EXPERIENCE
Deliver Strategies, Washington, DC | September 2017-January 2021
Senior Designer/Operations -- Communicating between design department and account teams, designing direct mail pieces for client campaigns, making client changes to designs using a PDF workflow, preparing, packaging and sending files to vendors to be printed and mailed, training new staff during onboarding sessions, advising design department staff on company processes and practices.
Freelance, Washington, D.C. Metro Area | December 2016-September 2017
Contracted Designer
Mack Sumner Communications, Alexandria, VA | May 2015-November 2016
Designer -- Designed direct mail pieces for client campaigns, made client changes to designs using a PDF workflow, prepared, packaged and sent files to vendors to be printed and mailed, advised temporary art room staff on company processes and programs.
Freelance, Washington, D.C. Metro Area | November 2014-May 2015
Contracted Designer
Cushman & Wakefield -- Created all marketing and design projects for the Bethesda, MD office, focusing specifically on brochures, flyers, email blasts and presentations for the commercial real estate company, advancing Bethesda marketing from corporate templates to custom design for individual properties
Joie Baby/Nuna -- Clipped, shadowed, retouched and color corrected photos of high-end products for both web and print
Mack Sumner Communications, Alexandria, VA | August 2014-November 2014
Production Artist -- Designed political campaign pieces for both print and web, constructed early art concepts for future use, executed design changes on client pieces, prepared and packaged files for press, compiled reports of stock image usage, adapted filing system for stock photos, illustrations and icons, filed final printed pieces
Teal Orbit, Philadelphia, PA | January 2014-July 2014
Graphic Design Intern -- Developed creative direction for two main accounts, designed digital assets for social media platforms, collaborated with designers and social media marketers to develop dynamic content for clients' digital brands, led art direction for photo shoots
EDUCATION
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA | 2013-2014
Digital Media for Print & Web Continuing Education Certificate
Coursework: Digital Imaging with Photoshop, Computer Illustrator, Page Layout with InDesign, Color & Pre-Press Production
Villanova University, Villanova, PA | May 2012
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Spanish Minor
Coursework: Digital Image Production, Multimedia Production, Visual Communication, Mass Media, Film, Rhetoric & Social Justice, Public Speaking, Social Justice Documentary (executive editor, director of photography, marketing)
SKILLS
Design Software: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, ProCreate
Communications/PR Software: Constant Contact, Social Media Platforms, WordPress, Final Cut, MailChimp
Studio Art: Calligraphy, Papercutting, Lettering, Drawing, Cross Stitch, Crochet
ACTIVITIES
Graphic Design for Villanova University Alumni Association
Capital Adaptive Rowing Program
AIGA Contributor
Operation Photo Rescue
INTERESTS
Distance Running
Photography
Pop Culture
& all things Villanova Basketball