Resume

11N041 Capulet Court | Elgin, IL 60124 | 847-888-2148

Extensive experience designing print, web and interactive projects from concept to finish.
Team leader with excellent project management skills including: client relations, defining project scope budget and scheduling.
Broad knowledge and advanced skills in visual design, information architecture, user interface, plus a solid understanding of available client-side technologies. Knowledge of web standards (Web 2.0, XHTML, CSS, DOM scripting) and tableless layout. Intimate knowledge of how comps translate to code.
Command of leading design software, Adobe CS3 (Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash) plus Quark Xpress.

Designed and built web pages and landing sites for Pampered Chef.com
Responsible for the lead design of all bilingual email blasts sent to consultants from US, Canada, UK and Germany.

Designed golf web site for PCGvip.com within a tight time-frame. The site debuted at a local golf show to rave reviews and the owner took in more than 150 applications for membership on the first day of the convention.
Created Flash animated banner ads for Spine-Health.com

Designed and produced monthly eBlasts for US Marine to motivate distributors to purchase store signage from our warehouse. The client saw a 20% sales increase for the items advertised during the sales cycle.
Created brochures and catalogs for Hyatt, ENH Group Hospitals, FTD and Smurfit-Stone.

Lead designer for My First Health client internet and Claim Status web sites. This highly visible project organized complex information into a visually pleasing and user accessible web site.
Designed and produced an Interactive Flash Tutorial explaining to a typical client how to navigate through the My First Health web site to address their health-care needs.

United Airlines—Designed micro web sites, animated banners, and Flash sites.
Stonebridge Conway Farms—Collaborated closely with owners to create a promotional web site for an upscale Chicago-area real-estate development.
DemocraticIndia.org—Film project web site served as a marketing tool for the filmmakers.
R-Columbia Products—Designed large-scale 4-color catalogs and sell sheets. Developed national ad campaigns.

Designed web sites, web-based applications and Flash presentations for external clients. Client base included global fortune 500 firms in the financial, insurance and customer experience management (CEM) industries.
Lead designer for brochures, ads, invitations, identity systems and trade show signage.

Worked with sales managers to develop ad campaigns to coincide with trade shows and new product launches.
Designed brochures, ads, technical and spot illustration, charts and product photography.