resume
work experience
Current
Freelance Identity (Logo/Branding), Print and UX/UI Web Designer
my work has included projects such as:
- new logos, identity and rebranding materials
- web design, user experience design, strategy consulting, webmastering and technical consulting
- front-end web programming
- customized WordPress sites
- annual report design
- catalog design
- newsletter and publication design and editing
- project management and print sourcing/bidding
12/2004 - 12/2012
Graphic Designer (equivalent to Art Director) | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- web design strategy (user experience, information architecture, usability, requirements gathering and writing, and front-end programming) for internet, intranet and miscellaneous web projects
- provide art direction and design for two print publications and corresponding online releases
- create invitations, reports and other communications for public audiences
- design internal communications
- execute all pre-press production for all external print jobs
- provide project management by writing creative briefs, scheduling project phase completion dates, maintaining communication with client and the project team, and completing projects on time
6/2003 - 11/2004
Assistant Art Director | St. Louis Magazine
- responsible for collecting all ads for monthly and special edition issues
- create original ads for clients who requested in-house design services
- check specifications of all press-ready pieces
- design layouts of all special advertising sections
education
Washington University | St. Louis, MO
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Visual Communications—Graphic Design
Minor: French
technical skills
Adobe Dreamweaver | Intermediate/Expert | 15 years experience
Adobe Illustrator | Intermediate/Expert | 19 years experience
Adobe InDesign | Expert | 13 years experience
Adobe Photoshop | Intermediate/Expert | 23 years experience
Adobe InCopy | Intermediate | 5 years experience
Microsoft PowerPoint | Intermediate | 14 years experience
Wordpress | Intermediate | 7 years experience
CSS | Intermediate | 9 years experience
HTML | Intermediate | 11 years experience
Prepress production for files sent to print vendors | Expert | 21 years experience
volunteerism
Foster, Creative Director/Webmaster, Board Member, Telegraph Location Volunteer Coordinator | Stray Haven Rescue
Board Member | Waldorf School of St. Louis
awards/professional accomplishments
2008 | Recipient, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' President's Award for Leadership
2008 | Design Chair, Federal Reserve System Editor & Designer Conference
2007 | Assistant Design Chair, Federal Reserve System Editor & Designer Conference
2007 | Presenter, Federal Reserve System Editor & Designer Conference. Subject: maximizing productivity and production in InDesign and Photoshop