Highly motivated, organized, and curious Graphic Designer with a strong understanding of design principles, excellent visual design skills and technical knowledge, proficient in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop looking to create marketing materials to support various campaigns. Highly accurate professional with a high level of attention to detail. Proven collaborator with the capability to rapidly adapt to shifts in business needs. Skilled at ensuring continuous process improvement.

Experience

Senior Designer

Summit Publishing

  • Assign projects to photographers and illustrators, and manage the art department budget

  • Work with Publishers to manage the workflow of the art department and task the digital team

  • Work with Publishers to provide creative and strategic direction that is consistent with current Brand Standards while ensuring visual consistency across print and digital channels

  • Create digital assets for the magazine website, email newsletters, and social channels, as needed

  • Manage print production process, preflighting, and preparing files for press

  • Review and approve art developed by the team, ensuring the highest quality deliverables and addressing goals

  • Work closely with the publisher to manage each print issue and problem-solve

  • Work as a partner with the Editor-in-Chief, editors, staff writers, and the digital team

  • Support the sales team in the creation of media kits, sales sheets, proposals, banners, and signage, and other in-house needs, assigning projects within the art department

  • Oversee the management of the merch store and designs

  • Oversee special advertising sections, strategies, and designs

  • Manage year-end art department projects, and be responsible for creating and managing production schedules

  • Create and manage all print tearsheets and work with the team to create digital tearsheets for the business manager

  • Oversee Team members who design email newsletters and digital marketing

  • Project manages all print ad collection for the magazine, working with clients to ensure quality and meet deadlines

  • Design print, web, and email newsletter ads as needed for the client base

  • Project manages all digital ad collection for magazine/website, email newsletters, and social media, making sure deadlines are met

  • Work on designs for in-house digital web and email newsletter marketing campaigns

  • Manage the schedule of digital advertising and work closely with the Digital Content Specialist on the weekly social media schedule

  • Oversee Team Members’ design of weekly email newsletters and custom emails

Graphic Designer

Piccadilly Printing

Develop various types of creative content for advertisements, brochures, or magazines. Manage client proposals from typesetting through to design, print, and production. Work with clients, briefing and advising them on design style, format, print production, and timescales. Develop concepts, graphics, and layouts for print media. Conceptualize visuals based on requirements, create images and layouts by hand or using design software, and test graphics across various media. Continuing service as a subject matter expert in customer care techniques, serving as an advisor when needed.

Marketing Assistant

DCA Virtual Business Support

  • Help design ebooks, business cards, flyers, and car magnets

  • Help with the production of the company podcast

  • Help with social media assistance, from social media posts to scheduling

Graphic Design Intern

La Nostra Ciutat | Barcelona, Spain

  • Worked alongside graphic designers to create and execute plans for Pinterest and Instagram

  • Created new ideas for marketing of current product range

  • Created packaging to better express brands product identity

  • Worked in Vend and Shopify to manage website design


Graphic Design Intern

Hemp House Goodies, Maynard, MA

  • Created social media graphics and animations on Instagram to promote the brand and increase followers

  • Introduced animated graphics to the podcast to better engage the public 

  • Used Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dimensions 

  • Went outside of comfort zone to learn new ways of designing to get the desired outcome 

Student Graphic Designer

Radford University CGEE | Radford, VA

  • Designed printed material using Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop 

  • Provided high-quality results in a timely manner

  • Redesigned the Study Abroad booklet to make it pocket-sized and easier to carry when traveling  

Freelancer

Self-Employed

  • Worked in branding and print media to create the client’s vision

  • Listened attentively to the client’s needs to bring their ideas to life 

  • Quoted price projects according to time, complexity, and effort

Help Desk Technician

Radford University TAC | Radford, VA

  • Executed diagnostics, troubleshooting, and evaluations on computers and other technologies

  • Gave clear and consistent instructions for clients to follow and solve issues as needed  

Education

Radford University, Radford, VA | Graduated May 2020

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design 

Minoring in Communication 

Honors College, Capstone research project: How Culture Affects Branding (April, 2020) 

Member of: Phi Kappa Phi 

GPA: 3.8

 

Skills

  • Print Media

  • Production Process

  • Knowledgeable in the Adobe suite- Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, Lightroom, and Dimensions

  • Typography 

  • Photography 

  • Knowledgeable in Wix, Vend, Shopify, WordPress, and Squarespace

  • Creative problem solving 

  • Digital design knowledge 

  • Time management 

  • Technology troubleshooting

  • Branding 

  • 3D modeling

  • Podcast editing

  • Social media management