Resume

Creative leader and skilled graphic designer with a passion for great design, collaboration, strategic planning, and streamlined work processes to achieve highly effective, on-time deliverables.

Work Experience

International Society of Automation

• Graphic Designer -> Assistant Art Director -> Art Director, July 1992-June 2020

• Art Director and Digital Experience Manager, June 2020 - Present

As art director, I manage the visual brand of ISA and provide art direction and graphic design services.  I have managed two full-time designers as well as remote and on-site contractors for over 15 years (with a short break in my management role from June 2020 - January 2023. In January 2023 I added another direct report who assists with website content management). During the last three years, I have taken on the role of digital experience manager which involves managing the design and content of the company website by working within the content management system, and collaborating with coworkers and vendors. 

Working for a small non-profit means wearing many hats. Duties have included:

• Design marketing collateral, and other deliverables including:

  • Brochures

  • Catalogs

  • Books and book covers

  • Magazines

  • Technical documents and illustrations

  • Signage

  • Logos and branding systems

  • Infographics 

  • Emails

  • Web ads

  • Social media graphics

  • Landing pages

• Develop, maintain and manage the visual ISA brand guidelines

• Develop and manage branding elements for the society’s sections and divisions

• Create and/or oversee brand identities for ISA subsidiaries

• Use Hubspot to create emails and landing pages, manage templates to adhere to branding guidelines

• Work directly with marketing manager to develop and optimize work processes for the marketing and graphics team, and manage resource allocation

• Managed team of in-house graphic designers, and remote and on-site freelancers for over 15 years

• Develop and maintain variety of templates and libraries for both graphic design collateral and marketing processes

• Make updates to content and organization of company web site using the Kentico platform and Sales Force

• Create and/or edit content and marketing copy for company website and marketing collateral

Duke University Creative Services

Graphic Designer, 1990-1992

Freelance

• Various freelance and volunteer graphic design experience

• Designed branding, collateral and e-commerce websites (Shopify and Etsy platforms) for my small handmade jewelry business