About

I am a seasoned highly creative and passionate Marketing & Design Professional with more than 25 years experience delivering successful marketing initiatives for clients increasing sales, establishing brands and penetrating market share.

I am a strategist — an idea person, problem solver — executing and delivering high quality work possessing a rare blend of marketing know-how and the talent to make it happen.

In 2007, I went back to grad school to receive my M.F.A. in Computer Graphics Design from Rochester Institute of Technology.

I taught graphic design at Roberts Wesleyan College for 7-years and currently am teaching Graphic Design at Benedictine College.

Specialties:

DESIGN | Graphic Design,Logo Design, Brand and Identity development; Motion Graphics
WEB | Flash, Dreamweaver, Joomla, Social Media; Instructional Multi-Media
ILLUSTRATION | Illustrator, Photography
PRINT | Print Design, Specifications, Buying and Production
CONSUMER | Packaging Design
COMMUNICATIONS | Powerpoint, Tradeshow Exhibit Design, Newsletter Design
SALES | Sales Brochures, Identity Packages, Sales Promotions, Direct Mail
STRATEGY | Marketing Plans, Media Plans + more.

Here are some companies that I have worked with:
Ashtead Technologies
Bell Atlantic Mobile
Bishop Kearney High School
Bob Bonosky Ford
Brothers Collision
Cellular One
Censeo Project Solutions
Christian Women in Action (CWIA)
Cochran, Cochran & Yale
Cole & Parks
COMIDA
Creative Circle
Defend Life
EPI Printing & Finishing

Frontier Cellular
Futons & More
Garners Builders & Contractors
Genesee Telephone Company
Global Crossing
Global Project Solutions
Heidelberg
Integument Technology
Iriss, Inc.
Ivy & Associates

KB Graphics, Inc.
Memory Garden
Midtown Tire
Monroe County Economic Development
Mrs. Fields
National Association for Drama Therapy
Performance Technologies, Inc.
Pittsford Federal Credit Union
Quad, Inc.
RC Shaheens

Roberts Wesleyan College
Rochester Tel Mobile
Rich Products
Safeway

Simcona Electronics
Sundance Marketing
Technosophy
Thrillz Spa & Salon
Viking International Furniture
West & Company Jewelers
Xerox Corporation

Curriculum Vitae | Resume and References Available Upon Request

Vitae

C U R R E N T


Remote Design & Marketing Creative Consultant

Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Benedictine College
Atchison, KS
August 2020 to Present
Hired to teach the newly accredited graphic design program.
Courses include Graphic Design 1, 2, 3, 4, Typography, Animation, 2D Foundations, Senior Capstone, Design Thinking & Professional Practice

Virtuartcity
December 2018 to Present
Freelance graphic design, web and marketing consultant based
upon needs assessment and strategic objectives of various clients.

Sr. Graphic Designer – Temporary Contract Assignment
Ivie, Inc/Quad onsite at Safeway
Lanham, Maryland
July 2019 to November 2019
Contract assignment through Creative Circle with an in-house agency (Quad) within Safeway Headquarters. This 3-month assignment extended into November. Performed all the social media designs and production, program ads, in-store promotional signage, developed the holiday branding for the 2019 season, and worked on store circular mailers as needed.

Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Roberts Wesleyan College
Rochester, New York
July 2012 to December 2019
Teach all graphic design concentration courses including
all graphic design classes, typography, motion graphics,
interactive and web design.
In addition teach Foundations Design courses:
2D Design and Intro to Digital Media Art.
Taught a special section for Homeland Security Majors in the
Into to Digital Media Arts Course to teach them how to prepare presentations
for evidence documentation in the field.
Served as interim Director of the Davison Gallery
from 9/2013 to 5/2016.