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Associate Art Director @ TodayMedia

--Responsible for designing and writing copy for 100+ advertisements that span all facets of Westchester Magazine. Including our website, e-mail campaigns, and award-winning community print magazine that has a circulation of over 58,000 people.
--Coordinated with clients and a 10-member Sales Department in order to create targeted print and digital advertising that met their needs and requirements.
--Prepared PDF files for the printing of 22 monthly, quarterly and bi-annual magazines.
--Prepared PDF files for the creation of all 22 digital media magazines.
--Created Custom Resource Listings for clients within westchestermagazine.com

Account Manager @ The Richards Organization

--Managed 18 long-term retainer advertising accounts worth over $100K in monthly sales for Coldwell Banker Real Estate and Houlihan Lawrence offices.
--Created ads using Adobe InDesign and submitted them to print publications chosen in accordance with clients’ advertising strategy.
--Managed monthly advertising budgets, ranging from $1,000 to $18,000, for all 18 branches.
--Managed day-to-day sales activities, budgets, and communication with vendors for each account.

Advertising Art Director @ The Scarsdale Inquirer

--Designed, created and wrote copy for advertisements in an award-winning weekly newspaper. Personally winning 44 separate awards from the NY Press Association for the publication.
--Designed, produced, and wrote copy for sales and marketing flyers, brochures, and special promotions items.
--Coordinated with clients and a 4-member Sales Department in order to create targeted advertising that met their needs and requirements.
--Responsible for preparing the final PDF files needed to produce our print publication.

Advertising Art Director @ Bronx Times Reporter

--Designed editorial pages and ads using Quark Express for a weekly community newspaper.
--Created, designed and wrote copy for 100 weekly ads.
--Designed and produced sales and marketing flyers, brochures, and special promotions pieces.
--Responsible for preparing the final PDF files needed to produce our print publication.

Advertising Designer @ Hartford Advocate

--Designed 150 advertisements and editorial pages for alternative weekly newspaper using Quark Express.
--Designed and produced special promotions pieces, sales flyers and marketing brochures.
--Prepared 200 weekly PDF files for publication.

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Paier College of Art, New Haven, CT.

NY Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, March 2001 – February 2006
--Won 44 Concept, Copywriting and Design awards, including two John J. Evans Awards for Advertising Excellence.

Technical
--Adobe CS6 & CC: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Mac OS X, Quark Xpress, Revista, Exacttarget, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, basic HTML and photo retouching.

Professional
--Extensive production experience.
--Effective client, project, and vendor management.
--Responsive to client and coworker needs.
--Ability to multitask and produce quality work.
--Excellent communication skills within tight deadlines.
--Experience in designing digital media.