WORK EXPERIENCE
BBDO Worldwide | September 2010 – Present
Global advertising agency in New York, NY | bbdo.com
Role: Graphic Designer
Duties: Build and correct mechanical files for major print campaigns that appear in a variety of media including large-format outdoor advertising, magazines, and newspapers • Accounts include AT&T, Bank of America, Braun, FedEx, GE, Gillette, HBO, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, and Starbucks
Time Out New York | July 2010 – September 2010
Leading weekly arts and entertainment listings magazine in New York, NY | newyork.timeout.com
Role: Graphic Designer (freelance)
Duties: Collaborate with section editors to design and lay out features • Design marketing materials for Web and print including online and print ads • Designed 2010 guides for Food Network Wine & Food Festival, Open House New York, Dumbo Arts Festival, and MSG/Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Kaplan, Inc. | September 2001 – February 2010
Global educational-services provider in New York, NY | kaplan.com
Role: Creative Director, K12 Learning Services (January 2009 – February 2010)
Duties: Directed an in-house creative team that developed innovative, engaging educational products and marketing for both web and print ed a corporate rebranding campaign that included a new Web site, product catalogs, marketing collateral, standardized product design, and comprehensive visual-identity-standards documentation • Kept a department budget and consistently came in at or below projected costs • Managed external vendor relationships
Role: Art Director, K12 Learning Services (April 2007 – January 2009)
Duties: Managed a team of in-house and freelance graphic designers and illustrators
Maintained departmental budgets and schedules • Designed production templates, book covers, and marketing collateral • Checked vendor proofs
Role: Production Manager, K12 Learning Services (May 2003 – April 2007)
Duties: Managed a team of in-house and freelance production artists and illustrators
Designed production templates and style sheets for printed books and online
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Role: Production Artist, K12 Learning Services (September 2001 – May 2003)
Duties: Typeset pages and maintained style sheets for print materials • Created technical and editorial illustrations • Prepped and flight-checked documents
EDUCATION
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL. Class of 2000. GPA 3.8.
BA Arts and Sciences (Creative Writing, Art & Design)
PORTFOLIO
See the Print, Web, and Illustration sections of this site.
