Various design, identity, and web site clients including logos and branding for: Chelsea Dwiggins; Stone Soup; Ralph Frangipani Photography; Reach Productions; SMK Consulting; Charles W. Ollard Land Management, Inc.; Bunn's Natural Foods; Yours4Less.com; Serenity Herbals.

Projects include: Nursing Mothers Advisory Council mailer; Bunn's Natural Foods branding; Stone Soup album packaging and bumper sticker; Temple Emanu-El Bar/Bat Mitzvah certificate; invitations and flyers for Doylestown Hadassah; CD packaging for Heather Lynne; web design for Marketing Communication Technologies; Highway Image banner ad

Past web projects:
Narragansett Council Boy Scouts of America, Rhode Island Food Bank, Digital Color Graphics, Yours4Less.com

February 2002 to Present
Graphic Designer, Williams Lea. Princeton Junction, NJ

Provide desktop publishing support in a cross-platform investment banking environment, managing workflow and multiple deadlines and utilizing a wide variety of graphics software. Current projects include creating and updating financial marketing materials such as pitchbook presentations and one-pagers, creating logos and graphics for various business units and creating and manipulating online invitations and animations. These pieces require daily use of PowerPoint, Word, Excel, QuarkXpress, Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator.

December 1999 to July 2001
Graphic Designer, Digital Color Graphics. Southampton, PA

My primary activities involved producing finished press-ready files and printing plates for a computer-to-plate short-run printing house. This entailed creating and/or modifying files on Macintosh systems, using QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and other graphics applications; operating and maintaining Panther imagesetter for poly-plate output. Also required hi-res color scanning, font management, image correction, paste-up of customer proofs, color separations, as well as trapping control and file management. I was also involved in design of client logos and printe, including stationery, mailings, and presentation

In an additional capacity, I was responsible for graphic design, layout, and administration of several ecommerce web sites hosted through Digital Color Graphics, including www.fobusholster.com and www.talkingtrends.com. I utilized Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady, and GoLive for graphics production and site upkeep.

November 1998 to December 1999
Graphic Artist, Mothernature.Com. Southampton, PA

I managed production of digital product photography for use on a “natural products” e-commerce website. Created and maintained image workflow utilizing digital capture and Adobe Photoshop. Also produced images for a variety of special promotions, including company-wide standard desktop graphic, 'gift basket' photographs, and facility-specific signage.

February 1997 to October 1998
Digital Technician, Burton Photo Industries. Philadelphia, PA

My duties included preparing customer files for output to Fire1000 film plotter, Encad Novajet plotter, and Litejet 5000 direct-digital printer, in addition to creating or modifying artwork to customer specifications. Daily tasks involved heavy use of Adobe Photoshop 4.0, Adobe Illustrator 7.0, and QuarkXPress 3.32 and 4.0on Macintosh and Windows platforms, as well as PageMaker 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5 (Mac/Windows), CorelDraw (Mac/Windows), and the Cheetah raster image processor under Windows NT. Also required execution of tape backup and retrieval using Dantz Retrospect, and CD backup using Adaptec Toast.

January 1994 to December 1996
Creative Director, dMax/Gene Dwiggins Photography. Providence, RI

I was responsible for multiple phases of image creation and manipulation of original photo composites (photography, scanning, retouching, prepress, color separation) using Adobe Photoshop 2.5 though 3.0.4, Adobe Illustrator 6.0 and 7.0, and QuarkXPress 3.32. I was also involved in the beta program for Adobe Photoshop 3.0.x, and DayStar Digital`s ColorMatch & ColorSet Calibration products.

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specification in Drawing, 1993
Dean's Honor List, Athletic Honor Roll, Cum Laude
Member of National Champion Intercollegiate Archery team 1989-1993

Boy Scouts Of America
Eagle Scout, 1989
Team leader, Narragansett Council Junior Leadership Orientation Workshop, 1988-89
"White Stag" Junior Leadership training, 1988