Education

BFA in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 2002

Work Experience > in my house or in their house?

In my house
I left both full-time jobs as a result of moving. In the first instance, the company was changing locations, and in the second, I changed locations. Shortly after leaving both jobs, they called me up and I continued my work with them on a contract basis.

• CONTRACT DESIGNER
  Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 09/2007 – Present
  The contract design work for SHRM has been two-pronged. I have continued all the previous work I had been doing through the Design and Production division but I also work with many of their internal clients directly which has expanded my work to include booth graphics for their many conferences.
• CONTRACT DESIGNER
  Strayer University, 08/2006 – 03/2007 and 04/2009 – 07/2009
  The work with Strayer expanded on the e-mail campaigns I had previously worked on. Due to different laws in various states which Strayer University operates, I would create 16 versions of a specific campaign once or twice a month depending on the school schedule. Conversely, the recent work with Strayer has been print-based internal promotions.
• PREVIOUS CONTRACT CLIENTS
  • Park Playhouse (logo and website design; WordPress implementation)
  • Thomer Gil Consulting Group (logo, business card, letterhead and website design)
  • Modern Toile Photography (logo, business card design and WordPress Implementation)
  • Driveway2Driveway (marketing materials)
  • VoiceFlight (reference card)
  • FirePublish (logo and website design)
  • Clockwork Theatre (logo and website design)
  • Striking Viking Story Pirates (website design)
• OWNER
  The Future Mrs. Darcy, Established 10/2007
  I had designed wedding invitations for two colleagues before my own wedding and had generated so many ideas that it only seemed logical to start my own business. I specialize in unique wedding invitations based on famous couples. The Future Mrs. Darcy is constantly expanding with birthday, moving, and holiday card in accordance with the birthdays, moving, and holidays that happen in my life. (The Future Mrs. Darcy website)

In their house

• GRAPHIC DESIGNER
  Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Alexandria, VA, 08/2006 – 09/2007
  SHRM expanded on the length in which I was involved with a project. I worked one-on-one with many internal clients from concept to print. Projects were mostly print and ranged from materials such as brochures, manuals, print ads, invitations, direct mail pieces, and posters but also included web ads and promotional pieces.
• GRAPHIC DESIGNER
  Strayer University, Arlington, VA, 03/2005 – 08/2006
  At Strayer University, the work was more diverse. I did everything from creating and executing e-mail campaigns, logo design, flyers, brochures, intranet system, web banner ads, print ads, and promotional pieces.
• GRAPHIC DESIGNER
  Discovery Communications*, Silver Spring, MD, 01/2005 – 02/2005
  At Discovery Communications I created myriad of small print pieces including invitations, internal templates, posters and coupons for the Discovery Store.
• PRODUCTION DESIGNER
  American College of Cardiology (ACC)*, Bethesda, MD, 06/2004 – 01/2005
  At ACC I was provided with doctors’ findings and created charts and graphs in the ACC branded style for their publications.

*Work through Profiles Placement agency