Experience

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  Ballet Nebraska

  • Omaha, NE

  • Visual Media Designer

    • Apr 2016 - Present
    • Omaha, NE
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  Omaha Performing Arts

  • Greater Omaha Area

  • Creative Designer

    • Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
    • Greater Omaha Area

    In this position I created display, direct mail, social media and POS advertising materials; produced newsletters and web content; and collaborated on the creation of fundraising and educational materials including brochures, manuals, and catalogs.

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  SGK

  • Omaha, NE

  • Senior Designer

    • Jun 2004 - Apr 2016
    • Omaha, NE

    How EXACTLY do you microwave a frozen pizza? How do you sell a product that won't exist until next year? I create visual solutions for these kinds of problems, in a fast-paced, multi-project environment with complex brand strategies and close government regulation. As an onsite contractor wit...

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  ConAgra Foods

  • Omaha, NE

  • Senior Designer

    • Jun 1989 - Jun 2004
    • Omaha, NE

    [Note: in June 2004 my group at ConAgra was outsourced under a contract with SGK, a Matthews International company, to provide the same services we had been providing as direct employees. See above for my current employment through SGK.]-- Create and update packaging designs for brands including ...

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  Standard Blue/Artworld

  • Greater Omaha Area

  • Advertising Manager

    • Dec 1987 - Jun 1989
    • Greater Omaha Area

    -- Directed the advertising department of a four-state chain of art and drafting supply stores.-- Designed and directed print and direct-mail advertising, point-of-sale materials, and catalogs.-- Managed budgeting, media buys, vendor selection; supervised production staff.

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  Creighton University

  • Greater Omaha Area

  • Publicity Coordinator, Department of Fine and Performing Arts

    • 1987 - 1987
    • Greater Omaha Area

    -- Designed direct-mail and print advertising and wrote media releases for university arts productions.

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  World Radio

  • Council Bluffs, Iowa

  • Broadcast Writer/Producer

    • 1985 - 1987
    • Council Bluffs, Iowa

    -- Developed concepts, wrote scripts, and supervised production of radio and television advertising for a five-state chain of consumer electronics stores.

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  Omaha Ballet

  • Greater Omaha Area

  • Advertising Director

    • 1983 - 1984
    • Greater Omaha Area

    -- Planned promotion campaigns and designed and produced print and broadcast advertising for a professional dance company.

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  The Daily Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa

  • Council Bluffs, Iowa

  • Reporter/Feature Writer

    • 1978 - 1983
    • Council Bluffs, Iowa

    -- News and feature writing and section editing for a daily newspaper.