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    EMPLOYMENT IN GRAPHIC DESIGN
 
 
 

2000–

   FREELANCE DESIGNER & DESIGN CONSULTANT
Created, updated, and maintained design materials for print, product packaging + web. Worked with clients to facilitate production deadlines and design consistency. Clients and projects include:
DAVID’S BRIDAL: catalog production, advertising collateral, creating comps, image retouching/color correction, scanning, and package design
IKEA: buying guide layout and production, various projects such as instore signage, banners, web graphics, store operations collateral
WESTINGHOUSE LIGHTING CORPORATION: package design and production; manipulating vector images and creating application images in photoshop
DREXEL UNIVERSITY: marketing collateral design
SILVER FLAME COMMUNICATIONS: package design and production
PANZANO AND PARTNERS: preflight advertising collateral
B&D MARKETING: design for 3-D wall donor recognition signs
SALEM HEALTH & WELLNESS FOUNDATION: logo design and collateral
SALEM COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2002-2003 Student Success Book. This piece received a PARAGON AWARD from the NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS. Art Direction for: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 SCC Flameworking Conference Brochure. 2003-2005 Course
Catalog Design and Art Direction.
 
 
      TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
 
 
 

2009

   ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
Digital Art and Multimedia Department LA SALLE UNIVERSITY Philadelphia, PA
Currently teaching undergraduate courses in Visual Design and Web Development. Presented and discussed multimedia project/collaboration, The Pale Memory, to the Senior Arts Seminar Class April 2008.
       
 

2005–2007

   ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
Department of Interactive Multimedia Design & Technology
WILMINGTON COLLEGE New Castle, DE
Teaching classes in Digital Imaging, Desktop Publishing,
and Portfolio Development.
 
 
 

2000–2005

   INSTRUCTOR
Visual and Performing Arts Department
SALEM COMMUNITY COLLEGE Carneys Point, NJ
Taught classes in Computer Graphic Art, Fine Art, and Graphic Design. Responsible for major course content development and revisions to the AA Degree in Computer Graphic Arts. Committee work includes Curriculum Review and Academic Standards and Issues. Extensive student advising and mentoring of new adjunct faculty. Promoted to Instructor Fall 2002.
     
 

2003–2006

   DRAWING INSTRUCTOR
UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS LEAGUE Philadelphia, PA
Developed and currently teaching an introductory class in drawing. This class is designed for students with little or no experience in drawing but who have a desire to discover their own creative potential. This eight-week course focuses on identifying and developing students’ own personal artistic language while learning and practicing the basic elements of drawing and visual perception.
     
 
COURSES TAUGHT
 
  Basic Digital Photography
Desktop Publishing
Digital Drawing
Digital Painting and illustration
Drawing
Introduction to Computer Graphic Art
Digital Image Editing and Manipulation
Microcomputer Applications
Portfolio Development
Professional Practices for Artists/Designers
Two-Dimensional Design
Web Development
     
 
COMPUTER SOFTWARE SKILLS
 
 

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe PageMaker
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Director
Microsoft Office
Quark XPress
 
 
    EDUCATION
 

1997–2000

   University of the Arts
M.A. ART EDUCATION
 
 
 

1990–1993

  

Purchase College
(State University of New York)
B.A. PHILOSOPHY
 
 
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