Areas of Expertise

• Design all aspects of advertising, direct mail, magazines, catalogs, newsletters, annual reports, calendars, booklets, brochures, posters, postcards, labels, programs, promotional materials, and large-scale banners.
• Design and work within established brand standards as well as develop and evolve new or expanding brands.
• Create easy to use templates for print and digital use that visually communicate brand identity and messaging.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Organized with excellent time management skills ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Ability to solve problems quickly, effectively, and creatively.
• Highly creative and able to arrive at multiple solutions to ensure the desired outcome is achieved.
• Positive approach with a high degree of professionalism.
• Focused on accuracy with a tremendous sense of detail.
• Work well both independently and with others as part of a team.
• Setting up and executing data merges for fulfillment of personalized direct mail pieces
• Creating and maintaining websites in WordPress.

Career Summary

AGC The Creative Advantage
Creative Director | 2021-Current

• Proven ability to prioritize in a multi-project, fast-paced environment
• Managed creative team including workflow and daily tasks for the creative and production team to ensure deadlines are met and high standards are maintained.
• Pre-press and pre-flight problem solving

Applied Industrial Technologies
Graphic Designer | 2019-2021

• Collaborated with corporate communications and catalog teams to create and manage a plan to complete the annual layout of both digital and print versions of the Applied product catalog. This included updating the nearly 30,000 products listed in the catalog, tracking the proofing process to ensure accuracy, and setting up files for large scale printing and distribution.
• Worked with outside programing teams updating the digital asset management system to integrate with catalog production tools inside the Adobe Creative suite.

Aultman Hospital
Graphic Designer | 2008-2019

• Collaborated with both clinical and administrative teams within the hospital as well as faculty at Aultman College.
• Assisted with annual fund-raising events and employee recognition dinner including invitations, programs and signs as well as large scale installations, backdrops and props.

Carter Lumber
Creative Specialist | 2007-2008

• Established new approaches to client rewards programs as part of “The Agency,” a division of the marketing department dedicated to helping contractors brand their business with unique marketing solutions.

The Cleveland Orchestra
Graphic Production Artist | 2003-2007

• I developed concert packages to highlight guest artists and special performances which helped increase ticket sales and broaden the Orchestra’s audience base at Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center.