Experience
Self-Employed
Freelance Designer
Fall 2010—present
- Responsible for the design of marketing materials for several different companies like posters, ads, flyers, brochures, slide presentations, preparing files for use on online platforms, etc.
- Designed and made revisions to toy packaging, including editing photos and creating illustrations for packaging.
- Created product designs for different home decor companies, including technical information for vendors.
- Responsible for the layout of production art for stationery items like cards, gift wrap, journal and calendars. Also for various tabletop items like ceramic mugs, dishes, bowls, and glassware.
Freelance Clientele:
- Elum Designs
- Pockimals
- TJX
- Fetco Home Decor
- KI Marketing
- Holly Kids
- The Dahl Group
- Patton Veterans Project
- Nanco
TJX, Framingham, MA
Senior Product Designer
Fall 2008—Fall 2010
- Responsible for the design of a variety of product development projects, which included home decor, seasonal and home office items.
- Experience developing products in different materials including wood, plastic, stone, metal, resin, glass and natural materials like shells.
- Supplied product designs with all necessary technical information.
- Responsible for correspondence with overseas vendors to verify information and make revisions to designs to meet costs.
- Experience with travel overseas to Hong Kong and China to meet with vendors to review product development samples before shipment, and view any new development from vendors.
- Communicated any changes that were needed to samples that vendors sent for review.
Education
Hartford Art School
BFA in Illustration
Class of 2003
- Graduated Cum Laude
- GPA: 3.76
Bradford College
1999-2000
- Completed 30 credits in Graphic Design program.
Skills
- MAC OS X v.14.6.1
- Slack
- Wrike
- Asana
- Adobe Photoshop CC2025
- Adobe Illustrator CC2025
- Adobe InDesign CC 2025
- Procreate
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Workspace