Experience

Hunter Fan Company
• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Creative Content Manager

  • Oct 2021 - Present


Self Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Expert knowledge in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Power Point, Word, Excel, InDesign and Quark Express. Able to work on marketing materials, product design, pre-press and any other graphic design needs. Expert knowledge in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Power Point, Word, Excel, InDesign and Quark Express. Able to work on marketing materials, product design, pre-press and any other graphic design needs.


GreatNeck Tools
• United States
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Packaging design supervisor

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2021


Tervis

• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Art Production Manager

  • May 2009 - Mar 2019

  Started as a graphic designer doing marketing materials including signage for all stores, catalogs, tradeshow booths, banners, advertisements and billboards. Promoted to the Art Production Manager position in 2012. Coordinated with vendors on a daily basis to ensure correct materials are delivered and all agreements and contracts are being honored within agreed upon deadlines. Partnered with purchasing department to create purchase orders and requisitions in Oracle based application as well as setting prices with vendors. Pre-pressed all materials in order to get them printed. Managed a team that creates all images for web integration, outside customers and sales. Coordinated directly with Engineering on new product and technique testing. Developed special projects for the leadership team to create presentations as well as donations to charities. Worked with the Quality department to make sure all deliverables match approved proofs as well as quality control of our departments printed materials. Show less



Sarasota Herald-Tribune

• Graphic Designer

  • Sep 2000 - Feb 2009

  As a media company, we published many products including magazines, direct mail, promo pieces while also getting out a daily paper. Built advertisements from typeset materials originally using Quark Xpress then converting to InDesign. Adapted to numerous administrative and software changes without missing any assigned goals or deadlines. Incorporated art and information sent by clients, understand and interpret instructions given by sales people, work in a team environment. Prioritized daily deadlines based on client and business needs. Show less



Cox Target Media

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Supervisor

  • Oct 1996 - Sep 2000

  Supervised twelve employees in their daily activities and managed scheduling, attendance and disciplinary issues. Managed workflow and two-day turnaround for all jobs that flowed through department. As a graphic layout artist, used Quark Xpress, Illustrator and Photoshop to produce all necessary components of incoming layouts and outgoing proofs. Designed 1, 2 and 4 color ads with the ability to conceptualize, design, create artwork, and apply color theory and typographic elements. Daily work included producing 20-25 layouts and utilizing over 100,000 pieces of artwork from a server. Show less