PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Presentation Designer
Knight Agency (Remote position)
05/2022 – Present
Responsibilities include designing presentation decks for business communications and clients. This involves developing branded templates and polishing client-submitted decks. In addition, assist with other design communications for print or digital media.
Carrer Break
Collin College + University of North Texas (Frisco, TX)
08/2020 – 05/2022
Maximized opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic and became a full-time student. Earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree with a concentration in marketing. Graduated May 2022.
Senior Graphic Designer
Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX)
07/2018 – 10/2020
Provided design direction and facilitated the development of layout production for B2B visual communication solutions. This included digital campaigns, corporate communications collateral, PowerPoint presentations and event collateral.
Graphic Designer
Creative Staffing Firms (Dallas, TX)
04/2004 – 06/2018
Provided a broad spectrum of senior-level graphic design, branding, pre-media, and creative project management services to Dallas area clients including Fortune 500 companies, communications firms, and ad agencies.
Graphic Designer
Implico Communications (Dallas, TX – freelance)
07/2014 – 10/2017
Provided senior-level design services and layout production assistance for employee open enrollment collateral for health benefits guides for mid-sized and Fortune 500 clients. Delivered design direction for both non-branded and strictly branded clientele, to supply single or multiple versions of complex guides, overview brochures, HSA/FSA booklets, newsletters, flyers, posters, postcards, custom icons, and web/email graphics.
Graphic Designer
HP/Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Plano, TX – contract)
02/2015 – 10/2016
Provided senior-level design services and facilitated the development of layout production for internal and external visual communication collateral needs of HP and HPE’s U.S. Public Sector Marketing Department. Designed all corporate communication projects within established brand standard specifications. This included fact sheets, white papers, brochures, invitations, postcards, event signage banners, static web banner ads, and PowerPoint presentations.
Graphic Designer
Athas Health (Dallas, TX) – contract)
08/2012 – 12/2014
Provided design direction and facilitated the development of layout production for the marketing department, focusing on B2C communications collateral for two managing brands. This included multi-page brochures, direct mail postcards, informational sheets, static web banner ads and website graphics.
Graphic Designer
Lockton Dunning (Dallas, TX – contract)
08/2011 – 10/2012
Provided graphic design support and facilitated the development of layout production for the seasonal workflow of multi-page employee benefits booklets, employing data merge. Additionally, delivered design support for other open enrollment collateral for mid-sized and Fortune 500 clients. This included flyers, posters, newsletters, trifold brochures and direct mail postcards.
Graphic Designer
Viverae Inc (Now Virgin Plus) (Dallas, TX – freelance)
11/2011 – 03/2012
Provided graphic design direction and facilitated the development of layout production for eight wellness toolkits. Each toolkit encompassed 38 pieces of collateral, set up as templates with data merge programing. Additionally, delivered 25 family icons for the toolkits and assisted with design direction for other internal communication collateral.
Graphic Designer
Weber Shandwick (Dallas, TX – freelance)
05/2006 – 07/2009
Managed the development of several brand standards manuals for agency clients, including The Dallas Zoo, SMU, Daikin AC, and Hines Real Estate. Collaborated with copywriter on content for each brand standards manual to address brand mark challenges for both print and digital platforms.
OTHER NOTABLE DESIGN CLIENTS
Splash Media, DaVita Rx, Rocket Red, D-51 Group, The Container Store, Main Event, Truco, Typeworld Unlimited, Women of Faith, Vertis Communications, MX Group, Content Pilot, WOW Media Group, Hand Tools International, World Economic Development Alliance
SOFTWARE SKILLS
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Acrobat
PowerPoint
Light skills in the following:
Word Press
XD
EDUCATION
2022
University of North Texas – Frisco, TX
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences, concentration in Marketing
1996
The Art Institute of Dallas – Dallas, TX
Associate in Visual Communications