Summary of Experience

- Creative direction, department management and client relations
- Graphic design, website design, typography design and illustration
- Copywriting
- Photo illustration, image editing, optimizing and scanning
- Photography direction and print supervision
- Macintosh systems setup, maintenance and troubleshooting

Software Proficiency

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

Professional History

2002-PRESENT  Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage—Waltham, MA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Responsible for creative direction of all corporate and consumer communications—graphic design, advertising design and website user interface 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, websites 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 and Musician—Watertown, MA
GRAPHIC DESIGNER, WEBSITE DESIGNER, FONT DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR: Create graphics and illustrations for books, magazines, CD packaging, corporate identity and websites for clients including Random House, Simon & Schuster, MIT, Encyclopedia Britannica, Letraset, Houghton Mifflin Co., Little Brown & Co., Scholastic Press, IBM and Harper Collins. Also design digital fonts that are distributed by international vendors on the world wide web.

Awards

2007 American InHouse Design Awards
Graphic Design USA / 5 winning entries, annual report, invitations and brochures / Featured in July 2007 Issue

2006 American InHouse Design Awards
Graphic Design USA / 5 winning entries, annual report, invitations and brochures / Featured in July 2006 Issue

2005 American InHouse Design Awards
Graphic Design USA / 2 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, Graphic Design and Visual Communication
3.9 GPA / Dean's List 2000—2002 Academic Years
Class of 2003

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