Summary of Qualifications 

• 6 years experience designing web sites.
• 15 years experience in traditional graphic design.
• Outstanding PhotoShop, Illustrator, Quark, and HTML skills.
• Classically trained in design, color theory, illustration, layout, and typography.
• Superior logo development and figure/ground design skills.
• Experience with usability issues and information architecture.
• Comprehensive understanding of traditional printing requirements.

Technical Knowledge

	Adobe Creative Suite		DHTML		WS_FTP Pro
	PhotoShop		CSS		Fetch
	ImageReady		JavaScript		Digital Photography
	Illustrator		ASP		Image Editing
	InDesign		GUI		Scanning
	GoLive		FTP		Color Separations
	Acrobat Professional		DreamWeaver		PDFs
	Acrobat/Distiller		BB Edit		Claris Works
	QuarkXPress		Crimson Editor		Type-managing Software
	PageMaker		Fireworks		ATM Deluxe
	Microsoft Suite		Flash		Windows OS
	HTML		FreeHand		MacIntosh OS

Work History

Website/Graphic Designer, Greystone Services, Peabody: Mar. - Present

• Designed new websites and maintained/updated existing websites.
• Designed interactive pages for trade show registration, questionnaires, and subscriptoins.
• Designed advertisements to be placed in Oil & Energy magazine.
• Designed technical and service education manuals for the Oilheat Industry, 
  including editing, design, selection, and placement of graphics.

Freelance Web/Graphic Design Consultant, Greater Boston: 1989-2001, 2003-2004

• Consulted for Hewlett Packard, Brookstone, Crabtree & Evelyn, Ziff-Davis/Key3Media (the Comdex and Interop sites), Ernst & Young, Thomson & Thomson, Scudder-Kemper (on-line Financial Library pages), True Fit, Asymetrics, Contact East, Millipore Corporation, and Publicom. Worked on websites, catalogs, collateral, direct mailing materials, newsletters, desktop publishing, advertising, motivational posters, CD covers, electronic documentation, and textbooks.
• Designed, developed, and maintained efficient, aesthetically pleasing, professional, user-friendly sites with cross browser/cross platform capabilities, including interactivity, navigation, Graphic User Interfaces, and downloadable files.
• Created templates using Cascading Style Sheets, enabling site expansion while addressing layout, typography, usability, and interactivity concerns.
• Determined appropriate color palates to harmonize with existing logos and graphics while reducing eye fatigue, allowing for longer viewing periods by the reader.
• Upgraded, repaired, and re-designed existing sites, often under tight deadlines.
• Managed projects from conception through implementation and quality control testing. Worked closely with content managers, content providers, and design teams. Worked with programmers to enhance the functionality of sites. Wrote and edited copy.
• Counseled clients on proper domain registration and selection of appropriate URLs for search engine optimization, as well as ease of typing by potential viewers.
• Insured corporate identity was present and noticeable on web site.

Advertising And Graphic Designer, Woodworkers Warehouse, Lynn: 2002-2003

• Worked closely with product managers, marketing director, CEO, and graphics team to create monthly flyers and catalogs to increase sales.
• Set up in-house photo shoots, processed images for printing under tight deadlines.
• Designed appropriate signs and graphics for individual store promotions.

Web Designer/Graphics Specialist, Sea Change Systems, Inc., Peabody 2000-2001

• Analyzed, redesigned and maintained the corporate website and customers' websites.
• Worked closely with the marketing team from Alpine Corporate Services to insure printed materials were of the highest caliber to generate new business.
• Designed advertisements, direct mailing pieces and collateral sales packages and logos.
• Designed and maintained the Web Team's Presentation Portfolio to show prospective clients.
• Designed icons for software development.
• Established strong rapport with other members of the Sea Change team and their customers, allowing me to anticipate their needs.

Designer, Harvard Medical School, Boston: 1992-1998

• Annual Volume: 18.8 million impressions, Annual Income: $1.1 million
• Responsible for on time production of 200+ course syllabi for Harvard Medical School's Educational Resources and Continuing Medical Education Offices and affiliated hospitals.
• Consulted with customers regarding specific graphics requirements such as design elements, specific program formats, supplied images, type of stock, and deadlines.
• Worked with printing vendors to assure higher quality and quickest service.
• Design title pages, flyers, covers, reports, invitations, schedules, and brochures.
• Responsible for final layout and placement of graphics to enhance the quality of documents.
• Consistently maintain document quality, production/reprinting efficiency, and customer satisfaction via the Xerox Docutech's advanced features and Extended Storage System.
• Established strong client relationships throughout campus.

Education

Middlesex Community College, Bedford: Spring 2001
Certificate in Web Publishing (G.P.A.: 4.0)

Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge: 1993-1999
Graduate Program in Studio Arts (presently on leave)

Middlesex Community College, Bedford: Fall 1996
Computer Graphics Programs (G.P.A.: 4.0)

Keefe Regional Technical School, Framingham: 1991-1992
Certificate in Desktop Publishing (Program also included training in offset printing)

Northeastern University, Boston: 1987-1991
Certificate in Graphic Arts and Visual Communications

Westfield State College, Westfield: 1980-1984
Bachelor's degree, (G.P.A.: 3.06)
Major: Criminal Justice
Minor: Graphic Arts 

• Designed the cover for the Criminal Justice Department's brochure-1983.
• Designed the cover for the student publication Persona-1984.