Graphic and Web Designer Resume

Title
Graphic and Web Designer

Primary Skills
Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, print design, web design, PowerPoint

Location
US-NJ-Fort Lee

Posted
May-04-09

Graphic & Web Designer

Summary

Award-winning Graphic and Web Designer with over 12 years of experience working in diverse industries. Gifted designer that can create solutions based on client preferences. Dedicated team player that can work on multiple
projects simultaneously and meet important deadlines.

Macintosh/PC Skills

Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe InDesign CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Flash CS3
Adobe Director
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
CSS
HTML
Microsoft Access
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Quark XPress

Business Experience


New York Life Investment Management, Parsippany, NJ - 2003-2009

Graphic Designer
Designed company brochures, postcards, sales flyers, internal posters, forms, and other print collateral. Responsibilities included troubleshooting computer and printer problems.

• Spearheaded redesign of MainStay Investments sales flyers where my dynamic design was used for many print collateral for a few years.
• Improved the overall design of the quarterly newsletter for MainStay Investments. Used cost-saving imagery, which reduced cost of overall production of newsletter.
• Oversaw and provided quality control to outside freelancer to update quarterly sales flyers which helped boost productivity.
• Designed holiday card that was sent out to wholesalers and clients, which won the American Graphic Design Award in 2005.

Freelancer, New Jersey - 2001-2003

Freelance Graphic Designer

• HealthWorld Communications Group, New York, NY - Designed backgrounds for PowerPoint presentations. Corrected and formatted PowerPoint presentations.

• Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Plainsboro, NJ - Created comprehensives of presentation materials, displays, and packages. Mounted in-house posters.

• Journal of Commerce, Newark, NJ - Designed and conceptualized front cover and cover story of Journal of Commerce magazine. Updated website with new links to current magazine. Uploaded magazine PDF files to the website. Color corrected and retouched all images used for issues for several magazines.

• NBA, Secaucus, NJ - Designed print ads for newspapers and magazines for NBA Store. Designed in-house print collateral for events. Designed display banners for the 2003 All-Stars Ballot and for the Junior NBA/WNBA Program.

SpikerDesign, Norristown, PA - 2001-2002

Freelance Multimedia Designer

Key designer for SpikerDesign's web design and marketing materials.

• Designed and produced Flash shows announcing the launch of Centocor's new portal site. Designed topbar and navigational graphics for Centocor's portal site.
• Designed and produced web art and layouts for portal website of Johnson & Johnson.
• Primary troubleshooter for all technical problems. Set up Macintosh network and equipment for the entire office.

BaseSix, Norristown, PA - 2000-2001

Multimedia Designer
Played an important role on creative team as web, print, and multimedia designer for clients in pharmaceutical and corporate industries. Designed print collateral and logos. Provided technical support for all employees, the network, and office equipment.

• Designed self-promotional Flash and PowerPoint shows for company to present to prospective clients with positive reviews from executives.

SpikerDesign, Norristown, PA - 1998-2000

Multimedia Designer
Key web designer and print designer for all projects for clients like DuPont, Pfizer, Stan Gross Associates, and the Vanguard Group. Provided IT support for all the computers and equipment. SpikerDesign merged with BaseSix in 2000.

• Key multimedia designer and production artist for designing Samsung's multifunctional printer CD-ROM and company's multimedia CD-ROM.
• Designed sales kit that was utilized by Pfizer's Memory Makers sales team.
• Supervised one designer on many projects.

First USA, Wilmington, DE - 1997-1998

Graphic Technician
In charge of production of mechanicals for credit cards. Assisted in designing collateral for presentations for potential clients. Designed ads for college-themed credit cards.

Reliance Insurance, Philadelphia, PA - 1996-1997

Freelance Graphic Designer
Prepared manuals and documents for use on the company's Intranet site. Designed CD cover for company directory CD. Redesigned company newsletter's masthead.

Education

Arcadia University (formerly known as Beaver College)
Glenside, PA
B.F.A with Departmental Honors in Graphic Design, May 1996

Fairleigh Dickinson Computer Career Institute
Paramus, NJ
Master Certificate in Web Development in E-Commerce, October 2003

Certifications
Master Certificate in Web Development in E-Commerce, October 2003


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