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BFA in graphic design from West Virginia University, 1979

Senior designer for the American Association for Justice (AAJ) marketing department, Washington, DC.

On a Mac platform, design and produce print publications such as convention materials and seminar brochures, newsletters, direct mail packages, posters and signage.
Work with marketing managers to prepare comps for client review and correction cycles.
Bid projects with printers and other vendors, prepare files for printer, shepherd the project through the printing cycle, including press checks.
Design and produce ads for the association magazine, convention program book, and outside trade magazines.
Conduct image searches on stock photo websites.
Software used: CS4: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional; Quark Xpress, Microsoft Word, Fireworks.

Freelance designer for Wordmarque Design, Alexandria, VA

Design ads, convention program booklets and other convention collateral, product catalogs for retailers, and logo designs.
Photo color correction and other retouching, silhouetting and photo manipulation.
Software used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, Acrobat Standard, Microsoft Word.

Designer/illustrator for the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), Washington, DC.

Work with clients on publication projects: 1st comps, correction cycles to final approval for print.
Work with vendors, ad agencies and printers to prepare publications for print.
Convention projects include logos and a unified convention image, promotional brochures, posters, preliminary and final program books, and registration materials.
From 1988, art director for association magazine, Momentum: solely responsible for the design, layout, illustration and production of the 4-color, quarterly magazine of 80 pages.
Work with the editor on galley corrections, magazine thumbnails, page comps, and preparing the magazine computer files for the printer.
Work with advertising firm and printer to coordinate ads and place them advantageously.
Design and produce perfect-bound books, newsletters, flyers, brochures, annual reports, publication catalogs and directories for every department in the association.
Responsible for maintaining and upgrading the computers in graphics department and troubleshooting system problems.
Software used: PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Microsoft Word.

Designer for Century Graphics, Arlington, Virginia (now defunct)

PIA Award for Excellence: 2001 ATLA media kit

Upon request

Upon request