Personal Details

Work Experience

Freelance Designer

CrowderCreative

2002 - Present
  • Brand Concepts
  • Logo Design
  • Graphic Design for Print and Web

Senior Graphic Designer

CB Richard Ellis

2006 - 2011
  • Manage a Fortune 500 brand while designing best-in-class sales materials, advertisements, and signage for the Washington, DC region’s most prominent office buildings and retail developments
  • Interact directly with distinguished national clients, internal and external design teams, to develop corporate identity systems for commercial real estate products ranging from $20M-$300M
  • Lead a regional network of designers and marketing professionals in the design of outstanding print and web projects for the promotion of company services and client products

Graphics Manager

TPS Displays, Inc.

2004 - 2006
  • Created large-format graphics production department and an in-house design department, both of which profited in year one
  • Developed expertise in large-format print design, environmental signage design, and custom print finishing
  • Designed print, web and presentation materials for trade show and order fulfillment clients

Graphic Designer

InMind, Inc.

2002 - 2004

Designed print and packaging, point-of-sale graphics and presentations for agency clients ranging from small to large, international to regional

Principal, Co-founder

Summit Marketing Solutions

2001 - 2003

Co-founded Summit Marketing Solutions–a creative development firm–and managed the sales efforts of three in a team, assuming the company’s profit and loss responsibility

 

Education

Bachelor of Science
Multimedia & Web Design

Art Institute of Pittsburgh (Dean's Award - 3.9 GPA)

Studied traditional Graphic Design, as well as Information Design and its expanding role in communications

Awards/Recognition

2008 Employee of the Year

Washington, DC / Baltimore Region
CB Richard Ellis


2006 International Teddy Award

Excellence in Print Design
TPS Displays, Inc.


2004 International Teddy Award

Excellence in Print Design
TPS Displays, Inc.

Technical Skills

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Adobe Illustrator CS5

Adobe InDesign CS5

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

Adobe Flash CS5

Apple iWork

Microsoft Office Suite