Experience

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  Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

  • United States
  • Truck Transportation
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Designer

    • Jun 2015 - Present

    In-house Designer at a consulting firm. Conceive and create full range of design products—infographics, logos, illustrations, product overviews, brochures, print ads, posters and cards—integrating new design concepts and themes to meet unique requirements of individual clients.Coordinate multiple design functions, work loads and project timelines in dynamic, collaborative work environment.Participate actively in interdepartmental ‘brainstorming’ on both graphic and copy components to ensure effectiveness of final deliverables.Assess innovations in concepts and themes in today’s market on an ongoing basis to consistently improve the scope and quality of final products.Convert final products—including technical reports and brochures—to Section 508-compliant HTML and accessible PDFs, ensuring strict adherence to government agency requirements to meet accessibility compliance.

  • Production Team Lead

    • Oct 2012 - May 2015

    Supervised 10 person, in-house production group, coordinating workflow for entire team while providing personal instruction and mentoring as well as directly managing two members of the team.Scheduled and assigned all projects, overseeing workload of the department—including both desktop publishing and design work—ensuring that all project deadlines were met.Conducted extensive proofreading, content editing and design review/critique from concept stage to final review ensuring accuracy and quality of finished product.Designed and developed fully automated Word templates using styles and Quick Parts and participated in the successful internal launch of the templates—marketing them to the firm via email blasts, intranet and demo sessions.

  • Document Specialist

    • Jun 2008 - Sep 2012

    In-house Desktop Publisher and graphic artist. Formatted proposals and technical reports (100-200 pages in length), editing documents for both style and content and proofreading final product to ensure conformance to firm’s style sheet and guidelines.Designed custom PowerPoint presentations as well as Word templates using styles and macro-enabled functionality.Designed brochures, posters and other marketing materials as well as business graphics, custom-design covers and desktop publishing products such as brochures and newsletters.

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  Robeco Investment Management

  • Marketing Associate

    • Nov 2004 - Apr 2008

    Designed marketing and collateral material such as product sheets, annual and quarterly reports, and presentations to support 20-person sales organization. Led collaboration with sales, marketing, client service, and compliance teams to create print deliverables that meet specific revenue goals a...

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  ASTEX Servicios Lingüísticos

  • English Teacher

    • Jan 2001 - Jul 2004

    A Language Academy in the heart of Madrid, Spain that teaches adults and children at all levels with a special focus on business English for executives.