
Graphic Designer at The Bond Group
Greater Chicago Area

Graphic Designer at The Bond Group
Greater Chicago Area
For over two years, I worked solo as the in-house designer for a university art museum, which provided intensive training for a broad range of design skills. I learned on the job while balancing school with the day-to-day requirements of a designer working on promotional and didactic materials, web updates, and months-long editing, proofing, and revising processes for booklet and catalog design. Now in Chicago, I hope to take my print and web experience to the next level.
branding and identity, Adobe Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS, basic film editing with iMovie and Adobe AfterEffects
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Began work as a freelancer filling in for assorted website and eblast template creation and maintenance and moved onto layout and print production for an enormous and successful marketing campaign for a prominent office supply reseller.
(Self-Employed; Graphic Design industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Continued relationship with Tweed Museum of Art working on large illustrated ceramics handbook, created various book covers for Litwin Books and Library Juice Press, built various websites and blog templates, and did assorted typesetting and layout work.
(Non-Profit; Museums and Institutions industry)
January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)
Assist designers in production and development of museum promotional materials. Design and layout ads and other material for marketing, performance, and education departments in particular.
(Museums and Institutions industry)
May 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Created all museum print and web materials from concept to production in addition to light exhibition design and marketing
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Assisted intro level liberal education Art History course of 300+ students with Instructor Rob Wittig
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 4 months)
Created and maintained librarian websites and templates, catalogued books, maintained reference usage logs in Excel, and created various promotional material for the University of Minnesota Duluth reference team in addition to data entry and clerical work
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
Created trip website, answered student questions, logged program finances in Quicken, and completed other data entry and clerical work as needed
BFA , Graphic Design, Studio Art , 2003 — 2007
Graduated magna cum laude with Departmental Honors in Graphic Design. Minored in Foreign Studies. Study Abroad Program: 2 semesters in Birmingham, England.
reading, painting, collage, photography, web design, blogging, social networking
+Best in Category, Experimental Type, Group Award, 2nd Annual UMD Student Design Competition 2007
+AIGA/Howard W. Lyons Scholarship 2006–07
+Isaac and Rose Gershgol Award 2006–07
+UMD Honors Program Leadership Award 2006
+Lake Superior Advertising Federation, 2nd Place 2006