Experience

Magna Legal Services

• United States
• Legal Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Litigation Graphics Consultant and Designer

  • Mar 2018 - Present



eDesign Studio

• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Graphic Designer

  • 1999 - Present

  I engage in a diverse range of marketing projects for local businesses including sales and promotion collateral, logo design, print ads (news and magazine), magazine design, web design/development, and photography; all in an effort to develop big corporate-style visuals on “mom and pop” budgets. Independent projects inspire me to focus on fresh ideas, keep up with industry trends, and relevant hardware and software applications • Print design and production • Web design/development • Custom WordPress Themes • HTML email design and coding • Photography Show less



AbbVie

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graphic Design Specialist

  • May 2017 - Dec 2017

  Design lead and consultant for a department-wide initiative to improve health literacy and the delivery of complex technical information between AbbVie’s Global Medical Information (GMI) team and medical professionals. • Create custom layout templates for medical response letters that utilize style sheets and incorporate custom designed table and chart templates in Microsoft Word • Provide leadership and educate the GMI team regarding basic design principles while advancing their MS Word skill set to include the correct use of templates and stylesheets • Assist in evaluating the readability of legacy medical response letters and consult on the use of infographics Show less



American Bar Association

• 321 N Clark St. Chicago, IL 60654

• Senior Graphic Designer

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  Contract Graphic Designer for the ABA Design Group providing conceptual, artistic and production support for various legal entities within the American Bar Association. Contract Graphic Designer for the ABA Design Group providing conceptual, artistic and production support for various legal entities within the American Bar Association.



CORPAK MedSystems, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Graphic Designer/Web Developer

  • Nov 2007 - Nov 2016

  CORPAK is a leading global medical device company focused on enteral nutrition devices and access technologies. • Significantly influenced the major transformation of the CORPAK brand from Viasys/Cardinal Health into a dynamic top global medical device company • Received a promotion to Senior Graphic Designer and contributed as part of a small dynamic marketing team driving creative direction • Served as "One Person Art Department" taking the direction of the marketing leads and executing a wide range of projects to support their vision and accomplish the goal Show less



Proof Positive Farrowlyne, Associates

• Evanston IL

• Graphic Designer/Production Manager

  • 1993 - 1999

  Developed strong project management skills directing the production of college level textbooks that required multi-chapter batch routing throughout multiple internal departments and external client review. Many projects involved outsourcing large technical and illustrative art programs further expanding the scope of the scheduling challenge. • Created templates incorporating libraries and style sheets in InDesign and QuarkXPress and acquired exceptional electronic pre-press production practices • Extensive publishing background promoted practical knowledge of proofreading and editorial guidelines which I utilize daily throughout my career ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS I designed the interior layout, directed the illustrative art program, and executed the print production for Planet Dexter’s Roddy!: The Best Rod Activities Ever!/Book and 55 Cuisenaire Rods for publisher Addison Wesley receiving national recognition by Parents Magazine. Show less