2/2005 - Present

Individual Contributor

• Responsible for package design which includes following brand guidelines, working with engineers on die-line templates, making mock ups, editing photographs, preflighting files, working with printers in other countries, picking up other people's jobs in the middle and correcting and completing them, sending jobs out for translation, updating packaging to include translations, designing master cartons for shipping, maintaining the production flow for each project (passes through 8 people's hands for sign off), printing oversize proofs, maintaining paperwork for each pass on each project. I am also responsible for creating innovative PR pieces for new items, marketing and merchandising materials such as end caps, posters, stickers and banners. Generally I am given several projects a day with less than a 24 hour turnaround for each.

6/2003 - 2/2005

Alter Communications

Individual Contributor

• Responsible for layout of multi-page advertising section (14-24 pages) in weekly publication using Quark 6 and preparing for press in both hard copy and postscript formats. Responsible for designing all ads in section, as well as additional ads for the rest of the paper. Responsible for annual layout and design of 260 page directory. Responsible for traffic management of advertising design for high-end bi-monthly magazine and designing ads for the same magazine. Responsible for ad design, placement of ads, flightchecking and postscripting bi-monthly special section for the weekly magazine. Responsible for all in-house and out-sourced internal sales sheets, business cards and envelopes.

1/2000 - 6/2003

Kinko's

Manager

• In charge of all commercial accounts for a branch that makes over 1.2 Million dollars yearly. Raised commercial accounts by 1 Million dollars annually during my tenure. Responsible for training all co-workers in customer service and software, provided in store customer service for both commercial and walk-in customers, quoting and bidding on jobs, relocation specialist. Aided customers on self-serve computers to navigate programs, using copiers such as the Xerox 5690, the Canon 2500, Oce' 3165, Xerox 5365, using machines such as velo binders, laminators, tape binders, foam core mounters. Responsible for outputting over 40 desktop publishing orders per week, outputting to a variety of machines including an HP 5000, Tektronix 780, Xerox N4525, Oce 3165, Oce 9400, Xerox 6115, and a Fiery Xerox Doc 12, maintaining an in-store network, maintaining, reformatting and reinstalling over 12 computers, both PC and MAC, assisting customers on both platforms in our self-serve computer area, troubleshooting all technology in the branch.Ongoing responsibilities included customer service, cashier and customer assistance.

2008

Bachelor Degree

University of Baltimore

• Corporate Communications

1996

High School/GED Degree

McDonogh School

• General Studies - Video Emphasis