JA d e s i g n | experience : details

JA d e s i g n | e x p e r i e n c e


cch® \| wheaton college \| quill® \| mypoints® \| freelancer \| rust-oleum® \| pharmanutrients®

	design for a multi-million producing firm, specializing in tax and accounting
	HTML scripting design and support of multiple sales emails, web landing pages and ads
	work with a team of 5 members: junior designer, 2 content coordinators, 2 peer managers
	sales and marketing support for world-class organization
	brand compliance focus on all electronic media [flash demos, ads, web content]
	site redesign focus and maintenace
	work with usability-focused manager to ensure best practice design solutions and implementation
	shopping cart redesign for online shopping portion of site
	project coordination and management for junior designer

wheaton college | wheaton.edu

	created class structure, content, and projects from scratch
	course meets twice each week [tuesday and thursday evenings]
	mentored students in fundamentals of design; focusing on principles and elements of design
	typography and color theory
	course projects include: 2-D and 3-D design exploration
	lectures and presentations for students
	course discussion and critiques [individual and open class settings]
	creativity and creative exploration exercises and reflection

quill corporation | www.quill.com

	performed on a team with 2 junior designers, 4 peer designers, 2 writers and an editor
	design for a $1 billion industry leader in office supplies and material wholesaler
	HTML scripting design and support of $multi-million generating weekly sales e-mails
	project management: monthly promotion monitoring of sales/click-throughs for web ads
	marketing and merchandising departments support
	ensuring correct site information and consistent look and feel
	coremetrics®, iphrase® and microsoft® back-end ad programming
	quarterly site enhancements based on customer usability forums
	customer service and follow-up focus with all customers [internal and external]
	mentoring and training incoming designers, freelancers and interns

mypoints.com, inc. | www.mypoints.com

	project management and Web-based customer interactivity design
	worked with a team of 4 other peer artists
	~ 20+ unique e-mail campaigns mocked-up, presented, created, tested & delivered per day
	number 1 Web site [unique visits] during dot-com era of 1998-2000
	product acquired by united airlines during June of 2000
	teamwork importance as well as individual accountability
	multi-level Web marketing initiated & tracked through HTML e-mail design and implementation

freelance designer

	clients include: ace hardware®, sears®, sherwin-williams® paint and rockwell® electronic commerce
	multiple projects for gullo international , chicago corporate property development firm
	worked with the staff to create corporate identity program designed and developed their capabilities brochure one of the most impressive portfolio pieces in collection
	wyndham club condominiums webmaster [2003-2007]
	content manager board activities [events calendar, meeting minutes] business development and communication www.wyndhamclub.com
	litesource™, llc
	lighting and accessories company – based in des moines, iowa developed corporate identity environmental display signs and graphics initiated corporate web site – www.litesourcelc.com

rust-oleum corporation | www.rustoleum.com

	single-point of contact for all in-house design projects
	sales team integration of rpm’s [republic of powdered metals] culture
	point-of-purchase and merchandising design standards for home depot® account
	worked with legal department to establish label standards adhering to osha standards
	coordinated layout for english, french and spanish translations on each product label
	branding development for: professional™, painter’s touch® and american accent® lines
	branding and packaging [worked with 3rd party vendors to ensure brand consistency]
	team building [worked with sales, marketing, merchandising and management teams]
	project management [various timelines and concurrent projects]
	marketing design and production

pharmanutrients, inc. | www.pharmanutrients.com

	multi-million dollar generating nutritional health supplement firm
	writing and securing print bids for over 20 unique product lines
	worked with fulfillment staff and production manager for inventory of all products
	design and development of all product labels and packaging
	stock maintenance with fulfillment staff and production manager of inventory
	worked in conjunction with 3rd party vendors for design, marketing, printing and production
	corporate communication elements [corporate web site content and design, promotional brochures]
	maintained all designed forms, contracts and sales promotions material
	secured all product photo shots
	enacted corporate identity materials and manual
	coordinated and designed sales-driven product literature [content, layout and production]
	coordinated production of materials for multi-lingual audiences

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