Education

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Bachelor of Science, December, 2001

Major: Graphic Design, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Minor: Economics, Maxwell School of Citizenship.

Experience

Kennedy International, Inc., New York, NY

Senior Designer: November, 2003 - Present

 Creating and developing in-house brands for a variety of home furnishing categories. Designing packaging for over 1000 products ranging from hangtags and blister packs to full-color boxes and PoP/PDQ displays. Maintaining brand standards within a tiered, price-point system. Creating and updating print catalogs and tear-sheets for sales department; including photo editing & manipulation, 3D rendering potential products and pattern designing. Working with factories in China to meet quality standards, deadline requirements and budget restraints. Designing packaging within brand standards for outside, established companies including Laura Ashley, Easy Home by Aldi, Sanitized and Travel Sentry. 

Showbran Graphics Inc., New York, NY

Graphic Designer: June, 2002 - November, 2003

 Conceptualized and designed promotional brochures, catalogs, postcards and look-books for clients in the fashion industry. Managed cross-platform file conversions for output on an Indigo 6-color TurboStream press. Maintained digital archive of projects for redesign and on-demand printing services. Scanned, restored and enhanced images for use in print material. Instructed and supervised production of final projects.

Skills

Active work with Adobe Creative Suites; especially Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.

Extensive work with Google SketchUp.

Working knowledge of Microsoft-based programs Excel and Word.

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