TALENTS & ABILITIES

  • Typography
  • Page Layout
  • Publication Design
  • Copy Writing
  • Web Design
  • Graphic Systems
  • Color Theory
  • Identity Graphics
  • Information Graphics
  • Brochures and Catalogs
  • Advertising Design
  • Corporate Design

 

EXPERIENCE

Suebee Designs
Rochester, New York | April 2000 - Present
Creative Director/Proprietor | My own graphic design firm, offering everything from logo design to brochures to web sites, catering to small businesses.

Body Science Inc.
Rochester, New York | March 1997 - July 2000
Art Director | Designer for nutritional supplement company, including design of all advertising, labels, catalogs, order forms and brochures for domestic and international audiences.

Market Pulse Journal
Rochester, New York | March 1997 - March 2000
Art Director | Designer of Market Pulse Journal, a quarterly magazine that profiled small publicly-traded companies for individual investors and brokers.

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
Rochester, New York | August 2000 - Present
Education Coordinator | Responsibilities included maintaining and running the creative education department at the Southtown Plaza location. This includes composing a schedule of classes with instructors, putting together a quarterly course catalog, and also doing in-store demonstrations of products and projects. Though not directly design-related, it has been a huge boost for my customer relations and interpersonal skills, and enhances my creative thinking on a daily basis.

COMPUTER & SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

    Design
  • QuarkXpress
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Acrobat
    Web Authoring
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver
  • Adobe ImageReady
  • BBEdit
  • Basic HTML
    General
  • All Macintosh systems
  • Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Cross-browser compatibility

EDUCATION

Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Sept 1992 - May 1996

New Horizons Learning Center
Novell Web Courses: 600, 654, 655 and 660
Internet Business Strategies
Web Authoring and Design

ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS