résumé

Summary 

A dedicated, reliable and enthusiastic design professional with solid experience in the fields of Finance, Healthcare and Multi-Level Marketing. A practitioner of design and production with the ability to apply positive action to tasks at hand, while exhibiting an exemplary work ethic. Strong attention to detail—with skills in organizing, synchronizing multiple projects and compounding/synthesizing information to accelerate the solution at hand.

Professional Experience

Freelance/Contract Assignments: Production Artist/Designer | 2/2016 – present

  • Partnering with agencies, such as Creative Circle, to facilitate creative marketing solutions for assorted businesses

Nerium International: Contract Production Artist | 9/2015 – 2/2016

Contracting with Creative Services at Nerium International—a Multi-Level Marketing department focused on the anti-aging segment

  • Manage the coordination and implementation of weekly Power Point presentations in multiple languages; proactively monitor timeline and edits while interacting with multiple departments
  • Create recommendations for overhaul of Nerium’s Brand Partner Welcome Look and staff onboarding procedures
  • Review and maintain brand consistency on a variety of projects for both business-to-business and business-to-customer audiences
  • Develop and implement an extensive library of “Before” and “After” photos of Nerium’s customers—includes creating and maintaining naming conventions and photography standards

Freelance/Contract Assignments: Production Artist/Designer | 3/2014 – 8/2015

  • Working with a variety of creative agencies, such as Creative Group and Creative Circle, to be paired with a breadth of clientele that seek professional creative solutions

PrimeLending: Production Artist/Designer | 2/2013 – 3/2014

  • Created various print and web advertising deliverables for internal clients and loan officers, e.g. advertisements, brochures, flyers, signage, outdoor, e-banners and e-mail blasts
  • Worked closely with Regional Marketing Coordinators to ensure that creative materials are sent to the loan officers in a timely manner, adhering to the utmost quality, concurrently
  • Practiced strict project management skills in relation to all due dates and objectives

Freelance/Contract Assignments: Production Artist/Designer | 8/2011 – 2/2013

  • Create engaging solutions for various clients such as Insphere Insurance Solutions, CHR Solutions and Creekside at Stonebriar HOA

MetLife Home Loans: Production Artist/Designer | 4/2009 – 8/2011

  • Administered daily, weekly and monthly production art workload demands to ensure timely delivery of all forward mortgage, reverse mortgage and MetLife Bank print assets
  • Coordinated pre-press production for weekly product uploads by communicating directly with internal and external vendor teams, ensuring adherence to quality standards and maintaining a concise archival format on the internal server
  • Project-managed the creative team for the purpose of creating a template archive of department projects, greatly boosting efficiency

Technical Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

iWork (Pages, Keynote, Numbers)

Windows and Mac OS

Education

Texas State University (San Marcos) 8/2001 – 5/2006

BFA – Communication Design