Freelance Design - May 2003 - present
•Design logos, business cards, letterheads, brochures, magazine layout and websites.
•Clients include artists, musicians, landscapers, dance studios, accountants, engineers and more.

The Weekly - Stamford, CT / August 2000 - May 2003
Alternative Newspaper / Weekly
Art Director / Production Manager
•Conceptualized and designed covers and editorial content
•Worked closely with National Sales Department creating ads and promotions
and presentations for national clients
•Managed and hired art/production staff
•Oversaw administration of production budget
•Troubleshooted and maintained Macs in department
•Hired illustrators and photographers
•Oversaw advertising and editorial flow to final stages of prepress

Hartford Advocate - Hartford, CT / January 1998 - August 2000
Alternative Newspaper / Weekly
Graphic Designer
•Designed and produced 1C & 4C ads/campaigns
•Designed editorial pages including cover stories and weekly columns
•Coordinated fashion shoots and design layout of fashion stories
•Uploaded stories and art to website <www.hartfordadvocate.com>

Huckleberry Press - Glastonbury, CT / February 1997 - December 1997
Book Publisher
Graphic Designer
•Designed and laid out fiction/non-fiction titles and children's books
•Designed ads, catalogs, brochures, logos and p.o.p. signage

Bidermann Industries - New York, NY / June 1994 - February 1996
Menswear Manufacturer (Arrow, Yves Saint Laurent and Burberry's)
Assistant to Public Relations Director
•Designed posters, booklets, presentation materials for in-store and showroom display
•Promoted new shirt lines to national magazines and television shows

EDUCATION

University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
September 2004 - present
Working towards a BA in Interior Design. Dean's List

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
August 1992 - May 1994
Advertising Design. Cum Laude

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY
September 1990 - May 1992
Fashion Design. Cutty Sark Award 1991
Bronze Needle Award 1992. Dean's List

Proficient in Quark Xpress, QPS, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, BBedit & basic HTML, Powerpoint, Multi-Ad Creator

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