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I’m seeking to secure a position in an effort to apply my personal and professional knowledge in the graphic design field where it will be beneficial to the establishment, my peers and the community that I serve.
experience
MJORDAN DESIGN Principle/Designer
Boston, MA May 2005–present
Manage all aspects of projects. Responsibilities include but are not limited to, client objective meetings, research of product/service characteristics and personality for the development of conceptual strategies and brand cohesive communications.
Prepare, design and execute all pre/post production materials of every secured project.
Projects include a variety of advertising, identity development, marketing collateral, exhibition graphics, premiums and consulting.
CLIENTS
Allston Collision Center, Cava Club at Ivy, InterContinental Boston, Ivy Restaurant Group, Just in Time Auto Glass, Motor Mart Garage, Newton-Wellesley Charitable Foundation, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Our Learning Company, Rausch Renovations, Vantage Partners, Wellesley Weston Lifetime Learning, Wonder Bar
BOSTONNOW/365 MEDIA LLC Production Manager
Boston, MA April 2007–April 2008
Responsible for designing client and in-house advertising, conceptual compositions for sales staff, in-house collateral, sales sheets, promotional premiums, website graphics and promotional ads.
Prepared supplemental master pages for layout of newspaper based on Design Directors vision and templates, flyers and integrated media packages.
Utilized skills in pre-press production consisting of image correction, compression of graphics, proofing, preflighting, preparing and press checking files for print delivery.
Worked closely with Design Director to maintain identity, configure prepress standards based on printer capabilities, and evaluate system strains in order to streamline production and develop guidelines for future branches of the “NOW” concept.
Served as liaison to sales staff, editorial, photography and marketing departments in order to deliver effective creative.
FULFILLMENT AMERICA Supervisor
Burlington MA/TX | October 1997–September 2004
Supervised and enriched productivity by 27% for daily operations of inventory management. Increased order fulfillment capabilities of direct mail, POP, store front signage and various collateral materials by instituting new bulk material picking for packing individualized orders. Managed receiving, training, and night-shift operations at two locations.
education
THE NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF ART Graphic Design — Bachelor of Science
Brookline, MA | May 2006
Graduated with Honors
DICKINSON ASSOCIATES Internship
Boston, MA January–March 2006
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL Undergraduate
Lowell, MA | 1997–1998