design portfolio
My background includes 25 years' experience in the graphic design field, formal training as a fine artist, professional training as a designer and teaching experience that ranges from training personnel in corporate settings to personal tutoring, and children's workshops to college design classes.
Currently operating Three Salamanders Design Studio in the Hilltowns, my client schedule is flexible enough to allow for helping other firms with temporary or on-going part-time or even short-term full-time assistance.
SKILLS
- Use of Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Acrobat Pro
- Use of Quark Express for publication design
- Website navigational planning, full design, establishment and management of hosting and domain accounts
- MailChimp email campaign services and associated mailing list management
- Pre-press file preparation for print and sign design projects
- Price estimating for print production with multiple print vendors
- Basic sign assembly using a variety of substrates, router-cut adhesive vinyl and hand-painted illustration and lettering
- Video editing and sountrack production using iMovie and GarageBand Software
- Various FTP systems including DropBox and SendSpace, as well as FTP software such as CyberDuck
- Microsoft Office, iWork and OpenOffice software for business-related clerical work, record-keeping and bookkeeping
- Working in both collaborative design team settings and as an independent designer
WORK EXPERIENCE
Owner / Designer - Three Salamanders Design Studio, Cummington, MA - 2006 - Present
Design for print, websites, multi-media presentations, video production. Client projects include logo and marketing image development, advertising design, catalogs, brochures, self-mailer and other direct marketing pieces, event announcement cards, menus, posters, product labels, banners, sign graphics, book jackets, business cards and stationery. Website design and social media marketing assistance, including press-release writing and issuance to print as well as online news and social media outlets. Client product photography and demo video production. Freelance design assistance with other firms including publishers and print houses. All bookkeeping, clerical and marketing work associated with management of a small professional design studio.
Graphic Design Senior Instructor - Mildred Elley Technical College, Pittsfield, MA - 2006 - 2008
Instruction in elements of design, color theory, publication design, website design, digital image manipulation, typography, design firm professional management, illustration, drawing and art history. Academic counseling for students' internships and for those looking to continue their studies beyond the school's one-year certificate program at other institutions.
Graphic Designer - Southwoods Magazine, Printing & Signs, Southwick, MA - 2002 - 2006
Design for print including advertisements, brochures, self-mailer pieces, announcement cards, business cards and stationery, websites and signage including vehicles, building and road signs and banners. Layout of monthly magazine.
Graphic Designer - Westfield News Publishing, Westfield, MA - 1995 - 2002
Design of advertisements for four newspapers, weekly layout of Pennysaver newspaper.
Architectural Drafting Instructor - UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA - 1993 - 1995
Instruction of University and Continuing Ed students in architectural drafting, building documentation, graphic presentation and introductory architectural design principles and code requirements.
Graphic Designer / Typesetter - Winmill Publishing, Brattleboro, VT - 1988 - 1993
Advertising design for five newspapers, typesetting of classified ads, weekly layout of Keene Town Crier newspaper.
EDUCATION
M.S. Design - University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA - 1995
B.A. Fine Art - Castleton State College, Castleton, VT - 1987
Frequent skills updates through area college classes and online training - 1996 - Ongoing
References will gladly be provided upon request.