Experience

Blue Tulip

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer, Marketing Department

  • Jan 2006 - Present

  Designed layouts and wrote copy for all corporate direct mailings including postcards, tri-folds, and catalogs; created weekly HTML e-mail blasts; conceptualized private-label packaging designs; revamped corporate website and led transition to e-commerce; created copy and photography for nearly 2,000 products in e-commerce database and managed product assortment; directed marketing photo shoots; developed new, exclusive products for Blue Tulip stores; retouched digital photos for large format signage and marketing collateral. Selected as office's first-ever Employee of the Month, May 2007, for excellence in dedication, in teamwork, and in attention to detail. Show less

• Graphic Designer, Retail Store

  • Jul 2005 - Dec 2006

  Created custom invitations, stationery, and logos for customers in popular upscale gift store; frequently exceeded monthly sales goals; developed several exclusive invitation designs to be sold in all 24 Blue Tulip stores; recognized for excellence by superiors and promoted to corporate level January 2006.



The College of New Jersey

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor, Computer Animation II

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2005

  Instructed advanced course in Maya animation focusing on character animation; taught the fundamentals of digital animation and the incorporation of students' personal aesthetics; designed course syllabus and class projects from the ground up. Instructed advanced course in Maya animation focusing on character animation; taught the fundamentals of digital animation and the incorporation of students' personal aesthetics; designed course syllabus and class projects from the ground up.



Expressive Image Photography

• United States

• Digital Production Assistant

  • Sep 2004 - Jun 2005

  Responsible for color correction and retouching of high-resolution digital photographs for high-volume wedding photography studio; worked with customers to design custom wedding albums; initiated product development including digital “watercolor” paintings. Responsible for color correction and retouching of high-resolution digital photographs for high-volume wedding photography studio; worked with customers to design custom wedding albums; initiated product development including digital “watercolor” paintings.