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"Your consciousness expands in every direction.." My career began when I was only seven years old when I drew a picture of a lamp. From that day forward I was known as an 'artist' by my family and friends. Taking that talent for creativity and turning it into a dynamic and exciting career has been one of the best things I've ever done in my life. I love sharing that enthusiasm with everyone I work with.
Experience
July 2007 – Present - Web/Graphic Designer for a local office of BAE Systems that specializes in security consultancy located in Arlington, VA. Responsible for client website design and in some instances execution in html. Site design for dynamic websites. Very experienced in creating Flash demos and new product presentations with interactivity. Responsible for all web graphics such as banners, buttons and images for tasteful and professional enhancements. Experience with video/audio production. Design for print such as brochures, books, pamphlets, banners postcards, invitations and other marketing and recruiting graphic design needs. Hold a Government Top Secret Security clearance.
October 2006 – June 2007 - Support NNSA Web Development Team and clients in all web related efforts. Design/redesign all private and public web sites for NNSA. Work closely with clients to clarify and effectively identify needs. Create templates integrating CSS for Section 508 compliance. Utilize skills in browser technology, layout and visitor statistics. Optimize pages for search engine crawl-ability
August 1998 - Present: Freelance webmaster, graphic designer, illustrator, and digital photographer. Includes publishing web sites from concept, design, execution, optimization and marketing. Highly successful graphic designer, working closely with clients from concept to execution. Team player who enjoys challenges and thinking ‘out of the box’. Organized, focused and highly motivated. Strength in communicating difficult concepts visually and verbally.
October 2004 - June 2005: Designer/Retail Coordinator, Verde Canyon Railroad. Responsible for web development and marketing. All internal design including flyers and signs. Buyer for Box Car Gift Shop (Half a million in sales annually). Also all display and merchandising in depot and gift shop. www.verdecanyonrr.com
August 2003 - October 2004: Marketing Art Director, Art Institute Glitter Inc. Managed and directed all creative work pertaining to product development, packaging and marketing. Created logo, all national four-color ad campaigns, negotiated contracts and hit all deadlines. Designed, developed and published website, including online shopping. Purchased tradeshow booth and developed successful target marketing campaigns, and created displays for all trade shows, including new product mock-ups. www.artglitter.com
August 2000 - January 2001: Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Part time position responsible for ad design, web development, marketing and press relations. Wrote articles for newsletter and organized show openings.
May 1990 - June 2000: Manager, Public Relations & Advertising, El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Budgeted and tracked all advertising costs and trends. Designed, created and published website. Responsible for all design, including newsletters, all four-color, national magazine ads, seasonal invitations and signs.
February 1999 -May 1999: Instructor of Photoshop 5.0 and Print Production. Responsible for preparing all materials for class, using study guidelines and collecting examples for students to work with. Grading, averaging and critiquing work.
May 1998 - October 1998: Graphic Designer for Judges & Lawyers Publishers. Prepared all books for publication in digital format, including text and page layouts, photos and indexing in PageMaker and Photoshop, MAC.
