Learn about me and what I do best.
Who I am
I’m a creative freelance designer from Freeport, Illinois with over 8 years of experience. I received my Bachelors of Art from Northern Illinois University where I discovered a love for digital media and design. I currently specialize in web design, front-end development, SEO, print design, identity design, email marketing design and PowerPoint presentation design. My skills include design visualization, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash and PowerPoint.
I'm available for hire so contact me and tell me about your current design project. I look forward to working with you and giving you the eye-catching design work that you or your company deserve.
Software & Development
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Microsoft Sharepoint
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Wordpress Blogging/CMS
- HTML
- CSS
Organizations and Associations
Work History
- 2001
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2004 - American Marketing & Publishing - Print Designer
Communicate with both sales force and customers in order to receive and relay a wide range of information. Design black and white and color advertisements specific to customer instruction for yellow page and cover placement and assembled approved advertisements, as well as white page telephone listings, and format into an Indesign file prepared for printing. Duties also included proofreading the directory prior to printing for spelling, formatting and design errors. - 2004
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2008 - The Swiss Colony - Junior Web Designer
Responsible for organizing, designing, and producing graphics-based emails for both sales information and inter-business affiliate information. Produced and designed various web elements such as navigation images, image links, home pages, and stand alone advertising web pages and separate information pages. Design static, animated GIF and flash animated web advertisements, banners and buttons. Duties also included color correction and formatting of product images for use in various company websites and printed media. - 2008
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2011 - Design Mill, Inc. - Web Designer
Responsible for the design and production of interactive media and web elements using HTML and CSS, as well as the production of static and animated interactive pages. He organizes project flow and works directly with the project manager to identity and resolve any future interactivity issues that may arise within the project. Duties also included implementation and maintenance of Microsoft Sharepoint based company intranet.