freelance, nyc designer/art director (april 2008- present) work ranges from packaging for organic clothing company, advertising for skincare lines, 
 identity and branding for new business and invitation design dyson inc., nyc senior graphic designer (march 2007- april 2008) performed lead role as a brand guardian in the concept and design of new product launches, 
 point of sale, public relations, internal communication, and event materials managed multiple, concurrent projects from conception to production partnered closely with marketing, senior management, trade, and vendors comprehensively managed dyson airblade launch including design of launch events for media and trade, 
 art direction of production company, and creation of sales and pr print materials worked with creative director to build the usa team from the ground up trained, supervised and provided art direction for fellow designers oxo international, nyc graphic designer (june 2002-february 2007) designed and executed packaging, consumer brochures, and pr materials managed overseas production for packaging and print material for over 500 products. created and managed all multi-lingual packaging for over 300 products art directed photo shoots for packaging and print materials upheld brand identity by maintaining consistency across multiple product lines coordinated timing with product managers and vendors which assured ship dates were met created mock-ups and comps for presentations to retailers partnered with product managers to develop comprehensive packaging strategies neiman group, pa (summer 2001) jr graphic designer photo retouching to prepare images for print material layout and design of brochures worked closely with creative director to prepare for campaign pitches attended and assisted art director at photo shoots penn state university 1997-2002 university park, state college, pa. bachelor of arts with a focus in graphic design independent study: packaging design for actual clients, photographics, senior magazine design, and time and sequence produced and participated in film follies 2002 - student art show excellent skills in adobe illustrator, photoshop, acrobat, quarkxpress, indesign, microsoft word, excel, powerpoint, outlook express, and entourage
 
 
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