Director in print, identity, and interactive design with 11 years in the business. This diverse background is combined with excellent communication and organizational skills, strong leadership skills, sensitivity to deadlines, and high standards. The result is a keen ability to design and direct smart, successful, creative solutions in any medium and for any audience.

• design, direction, management, assessment, and design for fortune 500, multilingual, international, e-commerce, transactional, portal, and informational websites
• design, direction, and production management of print collateral, identity systems, advertising, tradeshow booths, and multimedia
• effective client management, efficient project management, accurate estimating, and day-to-day scheduling
• development of new offerings, persuasive proposals, and effective methodology

Bright Impact, Inc.

Design Director, 2002-2004

• solution director: directed strategically-driven identity, collateral, advertising, tradeshow, multimedia, and Web design projects; directed and managed solutions from concepting through execution, implementation, usability studies, and final production
• project and team manager: led, managed, and scheduled day-to-day design team activities; managed project delivery, timelines, and budgets; hired, mentored, managed, and reviewed design team members
• senior manager: participated in development of the organization, company policies, project protocol, methodologies, client communications, and solution standards; created and presented proposals and estimates
• client contact: managed client relations, client expectations, client communications, requirements gathering sessions, meetings, and presentations

Partial Client List

• Cingular
• ChoicePoint
• EarthLink Wireless
• Fujitsu TELCOM360
• LXE
• StatCom
• Per-Se Technologies
• TSYS
• XcelleNet

User Experience (UX) Design, Cambridge Technology Partners (Novell)

UX Director (acting), 12/1999 - 11/2001

• solution director: directed all aspects of online user experience solutions for UX projects (including cognitive, visual design, content, and production) for regional project teams
• project manager: managed project delivery, schedules, budgets, and risk and issue tracking/mitigation for UX projects
• client contact: led and directed all UX client communications, presentations, deliverables, and documents
• internal team contact: handled all UX communications and coordination with the internal technical team

Sr. Creative Director, 10/2000 - 11/2001

• studio manager: led the Atlanta studio Visual Design discipline; defined and maintained the overall standards and quality for all work; actively participated in expanding the group from 2 to 7 members in less than 9 months; managed, mentored, and reviewed members
• project director: directed and managed all solutions, concepts, designs, implementation, deliverables, and documents from project initiation through design, development, and final testing for Atlanta Visual Design
• senior UX organization contributor:participated in development of the UX organization, methodology, deliverables, solution standards, and offerings; participated in creating and presenting UX proposals, estimating, and structuring UX solutions
• creative director: performed all duties of a Creative Director (following)

Creative Director, 4/2000 - 10/2000

• project creative director: directed Visual Design project solutions, concepts, designs, deliverables, documents, schedules, and budgets from initiation to delivery for online user experience, print collateral, and corporate identity projects; activities included creative direction, art direction, performing competitive and comparative UX assessments, deliverables and document development
• client contact: led all Visual Design communications, requirement gathering sessions, meetings, presentations, and risk and issue tracking/mitigation

Sr. Art Director, 9/1999 - 4/2000

• project art director: (responsible for art direction and execution of visual designs for online user experiences) managed and art directed regional design teams in the execution of visual designs for online user experience projects

Cambridge Partial Project List

• PublixDirect online shopping website
• Fleet Capital Leasing vendor portal
• WellCheck cholesterol monitoring website
• Cambridge corporate website and print collateral

IBM e-business Solutions

Associate Art Director, 4/1999 - 9/1999

• directed and managed all aspects of online user experience, print collateral, and corporate identity projects for national, international, and fortune 500 companies from initiation through development; designed online user experiences, print collateral, and corporate identities, performing research, brainstorming, concepting, and designing

Lead Graphic Designer, 12/1997 - 3/1999

• senior graphic designer: designed online user experiences, print collateral, and corporate identities, performing research, brainstorming, concepting, and designing; directed and managed design implementation
• design implementation director : directed and managed Visual Design implementation for online user experiences and print collateral projects
• print production lead: managed print production for large collateral projects, including coordinating print production, overseeing press checks, and preparing mechanical files

Graphic Designer, 8/1997 - 12/1997 and 5/1996 - 8/1996

• graphic designer: designed online user experiences, CD Roms, print collateral, and corporate identities, performing research, brainstorming, concepting, and designing
• print production lead

IBM Partial Project List

• Hermitage Museum official website (www.hermitagemuseum.org)
• Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, ClientServ website
• New York Stock Exchange corporate website (www.nyse.com)
• Footlocker/NFL Shop online shopping website

Big Design Group (now Merge)

Graphic Designer, 1/1995 - 5/1996

• graphic designer: designed print collateral and corporate identity projects, including annual reports, promotional campaigns, brochures, invitations, posters, and stationery
• print production lead: managed print production for collateral projects, including coordinating print production, overseeing press checks, and preparing mechanical files
• project manager and client contact: managed small projects

Big Design Group Partial Project List

• Kenny Rogers Roasters logo
• Lou Freeman Photography identity and stationery
• Jackson Spalding Ledlie identity

Advertising Technologies, Inc.

Junior Graphic Designer, 1/1994 - 12/1995

All About Type

Paste-up Artist, Typesetter, and Proofreader, 1990-1991

B.F.A., 1993, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida
Visual Communications major, Art History minor, Summa Cum Laude

• bilingual in English and Spanish
• knowledge of German