Education

MFA, Graphic Design, 2007
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI 

BA, Liberal Studies, 1996
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 

Skills

Design: My experience includes, but is not limited to, packaging, project management, art direction, layout, web, logo, marketing, environmental, typography, branding, wayfinding/signage, advert, POS, sell sheets, infographics/information design, promotional/collateral, video, photography (event and product), and archiving and organizing company files.

Photography: Advanced digital photography/post-production (studio, event, and commercial) 

Computer: Expert knowledge of (Mac) Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro), Lightroom, and Microsoft Office 

Artistic: Expertise in painting, printmaking, bookmaking, and computer illustration

Approach: Manage/develop projects from conception to completion, a strong sense of accountability, thrives in a fast-paced environment, effective in meeting deadlines/budgets while remaining flexible with changing needs/demands, supervisory experience, excellent time management, methodical problem-solver, detail-oriented, patient, diplomatic, personable, and organized

Professional Graphic Design

Graphic Designer, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 2016-2018
• Designed and produced the NPS annual report, triannual magazine, financial books, monthly publications, special projects, information design, advertising, all collateral, and special events maps and signage.
• Interfaced with multiple Naval departments, including the NPS President/3 star Admiral for special projects
• Managed, produced, and printed all in-house projects for NPS

Graphic Designer, Monterey County Convention & Visitor Bureau, Monterey, CA 2013–2014
• Collaborated to launch 2013 international campaign, ‘Grab life by the moments,’ containing hundreds of pieces of collateral, including environmental design and signage for the Monterey Regional Airport
• Co-managed and designed all sales and leisure projects from conception to print
• Supervised and directed all freelance graphic design
• Co-designed corporate identity and designed all extension logos, all collateral, web graphics, and trade show graphics (including flow space)
• Worked with print vendors to obtain the best quotes and deliver quality products promptly
• Managed digital photography library 
• Co-wrote headline copy 

Senior Graphic Designer, Hain-Celestial (Avalon Organics, Alba, Zia, and Jason), Petaluma, CA 2007-2009
• Conceptualized and designed packaging and collateral direction for national/international market 
• Collaborated with marketing and art directors to develop creative print and digital concepts and solutions 
• Supervised an in-house graphic design team
• Led seasonal packaging design direction for all major market releases
• Photographed product for catalogs, web, and sales sheets
• Managed digital photography library

Freelance Graphic Design 

Carmel Valley Ranch, Carmel Valley, CA, 2018—2020
• Print and digital advertising and collateral

 Batista Moon Studio, Monterey, CA, 2011—2020
• Art direction - book design, advertising, and signage  

 Sunset Center - Premiere Art Theater, Carmel, CA, 2014—2016
• Print advertising and collateral

 Carmel Art Tours, Carmel, CA, 2015
• Print advertising, collateral, and identity

 Big Sur Marathon Events, Big Sur, CA, 2015
• Art direction - race program and cover design

 Joann Dost - Golf Landscape Photography, Monterey, CA, 2012—2014
• Branding development for world-class New Zealand golf course
• Art direction - book design

Monterey Convention Center, Monterey, CA, 2013
• Print Advertising

Rebecca Costa (author of the bestseller, The Watchman’s Rattle), Monterey, CA, 2009—2013
• Redesigned identity for the launch of bestseller and website
• Created collateral for the media-release packet for television, radio, and print 
• Designed eBook cover for The Watchman’s Rattle

Microchip Biotechnologies, Dublin, CA, 2009—2011
• Created information design for a grant proposal to Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Lincoln Labs for the Field Deployable Accelerated Nuclear DNA Equipment 

Consortium for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technologies in Education (CREATE)
New York University, New York City, NY, 2012
• Created identity for CREATE department

The Griffin Company, Oakland, CA, 2010
• Illustrated schematic diagrams of four etching press models 
• Redesigned sales collateral

Monterey Youth (MY) Museum, Monterey, CA, 2010
• Designed multi-collateral for major museum fund-raising event for distribution to 1000+ donors 

The Graves of Fairmount, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007
• Developed identity and album design for an internationally distributed alternative music group

Red Collar, Durham, NC, 2007
• Developed identity for internationally distributed rock music group including logotype, album design, and apparel

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2006—2007 
• Led two redesigns of RISD’s annual graduate student orientation handbook
• Redesigned the RISD campus map, which was subsequently adopted by RISD for school collateral

Elena l. Grigorenko, Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2001—2004
• Created information design for research publications of key chromosomes study 

Robert J. Sternberg, Ph.D., IBM Professor of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2001 
• Created campaign materials for a successful American Psychological Association presidential bid

Photography

Bach Festival, Carmel, CA
Big Sur Marathon Events, Big Sur, CA
County of Monterey Office of Agricultural Commissioner, Salinas, CA
Cypress Inn, Carmel, CA
Friends of the Monterey Public Library, Monterey, CA
Germanpickles.com, Green Acres, FL
KION, Monterey, CA
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Monterey, CA
Monterey Public Library, Monterey, CA
Peace Of Mind Dog Rescue, Monterey, CA
Rebecca Costa, Carmel, CA 
Spike’s Security, Los Gatos, CA
Sunset Center - Premiere Art Theater, Carmel, CA
United Way, Monterey, CA

Instruction

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2005-2007
Student-taught five college courses 
• Introduction to Graphic Design
• Beginning Typography 
• Advanced Typography
• Visual Systems 
• Form & Communication