EDUCATION

1999-2001 University of North Florida Bachelor of Fine Arts
1998-1999 Webster University Fine Arts, Graphic Design

EXPERIENCE

Graphic Designer 11/17-Present • Freelance • St. Louis, MO

• Freelance Graphic Designer with 20 years of experience.
• Develop creative and innovative digital and print designs for clients in a broad range of industries.
• Worked with clients to gather and define requirements, establish phases of production and manage project timelines.
• Successfully manage and coordinate graphic design projects from concept through completion.
• Develop creative design for marketing packages, including print materials, brochures, banners and signs.

Deployment Operations 09/15-Present • NJVC • St. Louis, MO

• Work on the Information Technology Enterprise Managed Services (ITEMS) User Facing Services (UFS) Operations team while assisting and coordinating with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Voluntary Deployment Team (NVDT) to prepare contracting employees for deployment.
• Work with contracting employees from start to completion on forms and training that is needed for each deployment or TDY.
• Knowledgeable on various country requirements each deployer needs to complete before being sent to his/her position around the world.
• In charge of updating and having government approval for beginning of year PCS employees orders that need to be updated, validated and verified for every deployer and PCS employee.
• Regularly provide updates during weekly and monthly meetings with NVDT scheduling team and ITEMS UFS Deployment team to inform of scheduled deployment dates and make sure deployment requirements are met.
• Knowledgable in Department of Defense sites such as Aircraft and Personal Automated Clearance System (APACS) and Synchronized Pre deployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT).
• Upgrade and create new deployment processes to make communication with government and deployment operations team run smoothly and efficiently.
• Current TS/SCI

Systems Engineer II 11/13-11/17 • NJVC • St. Louis, Mo

• Designed and developed web interface for the Business Analytics contract; creating visually appealing storyboards and dashboards for three of the The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) departments.
• Designed advertisement pieces for the NJVC’s corporate communications department in Washington DC. Sole designer creating web and prints designs for trade shows, website advertising and e-mail bursts.
• Designed web interface for the weekly activity report tool for the engineering department at NGA; designed a look and feel for pages and navigation charts to help make navigation through the portal easier for the customer.
• Helped in visual aspects of the touch-screen panels for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Operations Center.
• Researched new technologies to help determine the best path forward for the departments database systems.
• Helped various IT groups with the graphics interfaces to make sure a visually appealing product was presented to their customer.
• Communicated with the government web engineers to help re-design and manage changes to the departments existing web sites.
• Held a TS/SCI
  

Multi-Media Producer & Visual Information Specialist 07/12-11/13 • InTec • St. Louis, MO

• Designed and developing National Intelligence Briefings (NIBs) for ASCS branch at NGA
• Responsible for creating and designing Multi-Media products for NGA customers of a classified level.
• Developed and designed web interfaces for the ASCSW branch for the department’s customers to enhance their knowledge of the branch’s overall responsibilities and capabilities; customer knowledge of the expertise and qualifications of the multi-media, Visualization Information specialists, and editors assigned to their product.
• St. Louis Lead for InTec LLC; Keep communication flowing with contract employees in different departments at NGA, Give company updates, Inform St. Louis employees of company information and important upcoming dates, attend monthly InTec lead meetings; plan and organize events, dates and company activities.
• Helped analysts with the NGA standards, guidelines and positive recommendations that will enhance their NIBs that are being published.
• Held a TS/SCI

Systems Engineer II 02/10-07/12 • NJVC • St. Louis, MO

• Designed and developed the Enterprise Solutions Portal for the Engineering department at The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
• Designed all site pages, requirements tables and web forms for the department.
• Designed NGA’s Video Tele Conference (VTC) touch panel interface which was implemented for use throughout the entire agency.
• Researched new technologies to help determine the best path forward for the departments database systems.
• Create storyboards for presenting customers ideas for complete web site creations.
• Helped various IT groups with the graphics interfaces to make sure a visually appealing product is presented to their customer.
• Communicated with the government web engineers to help re-design and manage changes to the departments existing web sites.
• Sole person for the departments overall graphic requirements for print and web presence.
• Held a TS/SCI

Graphic Design/Marketing 10/05-02/10 • Akima • St. Louis, MO

• Worked in the Office of Corporate Communications (OCC) at NGA.
• Managed customer relations and design quality for government customers.
• Met with customers to get full understanding of their advertising needs and also provide my experienced marketing knowledge as to what advertising material might help their NGA event.
• Made sure communication between our department and the rest of the departments at NGA are open to get full understanding of NGA marketing needs and make sure our customers are satisfied with our services.
• Managed all phases of design from conception to completion.
• Created large-scale posters, brochures, flyers, powerpoint presentations, advertising TV plasmas, logos and web graphics.
• Held a TS/SCI clearance

Graphic Design/Marketing 01/04-10/05 • Continental Research Corporation • St. Louis, Mo

• Developed new marketing ideas to disperse through the sales force to create increased sales.
• Spoke with sales staff to get better understanding of the marketing needs that would help with their sales and create good quality communication between the marketing and sales staff.
• In charge of all communication art pieces to be sent every week to the sales staff stationed around the United States.
• Managed all phases of design projects from conception through final production which included: print production, web graphic design, researching products, and maintained good communication with other departments.
• Projects included: four color brochures, flyers, product catalog designing and updating, invitation designs, posters and banners.
• Maintained proficiency in meeting tight deadlines.

Graphic Design/Marketing 04/03-09/03 • The Hamilton Collection • Jacksonville, FL

• Fortune 500 company known for their popular collectibles such as: Precious moments, NASCAR®, Berta Hummel and Thomas Kinkade.
• Met with all brand representatives to discuss marketing directions and ideas for their product.
• Managed all phases of direct mail design projects which included: directing photography, color corrections, manipulating high resolution images, and preparing and approving work for final press production.
• Created four color brochures, nationwide media ads, catalogs and ad inserts while maintaining proficiency in organizing time and meeting tight deadlines.

Graphic Design • 10/01-12/02 • ATIP Corporation • Jacksonville, FL

• Started as assistant designer and within six months became head graphic designer.
• Projects included: four color incentive catalogs, flyers, redesigning logos to create vector art, and communication art pieces to the sales staff.
• Worked with such companies as Dr Pepper/7up, Callaway and Nike.

Graphic Intern • 09/00-05/01 • ATP Tours• Ponta Vedra, FL

St. Louis Lead • InTec • 11/12-11/13

• Serve as the St. Louis Lead for InTec LLC; Keep communication flowing with contract employees in different departments at NGA, Give company updates, Inform St. Louis employees of company information and important upcoming dates, attend monthly InTec lead meetings; plan and organize events, dates and company activities.
• A freelance design for 20 years. Very knowledgable in contacting and working with printing press companies and getting quotes for best quality and best cost effective rates. Self sufficient with meeting clients deadlines and making clients ideas come to life visually.

Technical Skills

• Proficient on both Macintosh and PC.
• Software: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat), Adobe Premiere, Quarkxpress, Corel Draw, and Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledgeable in SharePoint and SharePoint designer
• Knowledgeable in web graphics, flash, HTML, Java Script, web design and current web technologies and standards
• Knowledgeable in screen printing, digitizing, and mechanics of prepress production
• In addition to my computer skills, I’m dedicated, loyal, a team player and proficient with tight deadlines and quick turn-a-rounds