EXPERIENCE
5/2008 to present
Design Manager/Art Director, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Manager for the in-house design group comprised of five designers. Involved in Art
Direction on high priority projects, keeping projects on schedule and budget, and on going
training for the staff.
9/2003 to 4/2008
Senior Designer, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
In-house designer responsible for cover and interior designs for college textbooks. Art
Directed freelancer designers on interiors and covers, designed covers, handled all project
management, and trained new employees.
12/2001 to 9/2003
Associate Art Director, Thomson Higher Learning
Art Director for 150 titles per season on the Humanities side. Worked with freelancer
designers on cover and interior design, reviewing mechanicals and color proofs, and
solving design issues for project managers.
1/1999 to 6/2001
Designer, Beacon Press
Graphic designer responsible for cover design of hardcovers and paperbacks, interior text designs,
pre-press, color management, website design, advertisements and posters.
Education
BFA, Graphic Design
University of Delaware, 1998
Multimedia Studies Program - HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Flash
San Francisco State University, 2007-2009
Technical Skills
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Color Management,
Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS, basic Actionscript 3.0,
basic Java, and Acrobat PDF
Awards
- AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
- PRINT’s “Regional Design Annual”
- Bookbuilders West Annual Show
- Featured in “Graphic Design Speak, A Visual Dictionary for
Designers and Clients” - GRAPHIS “New Talent Design Annual”
- Advertising Club of Delaware