E D U C A T I O N

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
Completed coursework in the graduate design program for Interactive Communication.

University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.
Participated in Professional Practice Program, alternating quarters of college study with
work in the field of Graphic Design. Graduated Magna Cum Laude, BSD Graphic Design 1995.

University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Summer study program 1994.


S K I L L S

Industry-experienced in Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand, QuarkXpress, Fireworks, Word, Pagemaker, Powerpoint, Director, After Effects, Dreamweaver, and Flash.


E X P E R I E N C E

Sheridan Design, Somerville, Massachusetts.
October 2001-Present. Designer/Art Director
Art directed, presented and implemented projects for Stride-Rite, Moonrise Entertainment, LLC, the 2001 Senior Golf Open, the 2002 Solheim Cup, Mattel Interactive, Dragon Systems, Games for All Reasons, and the Cambridge Film Festival. Projects have included packaging, posters, advertisements, trade show graphics, illustrations and web site design. Daily handling of all aspects of print production including budgeting, estimating, and project management.

Veryfine Products, Inc., Littleton, Massachusetts.
December 2003 - April 2004 . Senior Designer
Contract position, replacing a designer on maternity leave. Designed beverage labels, cartons, sales materials and advertisements, within the organization’s branding guidelines. Worked directly with the printers from bidding through final color proof. Helped maintain electronic
and paper archive of hundreds of SKUs for Fruit2O and their core juice products.

Debenham Design, Inc., Needham, Massachusetts.
November 1999-October 2001. Senior Designer
Developed and maintained branding across all Dunkin Donut’s, Togo’s, Baskin Robbins’, and Cape Cod Potato Chip’s packaging, promotion, and web projects. Handled prepress production, including working with account management to define print vendor specifications, and approving press proofs for final color approvals to ensure quality and production integrity.

Mattel Interactive, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
May 1996-September 1999. Senior Designer
Developed both domestic and international branding and package design for Mattel’s software products. Additionally,designed sales materials, point-of-purchase displays and the corporate web site. Responsible for all project press checks. Created a print production checklist that saved the company thousands of dollars in printing error costs.


C O N T R A C T S

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
June 1995-January 1996. Graphic Designer
Designed layout of social studies textbooks. Interacted directly with editors to develop content and visuals. Held position of art director on several projects, managing professional photographers and illustrators.

Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering, P.C., Boston, Massachusetts.
June 2003-October 2003. Graphic Designer
Created proposals, direct mail pieces, large format interview boards and invitations for firm’s marketing department. Responsible for all print buying and pre-press production.

Moen Incorporated, Cleveland, Ohio.
September 1994-Jan 1995. Graphic Designer
Created sales proposals, company newsletters, and product catalogs for Moen’s marketing department.

IXI Limited, Cambridge, England.
May-July 1994. Interface Designer
Designed, tested and implemented IXI’s corporate web site for viewing through NCSA Mosaic.
Developed animation sequences for a prototype “web” browser. Used CorelDraw and in-house icon editors.


U N D E R G R A D U A T E CC O-O P ' S

Fitch Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.
June-September 1993 and January-March 1994. Graphic Design Assistant
Designed packaging and retail environment graphics. Created 3-D comps.

Learningways Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.
September-December 1993. Interface Designer
Created interface, illustrations, and screen layouts for a childrens' interactive math CD-ROM.

Lapham/Miller Design Associates, Andover, Massachusetts.
January-March 1993. Junior Designer


A W A R D S

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Bronze Quill Awards

Award of Merit in the two color printing category–United Way Services Annual Report

National Photography Finalist, Photographer’s Forum Magazine