Resumé
Northeast Color | Dover, NH
Senior Graphic Designer | 2018 - 2025
Worked with a team of 2-5 designers to provide interior design solutions to clients, as well as maintained a day-to-day prepress queue. Responsible for maintaining and managing design best practices throughout the company. Worked alongside project managers to fulfill and strengthen the relationship of over 40 national brands and franchises.
• Provided creative solutions for Fortune 500 clients and national leaders in the franchise and interior décor industry.
• Responsible for creating print-ready files for wide format printing, plotter, and CNC cutting.
• Worked directly with upper management and ownership to develop and execute a company-wide rebrand, including: Logo, website, trade show booth, sales sheets, etc.
• Vetted, trained, and executed on 3D model offering for clients, providing a new source of revenue for the organization.
• Streamlined proofing and prepress workflows using GREP automation and custom scripts, resulting in over $50K in annual savings from a 60% reduction in proofing time.
• Produced dynamic video and animated content for digital signage, while supporting product development and executing branded environmental graphics, signage, and vehicle wraps.
• Franchise brand management, high-level creative, interior décor, signage and way-finding, digital signage, trade show booth design, 3D model conception, car wraps, window vinyl, graphic murals.
Metro Sign & Awning | Tewksbury, MA
Designer / Illustrator | 2015 - 2018
Designed impactful signage for businesses and organizations throughout the Greater Boston area. Worked alongside the fabrication shop and project managers to meet client needs. Volunteered on signage, vinyl, and vehicle wrap installations.
• Led a collaborative team of designers, project managers, and architects to bring the client’s visions to life.
• Developed design concepts aligned with structural, material, and building code standards.
• Maintained brand consistency while optimizing designs for functionality and visual appeal.
• Produced 3D renderings for complex lighting scenarios and translated concepts into fabrication-ready shop drawings.
• Managed prepress preparation, vendor coordination, and motion graphic creation for social media and digital platforms.
• Shopping center pylons, billboard advertising, exterior signage, digital message boards, trade show booth design, ADA compliant interior signage, car wraps, window vinyl, and interior graphics.
TF Pressworks, Inc. | Peterborough, NH
Graphic Designer / Illustrator | 2008 - 2015
• Created original artwork and layouts for in-house art collection.
• Prepared customer artwork for print-ready vector and raster formats.
• Recreated poor-quality raster artwork for a polished vector final product.
• Prepared artwork to meet the requirements of multiple printing formats.
• Research and development for UV direct-to-substrate printing.
Education
Institute of Art and Design at New England College | Manchester, NH
BA Illustration
Software
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Premiere Rush, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Dimension, Adobe Aero, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Bridge, Extensis Connect, Maxon Cinema4D, Maxon Redshift, SketchUp
Soft Skills
Branding and Identity, Typography, Typesetting, Color Theory, Optimization, Automation, Photo Retouching, Video Editing, Photography, Art Direction, Prepress, Production Design, Manufacturing, Attention to detail, Time Management, Learning, and Execution
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)