Profile

Over 20 years experience in the graphic design field, beginning in print design, page layout and production, with a shift to website design and production beginning in the late 1990s. Current focus is on front-end theming and site building using the Drupal content management system.

Career History

Senior Graphic Designer
Lawyers Escrow & Trust
February 2005 – January 2010

Sole in-house designer responsible for marketing communications for business focusing on escrow and closings for small business transactions. Responsibilities includes website design and maintenance, as well as design, copywriting and production for all print collateral and tradeshow materials.

Webmaster/Designer
Living Yoga Dallas
2002 – present

Develop, design, produce and maintain website for yoga-related small business. Website relaunch in 2009 involved shift to community portal, with Drupal site developed to allow community the ability to create pay-to-post business and event listings in comprehensive directories. Responsibilities also include print marketing materials to promote workshops and events.

Freelance Graphic Designer
Major corporations and agencies throughout Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex
1994 -  2005

Freelance print and web design and production for many of Dallas’ top agencies and design studios, as well as corporate and small businesses. Clients have included Temerlin McClain, TLPartnership (Tracy Locke), Rapp Collins Worldwide, Eisenberg & Associates, J.C. Penney, Mary Kay, Exhibit Group|Giltspur, Big Feats Entertainment/Lyric Studios and more. Account experience includes Dallas Galleria, DFW Airport, La Madeleine, Nokia, Nortel, Pepsi, Pizza Hut, 7-Eleven, Stanley Korshak, Subaru, Zales, and more.

Associate Professor
Collin County Community College
1999 – 2003

Instructor for college-level courses in the Applied Graphic Design Technology department. Courses taught include: Electronic Prepress, focusing on QuarkXpress software from beginning to expert level knowledge; Digital Publishing II, focusing on all aspects of professional graphic design, including workflows, production techniques, design for campaigns, font technology and design, scanning and resolution, studios skills,  printing technologies, business practices, contracts, copyright law, and project production; and Digital Imaging I, focusing on introductory Photoshop skills.