Experience

Industry Today Media

• United States
• Business Content
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Director

  • Aug 2013 - Present

  • Responsible for developing overall creative direction, creating mockups and designs for 2 magazine: Industry Today, and Industry Virginia from concept to press. • In charge of UX/UI for company website complete redesign. Worked with customers, company management, and developers. • Managing junior design staff, overseas freelance designers, and interns, providing direction and taking responsibility for finished projects • Handling & designing all print/online jobs like marketing publication, graphics for social media, corporate branding, and news letters (monthly/quarterly), etc. Performed pre-press, quality control and press inspections on all printed materials. • Designing developing and implementing email marketing campaigns. Show less



Dow Jones

• United States
• Online Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advertising Coordinator

  • Oct 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Oversaw the flow, QA advertising, approval and electronic transfer of print advertisement files for the New York Post and Wall Street Journal. • Quality assurance of all advertising materials to ensure proper reproduction on press on high end ads (Tiffany & co, Chanel, TAG Heuer etc.) for the Wall Street Journal. • Use of InDesign, Photoshop and Adobe PitStop Pro to typeset, modify and tone advertisements. • Trained other members of the Advertising Operations and production teams on design software. • Responsible for all preflight operations and the preparation of print ready PDF’s for press for both news print and magazine Show less



Oceanic Linkways Inc

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

  • Created visuals to promote the company’s products and services. This includes launching their first 200 page catalog, weekly effective eblast special offers and promotions, responsible for maintaining and planning their social media presence. • Provided creative art direction for the company’s new website. Responsible for the look and feel, with constant interaction with offsite developers to ensure quality. Took lead in all aspects of design including senior management’s side projects. Show less



World and Main

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2011

  • Retail Package designing, product Photography and image processing & manipulation. • Create and produce Retail packaging and maintain consistency standards • Designed Boxes for products, such as Heaters, Fans and Gardening supplies. • Modified and refined designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends. • Create mock-ups, prototypes and presentation boards • Retail Package designing, product Photography and image processing & manipulation. • Create and produce Retail packaging and maintain consistency standards • Designed Boxes for products, such as Heaters, Fans and Gardening supplies. • Modified and refined designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends. • Create mock-ups, prototypes and presentation boards



Transaction Publishers

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Jul 2008 - Sep 2010

  Print Media *Book Cover Design Created over 200 book covers: from concept cover meetings with editors to submitting final print PDF to printers. *Marketing materials Responsible for Transaction’s all magazine and online ads as well as many fliers, postcards, catalogs, posters, price sheets and brochures. *Production Performed over 500 layouts for paperbacks as well as clothbound books. Responsible for submitting books to distributor(amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Baker & Taylor) websites as well as updating Transaction’s website with new covers and copy Online Media *Complete Website Design from Concept, design, and execution. http://www.horowitz-foundation.org/, http://www.expressbookfreight.com/ *E-newsletter and E-Announcements Worked with marketing to create HTML based monthly newsletters and announcements. Show less



Creative Network Systems

• Freelance Graphic Designer

  • Aug 2003 - Sep 2005

  • Worked closely with business development and marketing teams • Created marketing and promotional campaign concepts for proposals and presentations • Created and designed flyers and brochures • Developed new promotional • Worked closely with business development and marketing teams • Created marketing and promotional campaign concepts for proposals and presentations • Created and designed flyers and brochures • Developed new promotional



iNDEMAND

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Freelance Web Designer

  • Mar 2001 - Jul 2001

  • Worked directly under the Creative Director • Responsible for creation of monthly Pay-Per-View content • Responsible for creating, editing and publishing Web pages • Worked directly under the Creative Director • Responsible for creation of monthly Pay-Per-View content • Responsible for creating, editing and publishing Web pages