Work Experience
Graphic Designer
Upside Collective
Albany, NY
July 2015 – Present
Designs everything and anything from large (50+) page documents, responsive websites, logo and brand identity, marketing materials, and other collateral for a variety of clients, Photographs portraits and interior/exterior spaces for clients to use for many applications; some being websites, videos, and print advertisements and publications, Art directs consistent work for clients from ideation to completion with a team, Researches best practices for design and implementation for clients to see the best return on investment and positive user experience, Manages working time with using job tracking software to stay efficient, Communicates with clients, account executives, a creative director, developers, and other designers to complete projects together.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Freelance, Personal Work
December 2012 – Present
Develops and presents proposals for design work to a variety of clients that includes branding, print design, wedding stationery, front-end web design and any other collateral the client might need, Responsibilities include conceptualization and execution of design, resolving projects to client’s satisfaction, accurate billing and payment collection, and quoting within the printing process, Maintains and sustains client relationships through continued communication and flexibility
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Hearst Corporation
Times Union Magazine Division
Albany, NY
June 2011 –
June 2015
Designed multiple reoccurring magazines that contain local content
- Supplied editorial design and art direction
- Created custom conceptual imagery and illustration
- Considered available space for advertisements
- Photographed environmental & traditional portraiture, interiors, and studio set ups
Managed and tracked projects in progress and past work
- Trained and managed freelancers and interns
- Implemented an archive/back up system
- Scheduled photoshoots to capture mood and style of magazine brand
- Organized and branded collateral events for the magazine
Translated printed material onto the web
- Used blog posts web content management to showcase print content online
- Designed digital magazine versions
- Managed and updated multiple Facebook and Twitter pages with relevant content
- Overhauled an existing content management for system editing, updating websites and posts
- Designed E-Newsletters and keeps a well organized system of submissions from an online form
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Protective
Industrial
Products
Albany, NY
June 2010 – January 2011
Originally an internship while in school, this position evolved into a part-time opportunity once the internship requirement was met.
Focused on a variety of design projects from large scale catalogs to advertisements with detailed specifications, Collaborated with a variety of vendors to create work tailored to their needs, Maintained a sense of brand cohesiveness in all pieces to fit a company standard and identity.
Skills and Proficency
SOFTWARE
- Adobe CC
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Bridge
- Dreamweaver
- Premiere Pro
- Lightroom
- QuarkXPress
- Microsoft Office
- Word
- Powerpoint
- Excel
- Sketch App
- Brackets
HARDWARE
- Mac OSX
- Windows 8
- iPad & iPhone
- DSLR Cameras
- Canon
- Nikon
ONLINE
- HTML5/CSS
- Bootstrap Frameworks
- Wordpress
- Drupal
- Dropbox
- Google
- Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
- Sites
- Web Content Management
- Email Marketing
- What Counts
- Constant Contact
- MailChimp
- Eventbrite
- Formstack
- Issuu Online Publishing
OTHER SKILLS
- Prepress Production
- Editing/Reviewing
- Press Check
- Ink Management
- Color correcting for Print
- Photography
- Film
- Digital
- Portraits
- Studio/Strobe Lighting
- Real Estate
- Screenprinting
- Letterpress
- Design/Prepress forLetterpress
- Letterpress Printing
Design Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
The College of Saint Rose
May 2011
Graduated from a design program that stresses the process of concept development with thumbnails, to comps, to finishes: visual identity and branding, business systems, posters, brochures, newsletters, editorial and book design, packaging, web/interactive design, pre-press production. Experience in film, digital and studio photography, and screen printing.
Minor in Art History
Obtained by a study abroad experience in Florence & Rome, Italy. Special Topics in Michelangelo and the Italian Renaissance
Honors, Awards, & Organizations
1st Place,Specialty Supplement
New York Newspapers Advertising & Marketing Executives (NYNAME), 2012, 2013, 2014
Nomination, Cover Design
ADDY, Times Union, Vow: Your Wedding, Your Way, 2012
Nomination, Magazine Design
ADDY, Times Union, Capital Region Women@Work, 2012
Organizations
AIGA Upstate NY Chapter
Women@Work Connect Member
Presidential Scholarship
The College of Saint Rose
Fall 2007–Spring 2011
Dean’s List
The College of Saint Rose
Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010 and Fall 2010
Artwork Selected for Juried Exhibition
Undergraduate Show, The College of Saint Rose
2008, 2009 and 2010
Finalist, Design Competition
Corporate Identity Rebranding
Empire State Youth Orchestra, Inc., 2010