PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professional Summary 

As a freelance Production Designer since 2004, I successfully support the strategic goals of clients and contribute by doing whatever it takes to meet and exceed needs. I have a passion for visual design and organization and streamlining the production and delivery of projects. I possess the technical ability to take a design system and implement it across numerous deliverables. I am design-focused, detail-oriented and skilled at collaborating and multitasking.

I understand the importance of asset organization and proper file naming and I ensure guidelines are followed and files are delivered to stakeholders and vendors as requested. I have also worked as a designer, marketing director and marketing manager – this experience helps me work independently and ask necessary questions as they may arise. I am a full-time freelancer who is able to turn projects around quickly and accurately. 

Education

B.A. in Art and Journalism | Franklin College

UX/UI Design Certification | Eleven Fifty Academy

ICSC University of Operations & Marketing | Michigan State University

Additional Experience

Marketing Manager, Duke Realty | Indianapolis, IN

Marketing Director, Plaza Centers, Inc. | Louisville, KY

Freelance Graphic Designer | Louisville, KY

Graphic Designer, Duke Realty | Indianapolis, IN

InDesign

• Design individual assets and complex layout of magazines, annual reports and white papers
• Utilize paragraph styles, character styles, object styles, parent pages, CC Libraries
• Data merge, hyperlinks (external and within the document), interactive forms
• Design tables and charts

Photoshop

• Color correction, retouching, resizing images (size and resolution), animated GIF’s
• Prepare and deliver image assets for social, email, blogs, etc. 

Illustrator

• Design graphs and infographics, edit and refine stock illustrations and icons

Adobe Express

• Design social media assets (static and animated)

Acrobat

• Fillable forms, interactive PDF’s
• Extracting copy and images from existing PDF’s

Word

• Data mapping for import into InDesign files 

Excel

• Edit files as needed to import into body copy, tables or Illustrator graphs

Presentation

• Powerpoint
• Keynote
• Google Slides

Productivity

• Adobe Workfront
• Dropbox
• Slack
• Asana
• Basecamp