Summary of Experience

  • Creative direction, photography direction, department management and client relations
  • Graphic design, website design, illustration, animation, type design and copy writing

Software Proficiency

InDesign, QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fontographer

Professional History

2010-PRESENT: U.S. Department of the Treasury/United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program—Washington, DC
ASSOCIATE DESIGNER: Create artistic designs and renderings for United States coinage and medal programs.

2008-PRESENT: NRT—Waltham, MA
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Design corporate communications, consumer advertising and web site graphics for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage New England and Mid-Atlantic regions.

2002-2008:  Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage—Waltham, MA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Provide creative direction of all corporate and consumer communications, graphic design, advertising design and web site design. Oversee two designers and assist with management of the marketing team.

1999-2002:  The DeWolfe Companies—Lexington, MA
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Coordinate with the Vice-president of marketing to create graphics and write copy for print advertising, marketing materials, web sites and other corporate communications. February 2002 Employee of the Month.

1995-1999:  DPI—Woburn, MA
ART DIRECTOR: Created graphics for books, audio product packaging, marketing materials, websites, and educational curriculum while managing a five person art department. 1997 Employee of the Year.

1989-PRESENT:  Freelance Artist—Watertown, MA
GRAPHIC DESIGNER, WEB SITE DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR and FONT DESIGNER: Create graphics and illustrations for books, magazines, CD packaging, corporate identity and web sites. Designed Papyrus, Blackstone, Letterpress Text, Mirage and Virus fonts distributed worldwide. Clients include Random House, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Scholastic Press, Houghton Mifflin Company, Oxford University Press, IBM, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Awards

2010 American InHouse Design Awards
Graphic Design USA
—Three winning entries: Advertising, Invitations and Brochures

2008 American InHouse Design Awards
Graphic Design USA
—One winning entry: Invitation featured in August 2008 Issue

2007 American InHouse Design Awards
Graphic Design USA
—Five winning entries: Annual Report, Invitations and Brochures featured in July 2007 Issue

2006 American InHouse Design Awards
Graphic Design USA
—Five winning entries: Annual Report, Invitations and Brochures featured in July 2006 Issue

2005 American InHouse Design Awards
Graphic Design USA
—Two winning entries: Presentations and Brochures featured in June 2005 Issue

2002-2003 H. Patricia Taylor Scholarship Fund ($2000)
Northeastern University—University College benefactor

Sigma Epsilon Rho Honor Society Past Presidents Award ($1500)
Northeastern University—University College benefactor

2001  Annual Scholarship Award—The DeWolfe Companies ($1000)
Winning Essay: “How the Internet is Changing the Way Real Estate Business is Being Conducted”.

Graphic Arts Awards Annual—Printing Industries of America
Merit Award—Category: Folders and Broadsides

Typeface Design Competition—Chartpak
One of ten winners: “Blackstone” font design

Angel Award—American Advertising Federation, Florida/Caribbean
2nd Place—Category: Public Service Advertising

Education

Northeastern University—Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design and Visual Communication
3.9 GPA, Dean’s List 2000-02 Academic Years.

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale–Fort Lauderdale, FL
Attended in 1982
Associates Program in Advertising Design