Experience

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  National Cryptologic Museum

  • Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • Aug 2022 - Present
    • Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States

    I am working as a volunteer (NON-DoD Source) graphic designer and ad hoc consulting artist/researcher for the National Cryptologic Museum. The museum has been undergoing complete renovations and opens this fall 2022.

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  Freelance / Graphic Design Services

  • Bowie, MD

  • Graphic Artist

    • 2000 - Present
    • Bowie, MD

    I have extensive experience as designer, producer and editor of print publications. As an art director I am able to start a publication or streamline those already in existence. I have worked to design corporate identity, conference materials, advertisements, etc... I use all my skills as a photography, drafting, design, illustration, etc... to problem solve for people who need guidance finding the right people for their projects.

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  Quora

  • United States

  • Non-fiction Writer: Psychology, Movies, Dream Analysis, Creativity, the Artists Eye and more

    • May 2016 - Present
    • United States

    I am a Top Writer on Quora and have become part of their Partner Program that gets paid to write questions. I have also created a site on their Spaces platform called "Artists Eye" so that I can share much of the exceptional creativity that I am exposed to with the world.

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  American Institute of Physics

  • College Park, MD

  • Art & Production Editor for "Computers In Physics" magazine/journal

    • 1994 - 1999
    • College Park, MD

    Acted as Designer, Art and Production Editor of 'Computers In Physics' magazine. Edited magazine daily working with each Physics department head to manage their column's submissions (text and artwork) and prepare publication quality work for print. Increased efficiency and reduced costs while retaining a quality product for the readership. Liaised with the printers, strippers, paper mill while keeping current with computing innovations, a great many digital design platforms as well as word processing formats.

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  Editorial Experts Inc.

  • Alexandria, VA

  • Graphic Artist and Computer Design

    • 1992 - 1994
    • Alexandria, VA

    Editorial Experts, Inc. is a temp company for graphic artists and writers. I worked on many in house projects as well as one of their freelancers. As a temp hired through EEI, I was given opportunities to work as a graphic artist and computer design expert on MAC and PC platforms at many different businesses in the Virginia, DC, and Maryland areas. The temp work was so varied and wide ranging that it was some of the most fun, interesting and challenging work I had done at that time.

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  Social and Scientific Systems, Inc.

  • Silver Spring, MD

  • Publications Specialist

    • 1989 - 1991
    • Silver Spring, MD

    Graphic designer (using all the following mediums: digital design, typography, as well as fine art, pointillism, air brush, sketching color/graphite, drafting, photography) for company that bid on contracts for design jobs and conference management throughout the DC area e.g. the NIH, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Congress, DOD, DOE. After meeting with clients to find out available funding and time frames for their project needs, I researched the jobs artistic components to design features that would be well recognized by all scientists who viewed the finished work. Produced one to full color design composites from which clients could to choose for print publication in a multitude of materials e.g. posters, conference items (pins, pens, signs, key chains... etc...), signage, brochures, book jackets, magazines, pamphlets, annual reports, identity package design work. Designed and had manufactured a signage system that used ordinary picture frames to replace costly alternate signage.

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  General Physics Strategies Corporation

  • Columbia, MD

  • Staff Specialist

    • 1988 - 1989
    • Columbia, MD

    As the contractor's representative, I created E-sized architectural drawings in MAC mini-cad (the first of such drafting software), detailing of each level of circuitry and full scale imagery of the control room for the Salem Nuclear Power plant. I was on site adviser for all elements of computer interface as a graphics specialist.

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  American Association of Physics Teachers

  • College Park, Maryland

  • Design & Production Assistant

    • 1986 - 1988
    • College Park, Maryland

    Design and produce all facets of pre-press production for quarterly magazine and monthly educational journals. Typesetting, graphic design & manual layout for all association publications, ads, promotional materials and products. Oversaw format changeover from Wang WP mainframe and Compugraphic typesetting formats to WYSIWYG DTP.