annual 5
Logo 2002 Annual
Freelance
Ongoing freelance work for projects that interest me, including political and social issues.
Assisted established design firms in Atlanta, Brussels, Los Angeles, Sydney, and Toronto in real-world electronic design training. Worked with designers and production personnel at Scitex-Europe and Coca-Cola among others.