Resumé
NATIVE SONS | MYRTLE BEACH, SC
E2E Merchandise and Promotional Solutions | Festival & Event Merchandising Partner
Brand Activation | Custom Merchandise & Apparel Solutions
ART DIRECTOR | 2025–2026
Leads a team of six in-house and remote artists through recurring fast-paced delivery schedules, overseeing daily production workflows, project prioritization, and creative output. Facilitates creative scrums that drive clear ideation, establishes artistic direction, brainstorms emerging trends, and aligns clear deliverables with client objectives. Develops and delivers actionable training programs on industry best practices, fostering individual professional growth, resourcefulness, and team development. Manages creative infrastructure within Mac and Adobe environments, conducting hardware performance audits, optimizing software processes, and providing hands-on technical support.
• Reduced music festival project lead times by 10% through structured milestone reviews, check-ins, and delivery schedules.
• Improved project visibility and cross-functional collaboration by implementing Basecamp, improving highly organized workflow transparency and communication between Sales, Creative, and Production teams.
• Increased creative output by 150% by introducing productivity tools without compromising creativity and artist integrity.
• Serves as liaison between sales and production teams to resolve scheduling, technical production challenges, and ensure superior output quality.
Northeast Color | Dover, NH
Enterprise Signage Solutions | Fortune 500 Clients | Environmental Graphics | Concept to Installation
Senior Graphic Designer | 2018 - 2025
Partnered remotely with cross-functional teams of designers, project managers, and account leads to deliver strategic, high-impact design solutions for over 40 national brands and franchises. Developed and executed creative across campaign development, visual identity systems, environmental graphics (including murals, window vinyl, and wayfinding), digital signage, tradeshow booths, 3D models, and vehicle wraps. Created concepts, mood boards, and directional approaches for branding, product, and video projects, including motion graphics and animation. Provided aesthetic and technical insight on industry trends and oversaw the daily prepress queue to ensure efficiency and production consistency
.• Generated over $36,000 in ARR through project referrals and delivering location-specific 3D models that helped clients pitch and secure new franchise sites.
• Cut project timelines by 60% and reduced production errors by 25% by launching a 3D modeling service (Cinema 4D), including tool evaluation, staff training, and execution.
• Streamlined enterprise customer ordering and purchasing workflows by migrating multiple online storefronts from a legacy ERP (Pace) to a PageDNA eCommerce platform, integrating directly with the upgraded system (Epicor) to enhance efficiency.
• Improved brand cohesiveness and market presence by leading a company-wide rebrand, including development of a comprehensive brand guidelines and style guide, new logo, website, trade show booth, and sales collateral in collaboration with executive leadership.
PRODUCTION ARTIST | 2018–2021
Coordinated 40+ clients in a fast-paced environment, applying advanced prepress, preflight, and print layout skills to ensure on-time delivery. Served as the key liaison between Design and Operations, transforming customer-supplied artwork into engineered, press-ready files while maintaining accuracy and brand consistency. Produced motion graphics and animated content for digital signage, as well as branded environmental graphics, signage, brochures, and vehicle wraps for high-profile clients. Collaborated with clients to capture design intent, assessed feasibility and efficiency during planning, and optimized production workflows using ESKO/iCut automation software.
• Cut production time by 30% and improved project turnaround by 40% by designing standardized Adobe InDesign templates using GREP automation and custom scripts, simplifying the creation of print-ready marketing and advertising assets.
• Directed the seamless migration from on-premises file management to Adobe Cloud during the pandemic, optimizing file organization, enhancing accessibility for teams, and enabling real-time remote collaboration.
• Elevated Northeast Color’s brand presence at industry events by transforming displays from basic table drapes and models to fully branded booths with complete signage and material samples, while managing design, construction, logistics, and shipping timelines to ensure polished, on-time execution.
Metro Sign & Awning | Tewksbury, MA
Regional Architectural Signage Solutions | Fabrication, Installation & Maintenance | Wayfinding & ADA Compliance
DESIGNER (Graphic Design, Illustration) 2015–2018
Designed impactful architectural and environmental signage for businesses and organizations, including shopping center pylons, billboards, exterior signage, digital message boards, trade show booths, ADA-compliant interior signage, vehicle wraps, window vinyl, and interior graphics. Developed design concepts aligned with structural, material, and building code standards, producing 3D renderings for complex lighting scenarios and translating concepts into fabrication-ready shop drawings. Partnered with fabrication teams, project managers, architects, and vendors to clarify specifications, solve technical challenges, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery. Managed prepress preparation, vendor coordination, and motion graphics creation for social media and digital platforms, leveraging deep knowledge of materials, fabrication methods, and 3D spatial visualization.
