ACHIEVEMENTS &
CONTRIBUTIONS

• Created a wide range of high-end graphic design projects for a Fortune 500 company with $63.96 billion in sales.
• Consistently recognized for innovative ideas and knowledge of applications, resulting in increased job throughput.
• Established vendor relationships, reducing printing costs by 28% within 4 months.
• Significantly improved web presence through the use of meta data and SEO.
• Created work-a-round for software limitation making it possible to keep project in-house.
• Developed high-end brand standard with design that implemented client's promotional security.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Graphic Designer:
Successfully manage and coordinate a broad spectrum of graphic design projects from concept through completion. Combine my design principles with organizing project requirements and schedules, prioritizing the workload to meet deadlines. Work with clients to analyze needs and identify business opportunities. Create sales collateral and marketing campaigns by developing projects that define their purposes and communicate ideas, concepts, and sales points to a targeted audience. Develop and implement strategies for branding (guidelines and standards). Attend press checks to ensure that quality control, brand standards, and visual merchandising consistency is upheld. Communicate with vendors to prepare and secure cost estimates to meet all project requirements. Prepare files for production to meet the technical aspects required for digital/offset printing. Manage all operational, strategic, financial, quote/bid, and administrative functions.

Marketing Production Coordinator:
Develop and implement marketing objectives, both internally and externally. Strategized the direction for company’s promotional materials, sales collateral and marketing campaigns for both headquarter and field offices. Managed the brand standards, maintaining the integrity of a highly recognized trademark.

Digital Pre-Press:
Help to increase productivity by implementing standard procedures and training methods to increase efficiency and job throughput. Continually update my knowledge and proficiency on desktop publishing software and graphic arts techniques to provide customer support on the most current technological tools. Prepare files to meet the technical aspects required for digital/offset printing using appropriate pre-press techniques. Scan and color-correct images. Solve problems that affect the quality of the final printed piece. Complete project tracking to ensure that time and materials used were recorded accurately for charge-back to clients. Archive jobs for identification and retrieval in accordance to established job tracking system for future graphic projects. Digitally color-separate and trap documents. Create press sheet layouts and print digital proofs.

WORK HISTORY

3Blocks Off Broadway: (partial list)
• Colorado Insurance Brokers– Contract Web Designer (2011)
• The Student Planner – Contract Web/Graphic Designer (2009)
• Sopris West – Contract Graphic Designer (2008)
• Goldylocks Balloons – Project Art Directo; Web/Graphic Designer (2007)
• White Wave Foods – Contract Graphic Designer (2006)
• DeepTone Fitness – Contract Graphic Designer (2006)
• McClain Finlon Advertising – Contract Graphic Designer (2004)
• Marty's for Kids – Project Art Director; Graphic Designer (1996)
• Reed Publishing (CED and CableVision) – Contract Graphic Designer (1986 - 1992)

SprintPress Denver – Graphic Design/Digital Pre-Press (1996 - 2005)

RE/MAX International – Graphic Designer/Marketing Production Coordinator (1992 - 1995)

EDUCATION &
HONORS

TechSkills; Denver, Colorado; CIW Site Designer for E-commerce Web Development (2010)
Platt College; Aurora, Colorado; Computer Aided Graphic Design; Graduated with Highest Honors
Colorado Christian University – (station) KWBI-41; Television Broadcasting Internship