WORK EXPERIENCE

Creative Director
ePublishingPartners, Inc., Waltham, MA
May 2003 - present

• Redesign of ePP's brand, and implementation across marketing vehicles including the corporate Web site
• Layout design for interactive CD-Rom versions of literature for children
• Conversion of print documents to interactive, web-ready PDF format
• Management of team of 5+ designers and freelancers

Web Designer, Creative Services Department
Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, MA
June 2001 - May 2003

• Redesign and implementation of Akamai's corporate Web site
• Design and production of ads for online properites such as CNN.com and Olympics.com
• Design of custom HTML emails for marketing promotions
• Design and production of customer-facing presentations and Flash demos for Akamai services

Senior Graphic Designer, Product Design Department
HomePortfolio.com, Newton, MA
August 2000 - March 2001

• Visual design for high-end home design Web site and extranet applications.
• Relationship building between Design and Sales/Marketing departments.
• Coordination of design with business goals and overall corporate vision and identity.
• Design and production of multimedia sales tools and Web site introductions.

Senior Graphic Designer, Marketing Department
Abuzz Technologies, Cambridge, MA [a part of New York Times Digital]
May 1999 - August 2000

• Visual design and information architecture for print and Web.
• Relationship management between Abuzz and business partners/affiliates.
• Development of Abuzz Style Guide and Affiliate Manual.

Instructor, Graphic Design for the Web, Continuing Education Department
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Fall, 1999
Class enrollment was 12 post-college students, and the curriculum included:

• HTML hand-coding basics.
• Creation, optimization and use of graphics for the Web.
• Publishing, editing and maintaining Web sites.

Freelance Graphic and Web Design Consultant
SWELL design [formerly SEJDesign], Boston, MA
July 1998 - present
Graphic design and/or Web site production for:

• Swell design (www.sue-ellen.com)
• BuildingGreen (www.buildinggreen.com)
• MoreMagic Technologies, Inc. (www.moremagic.com)
• Belmont Public Library (www.belmont.lib.ma.us)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Adobe - Acrobat, Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign, and Flash;
HTML - Hand-coding of entire Web sites, including JavaScript and CSS;
Microsoft - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook;
Quark - Xpress;

EDUCATION

MFA in Graphic Design
Dynamic Media Institute at Massachusetts College of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
May, 2004

BA in German Literature
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Extensive coursework in Fine Art and Art History
May, 1993

Universitaet Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Intensive Language Program and Summer Semester, 1992

INTERESTS

Languages - spoken and written German, basic French, introductory Swedish, Spanish and American Sign Language (ASL).
Fine Art - painting, collage, drawing, framing, sales and installation.
Graphics - pre-press and post-press processes for offset printing.
Activities - travel, music, motorcycles, crosswords, reading, running, hiking.