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internet design manager | cch, a wolters kluwer business.

riverwoods, illinois | february 2005 – present
web usability design, HTML e-mail design and production, web landing page design, production and maintenance of cchgroup.com, manage and work with one junior-level designer | more more

adjunct professor | wheaton college | art department

wheaton, illinois | january 2008 – present
the creative process and multi-dimensional design | more more

interactive designer | quill corporation, a division of staples, inc.

lincolnshire, illinois | march 2001 – february 2005
web usability design, production and maintenance of quill.com site, design and production of weekly $1.5+ million revenue-generating promotional e-mail, back-end programming of dynamic advertisements on quill’s site | more more

media designer | mypoints.com, inc., a division of united online, inc.

schaumburg, illinois | october 1999 – march 2001
e-mail design and production for hundreds of clients of web-based loyalty program | more more
[most popular shopping site on the internet 1998–1999]

freelance designer | JA design

july 1998 – present
package design, logo design, brochure design, copy writing, web design | more more
[key accounts: ace hardware®, sears®, ecouch™, lifetapestry®, litesource llc®, sherwin-williams®, rockwell® electronic commerce, com-ed®, gullo international, wyndham club condominiums, deublin engineering, quill corporation, howard sportswear graphics, inc.]

graphic designer | rust-oleum corporation, a division of rpm, inc.

vernon hills, illinois | july 1997 – july 1998
label design of professional™, painter’s touch® & american accents®, merchandise layout, advertising and sales support, sell sheet brochure and color card design | more more

art director / webmaster | pharmanutrients, inc.

lake bluff, illinois | june 1996 – july 1997
product development, packaging & advertising support for $2.8+ million health supplement products, created and maintained corporate web intranet and internet sites | more more

art director | caron international, inc., a division of national spinning, inc.

dekalb, illinois | june 1995 – june 1996

graphic designer | hager design & advertising

ames, iowa | may 1994 – september 1994

desktop publishing consultant | iowa state university printing services

ames, iowa | august 1993 – may 1994



 

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