Brand Labs

Apr 2008–Present
Rochester, MI
Senior Designer of e-commerce websites, logos, email newsletters, banner ads, and print work for a wide variety of clients.

PGN Agency

May 2001–Jan 2003
Royal Oak, MI
Art Director in charge of a 4-person design department producing websites, logos, print materials and advertising campaigns.

Fathead

Dec 2006–May 2008
Livonia, MI
Senior Designer of the Fathead website, email newsletters, banner ads, logos, and print materials associated with the Fathead brand.

Colorbök/Flying Colors

Jul 1995–Dec 1999
Dexter, MI
Designer of children’s toys, toy packaging, logos, product catalogs and overseeing catalog print press checks.

College for Creative Studies

Fall 2003
Detroit, MI
One semester of Children’s Book Illustration
with author/illustrator Wong Herbert Yee.

Western Michigan University

Graduated 1994
Kalamazoo, MI
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design.
Minor in Art.

Grosse Ile High School

Graduated 1989
Grosse Ile, MI

During the breaks in between full time employment listed above, I was still handling freelance clients on a one-to-one basis. A selection of these are listed below:

• Ann Arbor Ad Club (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Bite Me Pet Toys (Redford, MI)
• Eklektika Press (Chelsea, MI)
• Holtzbrinck Publishers (New York, NY)
• Hyperion Books for Children (New York, NY)
• Kmart Corp. (Troy, MI)
• Random House Publishing (New York, NY)
• SmileMakers, Inc. (Spartanburg, SC)
• Tangerine Moon Productions (Clawson, MI)
• Vanguard Creative Group (Farmington, MI)

Extensive experience with:

Mac OS X
Adobe Creative Suite CS5 (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, Fireworks)
Corel Painter 12
Traditional Drawing & Painting

Web experience:

HTML & CSS code
CMS (WordPress, Joomla)

2004 Silver Citation Addy

Award from the Ann Arbor Ad Club for Flash presentation of the award winners of the previous year’s Addy competition.