
Co-founder & Designer at Hanerino
Greater Boston Area

Co-founder & Designer at Hanerino
Greater Boston Area
I am a full-time designer with a desire to challenge myself and continue to evolve my design talent and skills. As a strong freelance designer, I am able to work independently and efficiently on a wide range of projects in a variety of different medias and am a Certified Flash Designer. I possess a solid design sense, my own visionary ideas, and bring approximately 10 years of agency and corporate experience from nationally recognized organizations such as TMP Worldwide, AOL, Xerox, and Saatchi & Saatchi.
Macromedia Flash Designer Certified, 2005
Advanced Actionscript Training for Flash CS3, 2007
Agile Development Training, 2007
(Public Company; BBI; Entertainment industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
(Graphic Design industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
September 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 1 month)
(Design industry)
January 2004 — May 2009 (5 years 5 months)
Support of brand positioning, creating a direct mail piece and brochure for Canandaigua National Bank. Art direct, creating initial UI, design and programming of website including www.normar.com, www.kevinavery.com
Ongoing project work through own company, Ozarin.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VCI; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2007 — September 2008 (10 months)
Manage team and projects for the soon to launch Valassis product, RedPlum.com. Sole designer in the 3 month redesign of the site which originally launched January 3rd, changing the focus of brand from a generic coupon website to a more community and information based destination for busy, family oriented women. Currently creating new IA and functionality as well as directing the design for a visionary application, continuing to transition RedPlum to a site that is more user focused, increasing page views and registration of new users. Additionally, am integral in the marketing, external desktop apps and mobile applications to build the site and reach a broader audience.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)
July 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 6 months)
Manage team and projects for the AIM Product Design Group. Currently redesigning the people portal of AIM.com utilizing new technologies and trends in social networks to connect people within AIM and its various web properties. Knowledgeable in UI and visual design, animation, prototyping & CSS as well as HTML. Past projects include ficlets.com & comicsalliance.com which required conceptual UI & visual design skill as sole designer working closely with the front-end developer on production. Additionally became experienced in blog tools and user generated content. Attended SXSW 2007, HOW Design Conference 2006, AIGA Conference in Boston 2005. see: design.aim.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Design industry)
December 2004 — July 2005 (8 months)
Lead a design team in branding and advertising with the creation of print collateral, direct mail, display and classified ads, websites, and interactive dvds/cds for a leading full service marketing communications company. Integral in both print and interactive divisions of the ad agency, taking part in every aspect from creation to production of each campaign. Utilizing Flash and HTML to innovate online marketing through email, direct mail and marketing focused websites.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)
May 2004 — December 2004 (8 months)
Work as part of a team to develop user interface designs for different sections of AOL's well-known Welcome Screen. Evolved new products and features heightening the brand integrity of AOL. Utilized advanced skills in Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2003 — April 2004 (1 year )
Work as part of a team in an advertising agency/brand marketing company. Creation of marketing communications for various collegiate and corporate clients. Projects require skills in design, art direction and copywriting, technical writing for reference materials and instructional manuals for Xerox Corporation. Create brand identities for newly released products. www.symbolicinc.com
(Public Company; Graphic Design industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Create print and web advertising for leading recruitment advertising agency. Develop advertising for a vast number of clients in the technological and health care fields including Hitachi, Lucent, UCSF, ESI and Isis. Follow each project from concept to production. Involved in all areas of ideation, image research, photo shoots, design layout and production. Print work includes magazine, outdoor banners, newspaper, direct mail and brochures. Web design work includes sites and animated banners, as well as online direct mail.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1998 — May 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Art direct Photographic Marketing Association Trade Show for potential new product. Coordinate and design concept to PR, marketing and design for show. Work on account specific advertising from POP to direct mail, advertising strategy, public relations and presentations.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 1999 — January 2000 (8 months)
Interned with a team in design and illustration. Concept to production, primary designer, and assisted in layout and typographic design for numerous clients. Create television storyboards for concept presentation on Kodak and DuPont Campaigns. Contribute technical and production support for creative department.
BFA Graphic Design, AAS Illustration , Design, Illustration and Advertising & Marketing , 1995 — 1999