Experience

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  Freelance

  • Brand and Marketing Strategist, Graphic Design and Creative Services

    • Jan 2022 - Present

    In command Visual Designer, Brand Strategist, and Prepress/Printing Specialist - ensuring my client's brand from concept to customer experience.Strongly support creative collaboration through active involvement with industry-related groups, growing versatility of technical experience, busines...

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  Self-employed

  • Commercial Pilot

    • May 2021 - Present

    I fly shark spotting excursions for marine sciences such as the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and Cape Cod Ocean Conservancy, as well as provide ecotourism over Beautiful Cape Cod. Come see me for a grande tour of one of the most beautiful places on the NorthEast.

  • Offshore Boat Delivery Crew

    • Sep 2017 - Present

    Offshore Boat Delivery Crew along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and Caribbean Islands.

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  Town of Dennis, MA

  • Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

  • Assistant Harbormaster

    • May 2018 - Present
    • Dennis, Massachusetts, United States
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  Coastal Creative Group

  • Cape Cod - South Yarmouth, MA.

  • Principal [+Creative Director], A Full Service Design and Marketing Agency

    • Jan 1992 - Jan 2022
    • Cape Cod - South Yarmouth, MA.

    In command Visual Designer, Brand Strategist, and Prepress/Printing Specialist - ensuring my client's brand from concept to customer experience.Strongly support creative collaboration through active involvement with industry-related groups, growing versatility of technical experience, busines...

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  Fidelity Investments

  • United States
  • Financial Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Studio Production Manager

    • 2008 - 2014

    Fidelity Investments Institutional Services, Fidelity Investments Advisor SolutionsPROJECT DEVELOPMENT - Through daily interaction with MarCom teams, actively participates in project development by ensuring that project deliverables are realistic. Plays key role in project execution by effectively managing pre-press process through optimized efficiencies. Provides task forces and initiative support as assigned.PREPRESS - Manage and maintain an efficient workflow, on-time delivery, and customer satisfaction of marketing collateral in a time-critical working environment. Manage low, mid and complex projects - collaborate, oversee, and execute on schedule. Manage consistency of graphics across all Fidelity/FIIS projects. Manage technical, print, multimedia production standards. Manage styles, maintain consistency, and reflect selling systems of applications and forms across all product categories for Client Services. Obtain savings of pre-press charges by ensuring files are print-ready before they reach the printer (final art, photo purchasing, photo retouching, loose color, etc.)BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS - Builds collaborative team relationships and supports development of solutions appropriate for business partner needs. Partners with Print Production to maximize cost efficiencies for each project. Sets expectations and communicates status to business partners and/or management.

  • Senior MAC Production Artist, Legal Publishing Specialist, MultiMedia MAC Production Artist

    • Jan 2008 - Nov 2008

    Senior Mac Production Artist accurately preparing designed files for print and web using InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and various other Adobe/MAC applications. Legal Publishing Specialist producing prospectus booklets using Quicksilver publishing softwareMultiMedia MAC Production Artist preparing monthly and quarterly Fund Reports and Catalogs.

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  Rhode Island School of Design

  • Providence, RI

  • Adjunct Instructor - Continuing Education

    • 2001 - 2014
    • Providence, RI

    Color Separation & CorrectionAn Adobe photoshop class which explains in-depth the history and current digital process of color separation and color correction for commercial printing. A strong focus is to ensure that files are within the technical specs for the substrates in which it is being...

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  MIDAGraphics

  • Independent Packaging Workflow Consultant

    • Jun 1992 - Sep 1996

    A four-and-a-half year assignment to assist in developing and securing a prepress department for its parent WEB printing facility. The challenge was to reduce a 77% large format (WEB printing) final film rejection to less than 5% within four years. Played a lead role assisting in the development ...