Objective:

To be working for a design company that keeps client wants and needs in focus yet embraces different; and expands contemporary design ideas. Offering clients a variety of options, not making assumptions about what they may be looking for.

Technical Knowledge:

Professional Experience:

ONGOING • Freelance Graphic Designer & Consultant - Minneapolis, MN

Publicity mailing cards, flyers, posters, display advertising for local non-profit organizations and groups: The Council on Crime and Justice,AccessWorks! & The Bedlam Theatre Company

Guest instructor of digital media at Brooklyn Park Middle School. Introducing and teaching applications used in the production of media used for mass communication

Web site design and print composition for business' throughout the Minneapolis, St. Paul area

08/2008 - Present • Svc. Coordinator / Marketing Assit- Jon English^® Hairspa • Minneapolis, MN

• Setting up appointments by phone or coordinating services for walk-in clients

• Assisting to the Creative Director, developing new marketing ideas, typesetting signs for the salon

• Update client database and coordinating promotional mailings and emails

01/2006 - 04/2007 - Manager & Creative Director - Dolce Vita Spas - Minneapolis, MN

• Coordinating Spa Parties, Events and Appointments with Therapists as needed

• Create print material for the spa such as gift cards, promotional flyers and sandwich boards

• Updating the web site to reflect current specials, implementing online appointment setting

08/2003 - 12/2005 - Photoshop Specialist - Profoto - Minneapolis, MN

• Printing wedding photographs from 35mm and 2 1/4" negatives quality and consistency

• Scanning of old and/or damaged prints and using Photoshop to repair any degradation then reprinting

02/2000 - 07/2003 - Print & Web Designer - Amstand - Sarasota, FL

• Cultivating relationships with clients to create final products from their initial ideas

• Working alone and in teams to conceive and create large format Point of Purchase displays

• Initiating the redesign, production and search engine optimization of the company web site

04/1997 - 09/1999 - Graphic Designer The Eleventh Hour - Sydney, Australia

• Photo scanning and retouching images for reproduction in various forms of print media

• Typesetting and design display and classified advertisements for national publications as:
The Sydney Morning Herald, The Melbourne Age & The Australian Financial Review

• Interacting with clients to define the objective, message and design of projects

Education:

B. A. Degree in Fine Art from The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Studio Arts emphasis on:
Photography, Graphic Design, Audio/Visual projects, Time Based Media & Web Design

Art History emphasis on:
The Russian Constructivist period and the work of the German Weimar Republic