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SUMMARY
Six years of experience in production
art and visual design.
Managerial experience in political
campaigning and communications strategy.
Proficient with all Adobe
Creative Suite software and Dreamweaver MX
EDUCATION
B.A., Communications with a minor in English, 1999, University
of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
COMPUTER SKILLS
Platforms: Mac OS 9/X & Windows (95-XP)
Languages: HTML
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe ImageReady CS, Adobe InDesign
CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Acrobat, Flight Check, Quark
Xpress 6.0, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Entourage), Dreamweaver
MX, Fireworks, Flash, FTP applications
WORK EXPERIENCE
Book Designer 1/1/06 to 5/1/06
Cook's Illustrated magazine/America's Test Kitchen,
Brookline, MA
- Conceptualize designs for cookbook series
- Manage art direction of photography, illustrations and
repurposed content for cookbook series
- Layout and type stylization of cookbook series
Production Assistant 2/04 to 1/1/06
Cook's Illustrated magazine/America’s Test
Kitchen, Brookline, MA
- Responsible for image editing,
layout editing and design of marketing materials for the
web and print
- Assumed all the responsibilities of Production Manager
during a four month staffing transition.
- Manage the art schedules, scanning,
image correction and color correction for Cook’s
Illustrated magazine, Cook’s Country
magazine and the entire series of America’s Test Kitchen
cook books.
- Work closely with the Production
Manager to preflight and collect all necessary files for
pre-press.
- Design and manage the distribution
of all E-marketing materials (e-mail promotions, on-line
invitations and newsletters).
Campaign Manager 2004
- The Committee to Re-Elect Representative Patricia Jehlen
(27th Middlesex)
Coordinated field operations and
organized campaign events such as direct voter contact parties/fund-raisers
and activist meetings.
- Developed communications strategy,
shaping the message and theme of the campaign. Prepared
candidate for public debate by conducting opposition research
and focusing rhetoric on public policy.
- Targeted and prioritized contact
with persuasive voters.
- Managed candidate’s campaign
schedule
- Recruited and managed volunteer
base for voter outreach events.
- Conceived, designed and coordinated
production on direct-mail campaign literature and candidate
web site.
- Managed book keeping of campaign
budget.
- Managed Election Day operations
including: candidate scheduling, volunteer organization,
precinct monitoring and final vote tally.
Graphic Artist 10/99 to 9/03
Business Counselors, Inc., Newton, MA
- Worked independently on printed
materials for direct-mail distribution, including coupons,
flyers, refrigerator message boards and maps.
- Cooperated with multiple clients
per direct-mail program. Worked in conjunction with salespeople,
proofreaders, printers and packaging department.
- Prepared mechanical art for production,
scanning, proofing, layout and sending of proofs to clients.
Assisted the production manager in major technological upgrade
of the art department.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Temporary Office Staff 12/03 – 2/04
Professional Staffing Group
Department of Public Health: AIDS Bureau, Greater Boston Legal
Services, Boston Multicultural AIDS Coalition and Clean Water
Action.
REFERENCES
Available on request
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