Profile

Able to generate ideas, develop concepts, and execute innovative solutions. Highly motivated to succeed with the ability to take the initiative and be proactive. High level of organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.

Education

Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
May 2000

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music
  • Minor in Business Management 

 

Expertise

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe LightRoom Classic

WordPress

WooCommerce

Shopify

Microsoft Office Suite

 

Skills

Typography

Page Layout

Patterns

Photo Editing

Proofing

Ideation

Self Driven

 

Recognitions

20 on the Rise Winner Category Designer

 

Interests

Interior Design

Reading

Gardening

Photography

Photo Editing

Mid-Century Modern Design

 

Associations

Rising Tide

Rollins College Alumni Association

The Finley Project – Sponsor

Odyssey of the Mind Team Coach 2019-2020

Professional History

Owner and Graphic Designer 

Cherished Prints, www.cherished-prints.com, April 2012–Present

Created Cherished Prints to fill a much-needed niche in the funeral and memorial stationery industry. Our mission is to help the grieving celebrate their loved ones through design, service excellence, and compassion.

    • Work with grieving customers to create loving and detailed tributes
    • Researched, sourced, and maintain work relationships with printers and suppliers
    • Create, edit, and layout all design collections
    • Created and maintain website and marketplace with over 240 product offerings and a resource library of poems, sayings, and verses

Selected Accomplishments

    • Over 500 5-star reviews on Etsy and Cherished Prints website

 

Freelance Graphic Designer 

Fox Digital Design,  www.foxdigitaldesign.com, January 2007–Present

    • Create various business and branding collateral: logos, posters, flyers, banners, merchandise, packaging, and ads from concept to implementation
    • Create, develop and manage content for various client websites
    • Maintain the integrity of website usability and accessibility through testing and debugging
    • Website promotion and marketing including statistic moderating and evaluation
    • Take concepts from sketch to prototyping to final product

Selected Accomplishments

    • Clients: Poison Pawn, Seth Makowsky-Elite Mindset Training, Makowsky Group, YMCG Brands: Vera Asian, YoBelle Frozen Yogurt, Food Systems   

 

Graphic Designer 

Earl of Sandwich (USA) LLC, Orlando, FL, May 2008–January 2012

    • Translate marketing objectives into creative strategies
    • Able to manage a project from start to finish: from sketches to directing a photoshoot, to the comp stage, to overseeing a retouching, to collaborating with production
    • Liaise with vendors and overseeing all proofing, production, and purchasing
    • Works with developers to assess any technical challenges in displaying the content
    • Coordinate print and web projects across departments
    • Manage branding, creative direction, graphic design, website production, collateral development, advertising, and promotions across an international quick-service restaurant
    • Wrote, copy-edit and proofread all old and new content for print and web

Selected Accomplishments

    • Implement tools and procedures to align marketing, fulfillment, production, and logistics to improve brand management, response times and reduce costs
    • Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment of an international restaurant franchise

 

Design Specialist 

Capital Resource Group, Inc., Longwood, FL, November 2004–May 2008

    • Research, develop and design an integrated approach to increase product awareness and brand image for the company’s websites, business collateral, client presentation materials, and PowerPoints
    • Approach emphasizes the company as innovative and forward-thinking, featuring unique patent-pending processes with a mission to creating sustainable/guaranteed capital
    • Train staff on usage of electronic presentations, marketing materials, and web-based technologies
    • Recommend purchase of new hardware and software
    • Communicate with outside vendors and contractors

Selected Accomplishments

    • Presentations and materials successfully used with CPA firms, law firms, life insurance, and annuity companies, universities, hospitals, and banks in the US and Canada
    • Develop and oversee training program for consultants and clients to reiterate procedure, product awareness, and brand image
    • Design company and two affiliate websites