• Accelerated project delivery by 80% by diagnosing critical workflow bottlenecks, spearheading a task force to drive process improvements, and designing a filter system that streamlined project management.
• Improved team productivity by 35% by migrating from three disjointed design tools to Adobe, implementing standardized file formats and structures that enhanced consistency and accelerated workflow execution.
• Boosted social media following by 30% and engagement by 40% by developing and executing a targeted content strategy and calendar, leveraging Buffer to schedule and optimize LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram posts featuring high-impact videos, works-in-progress spotlights, and project completion showcases.
• Awarded 2nd Place for Interior Graphics by Signs of the Times magazine for Dynatrace, Inc. project (2019).
TF PRESSWORKS | PETERBOROUGH, NH
Custom Design & Printing | Labels, Brochures, Photo Retouching, Promotional Items | Brand Development
ILLUSTRATOR & GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2008–2015
Supervised a team of designers while delivering custom branding and print solutions. Managed daily custom art order queue. Maintained, cleaned and calibrated printing equipment, laminators, and cutters.
• Tripled product offerings by developing a UV direct-to-substrate printing process in collaboration with the Technical Director and creating print-ready templates to enable consistent, high-quality output across projects.
• Modernized the company’s artwork library by replacing outdated clip art with custom-designed assets.
Education
Institute of Art and Design at New England College | Manchester, NH
BA Illustration
CORE COMPETENCIES
Creative Leadership
Creative Operations | Creative Leadership | Creative Direction | Art Direction | Creative Strategy | Creative Concept Development | Team Leadership | Team Mentorship | Team Development | Training & Development | Brand Stewardship | Brand Identity Management | Brand Implementation | Campaign Development | Visual Storytelling
Operations & Process Improvement
Process Improvement | Continuous Improvement | Change Management | Workflow Management | Workflow Optimization | Production Workflow Management | Creative Workflow Optimization | Production Operations | Project Management | Project Prioritization | Project Status Reporting | Resource Allocation | Creative Resource Management | Resource Forecasting | Capacity Planning | Budget Management | Vendor Management | Vendor Relations | Quality Control | Time Management | Process Documentation | Standard Operating Procedures (SOP Development) | Creative Conflict Resolution
Collaboration & Client Management
Cross-Functional Collaboration | Cross-Functional Team Leadership | Client Engagement | Sales Support
Branding & Production
Enterprise Branding | Franchise Branding | Marketing Strategy | Production Design | Environmental Graphics | Environmental Signage | Signage Systems | Wayfinding Design | Trade Show Graphics | Digital Signage | Vehicle Wrap Design | Brand Guidelines Development | Style Guide Development | Print Manufacturing | Print Production
Design & Technical Expertise
Graphic Design | Typography | Color Theory | Color Matching | Layout Design | Digital Design | Motion Graphics | Animation | Illustration | Photography | Video Editing | Prepress | Preflight | Manufacturing Preparation | 2D Rendering | 3D Rendering | 3D Modeling | HTML | CSS | Front-End Development | Mac OS Administration | Technical Support | Hardware Performance Audits | Software Process Optimization | Creative Technology Integration | Remote Team Leadership
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe InDesign | Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Lightroom | Adobe After Effects | Adobe Premiere Pro | Adobe Premiere Rush | Adobe Express | Adobe Acrobat | Adobe Dimension | Adobe Aero | Adobe InCopy | Adobe Dreamweaver | Adobe Media Encoder | Adobe Bridge | Adobe Firefly | Adobe Creative Cloud
3D & Visualization
Maxon Cinema 4D | Maxon Redshift | Trimble SketchUp
Color & Asset Management
Pantone Connect | Extensis Connect
Project Management & Collaboration
Basecamp | Asana | Smartsheet | Figma
Microsoft
Microsoft Excel | Microsoft PowerPoint | Microsoft Word | Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SharePoint
Google Workspace
Google Docs | Google Sheets | Google Slides | Google Forms
Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT | Vectorizer.ai | Topaz Gigapixel
Production & Print
ESKO iCut | GREP | Adobe Cloud
ERP & eCommerce
Pace ERP | Epicor ERP | PageDNA
Social Media
Facebook | Instagram | Instagram Reels | Instagram Stories | Buffer | LinkedIn
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD)
Graphic Artists Guild