
Art Director at Merkle
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Art Director at Merkle
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I have been working in the design field for seven years with a wide range of experience including multimedia package design, web design and management, e-mail marketing and direct mail marketing.
Additional experience also includes four years in feature filmmaking as well as extensive small scale video production and editing.
Technical Skills:
Digital Photography
Digital Video
MAC and PC platforms
Adobe Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, HTML, Flash, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, ProTools, Microsoft Office
Gallop Strengths:
Maximizer, Learner, Arranger, Achiever, Responsibility
Excellent understanding of analytical marketing approach and strategic implementation of design.
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, extremely diverse and well-rounded skill set with an insatiable desire to continue learning
Photo and video production, video editing experience
Fun and inventive leadership and teambuilding abilities
Gallop Strengths: Maximizer, Learner, Arranger, Achiever, Responsibility
(Design industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Freelance designer providing full range of services including:
- Website design, implementation and maintenance
- E-marketing webads and e-mail campaign design
- Print ad and direct mail design
- Photography
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
• Design and manage direct mail, email, social media and interactive creative projects on key clients.
• Contribute daily to creative innovation, strategic decisions and multi-channel campaign implimentation.
• Creative presentations to internal teams and clients.
• Manage department software, hardware and freelance needs and contribute to the growth and improvement of office process and organization.
• Cross-office laison to agency integration.
• Clients include Arthritis Foundation, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, National Wildlife Federation & Samsung
(Privately Held; Defense & Space industry)
January 2004 — May 2005 (1 year 5 months)
Designed and prepped CD / DVD / Packaging art for printing. Clients included BMG Music, Fox / NFL Music, Freeplay Music.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
January 2003 — April 2005 (2 years 4 months)
Provided administrative assistance and consultant support to the owner of the company. Duties included Gallery communications; Choosing, purchasing and arranging transportation & framing of art; Billing.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2003 — January 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Provided product design for DVD releases of feature films.
BFA , Media Arts , 1998 — 2002
Photography, Design, Video production and editing