Experience

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  Clever Girl Marketing, LLC

  • Cleveland, Ohio, United States

  • Project Manager

    • Jul 2023 - Present
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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  McGraw Creative Solutions LLC

  • Coventry Township, Ohio, United States

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Aug 2022 - Present
    • Coventry Township, Ohio, United States

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  Saucy Sides LLC

  • Coventry Township, Ohio, United States

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Oct 2019 - Present
    • Coventry Township, Ohio, United States

    Saucy Sides! Delicious sauces & spices that compliment any meal or snack!

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  Coventry Local Schools

  • Akron, Ohio, United States

  • School Board Member

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Akron, Ohio, United States

    School Board Member

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  Portage Lakes Career Center

  • Uniontown, Ohio, United States

  • School Board Member

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Uniontown, Ohio, United States

    School Board Member

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  InfoCision Management Corporation

  • United States
  • Advertising Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • eLearning & Training Developer

    • Aug 2020 - Jul 2022

    • Worked with account teams to provide eLearning training courses for clients and selling platform• Proficient in Vyond, Articulate, and experience with Litmos and Thinkific

  • Marketing Project Manager

    • Oct 2019 - Aug 2020

    • Produced high-quality, target-rich, fantastically amazing designs for all verticals, markets, and clients• Design, prepare, preflight files for press, create product templates, produce basic layouts

  • Project Manager of Direct Mail & Fulfillment

    • Apr 2012 - Oct 2019

    • Provided estimates, RFPs, sales presentations, scope of work, outsourcing, billing• Managed workflow, estimating software, design, prepare, preflight files for press, all artwork• Procurement: purchase stock, materials, specialty requests, inventory management• Marketing and Graphic Design• Customer Service, account management

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Nov 2001 - Apr 2012

    • Design collateral materials, direct mail , postcards, banners, brochures, billboards• Pre-press and production• InfoCision corporate brand manager including 73 monthly company newsletters• Created collateral materials for marketing, advertising, and tradeshows• Photographed corporate headshots, corporate/private/executive/celebrity events• Excellent taste and execution of typography, color management, and design layout

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  Financial Planning and Supervision Commission, State of Ohio

  • Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

  • Board Member

    • Dec 2015 - Jun 2021
    • Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

    Laura McGraw was the State Appointed Parent Board Member, appointed by State Auditor Dave Yost in Dec. 2015. Duties included monthly meetings to review financials, department decisions concerning finances, review POs and accounting methods, and numerous committee meetings to review practices and provide oversight to reduce expenses and still maintain a positive learning environment for students and teachers.The Summit County school district was placed in fiscal emergency on December 4, 2015 due to the School District’s inability to adopt and submit a recovery plan that would eliminate a projected current year deficit. Coventry Local School District regained financial stability after more than 6 years in a state of fiscal emergency and were released in June of 2021.

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  Twin Sisters® Digital Media

  • Akron, OH

  • Senior Graphic Designer and Administrator

    • Jan 1999 - Nov 2001
    • Akron, OH

    • Designed over 50 product lines for specialty markets and more than 150 SKUs• Redesigned more than 60 core products and 200 SKUs• Designed marketing/collateral materials, advertisements, annual & specialty catalogs• Designed tradeshow graphics and collateral materials, signage• Managed designers, illustrators, copywriters, freelancers, photoshoots, print buyer US & international

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  Carpec Corporation

  • Akron, Ohio

  • Senior Graphic Designer and Production Artist

    • Oct 1988 - Jan 1999
    • Akron, Ohio

    • Designed marketing materials, brochures, catalogs, digital illustration• Pre-press and production• Software trainer for Adobe programs and various software in an authorized training facility• Hired and trained interns from the University of Akron and Kent State University