WORK EXPERIENCE

Creative Director / Designer / Owner
2/2009 – Present                                 Rogo Media Inc.                                 Livonia, MI

  • Design websites for individuals and companies. These projects include analyzing needs and usability, collecting content, defining standards, design, and managing the process to its completion. Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, Flash, HTML, CSS, Content Management Systems, and Outside Contractors are used to obtain objectives.
  • Manage the process of domain registration and hosting.
  • Design web marketing materials for use on other websites including Flash, animated gifs and banners.
  • Design print material including but not limited to: corporate newsletters, postcard campaigns, sales collateral, brochures, stationary, business cards, software guides and implementation material.
  • Manage business including: Quotes, Invoicing, Administrative Work, and Accounting.

Tools Used: Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, Actionscript, Illustrator, InDesign, Joomla, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Premier, Quark Xpress, HTML, CSS, WordPress

Graphic / Web Designer
11/2002 – 2/2009                                ISGN                                                   Livonia, MI

  • Analyze needs and design graphical user interfaces in a collaborative environment for our software solutions.
  • Implement Flash solutions for our user conference and websites that includes web video, multimedia CDs, interactive smartboards, and web advertising.
  • Create graphical user interfaces for websites. This includes defining objectives, needs analysis, and implementation.
  • Currently managing the process of combining websites from acquired companies into one unified corporate website. Including contractor relations, site map and assessment of designs.
  • Update and maintain all websites and materials. This involves working with various departments to gather material and information to keep websites current.
  • Design web marketing materials for use on other websites including flash, animated gifs and banners.
  • Design print material including but not limited to: corporate newsletter, postcard campaigns, sales collateral, brochures, stationary, business cards, software guides and implementation material.
  • Develop and coordinate multimedia interactive design projects for web and trade shows. This includes flash designs, 3D animations and video.

Tools Used: Macintosh, PC, Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, Actionscript, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Premier, Quark Xpress, HTML, CSS

Senior Graphic Designer
9/1998 – 11/2002                                20-20 Reproductions                          Livonia, MI

  • Create websites and web ready graphics.
  • Page layouts, logo design, photo manipulation, and pre-press work.
  • Quality control of completed work.
  • In charge of updating internal database.

Tools Used: Macintosh, Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Front Page

EDUCATION

Computer Graphic Design
12/98 Schoolcraft College Livonia, MI

  • Associates degree in Computer Graphic Design with emphasis in the Multimedia field.
  • Created the ’98 brochure for the Graphic Art Department, and helped make their first Interactive Promotional CD.
  • Dean’s list