education

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design
College of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Graduated May 1995, Cum Laude. GPA 3.49
Graphic Design Major and Spanish Minor

Center For Multicultural and Bilingual Studies
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Program completed July 1992. GPA 4.0
Intensive Spanish education

Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC
Program completed June 2007 Continuing Education Flash
& Dreamweaver applications

business
experience

Design and produce large and small scale printed graphic materials, web site design, internet ad campaigns and illustrations. Full Macintosh based studio and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite — Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXpress, & Microsoft Office Suite. MARCH 1996 TO PRESENT

Web site experience includes design and development, site structuring and GUI, SEO and Flash animation. Proficiency Dreamweaver, working knowledge of Flash, understanding of HTML and CSS. Participated in cooperative development of more complex sites that include Flash, dynamic database rendering, e-commerce, MLS search for homes and more. 1998 TO PRESENT

Internet Advertising Campaigns include Google AdWords services — account management,
keyword development set up, ad design and implementation; other miscellaneous internet ad
development and social network ad development. 2009 TO PRESENT

services

• Design and produce custom creative materials in multiple marketing media
• Cultivate new client relationships through networking and print, web & social marketing materials
• Meet with clients to determine their goals and the scope of their projects
• Gain understanding of client target market and create appropriate strategies
• Develop and present concepts & revisions
• Create contracts, proposals & schedules
• Manage multiple projects, start to finish
• Consistently meet deadlines
• Create corporate branding solutions and apply them consistently over time
• Select and hire vendors, designers and other marketing professionals as needed
• Give creative direction and successfully incorporate the ideas of others
• Coordinate relationships between myself and clients, writers, designers, printers and other vendors
• Handle budgeting, billing & collections
• Acquire new skills and technologies
• Purchase and upgrade computers, software & peripherals

clients

MSA Web and Print Design agency RTP, NC specializing in retail and education advertising.

BTB MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS Web and Print Design agency Raleigh, NC specializing in Business to Business advertising.

NET-BY-DESIGN Web Development company in Cary, NC specializing in Builder, Real Estate, Technology, E-Commerce, and other web design.

ADSTREET Web and Print Design agency in Raleigh, NC specializing in Real Estate advertising.

SMITH ADVERTISING Web and Print Design agency in Fayetteville, NC specializing in Travel and Convention & Visitors’ Center advertising.

VISION FACTORY Multimedia, Web & Print Design agency in Apex, NC specializing in Technology advertising.