Dedicated design professional with over 13 years of experience in the publishing industry. Responsible for design and development of multiple corporate web sites and the interface design of the CODiE award winning web site for The JASON Project. Proven experienced in all aspects of print design from prototype through templates, production, and press ready PDFs.

The Mazer Corporation, Dayton, Ohio (1995-2008)
Designer (1998–2008)
Responsible for all design aspects of a wide range of educational material, including textbooks, book covers, transparencies, posters, web sites and marketing e-mail.

• Worked closely with clients, editorial, photo research, and production departments to translate design prototypes into final products for print and web sites. Clients include Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Harcourt Educational Publishing, The JASON Project, National Geographic School Publishing, Prentice Hall, Scott Foresman, and The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.
• Lead designer on the The JASON Project (www.jason.org) web site redesign, winner of the 2008 SIIA CODiE award for “Best Online Instructional Solution.” Designed Operation: Monster Storms, a middle school science curriculum. Responsible for designing the look and layout of the web and print products to ensure consistent branding and instructional interface between both.
• Designed and developed web sites for the Mazer Corporation (www.mazer.com), TGM-Mazer Horticultural Services (www.tgm.mazer.com), and the in-house stock photography site mazerstock (www.mazerstock.com).
• Lead designer for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill’s technology textbooks, Automotive Excellence Volume I & II, High-Performance Manufacturing: Portable Production Skills, and Technology: Engineering & Design.
• Created multiple automated workflows used by the design, imaging, production, and art research departments using AppleScript to integrate applications and data to produce documents with InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop and Microsoft Excel, which resulted in a 50%–75% time savings on most tasks.

Production Artist (1995–1998)
Responsible for interpreting design prototypes for textbooks, educational publications, and catalogs into electronic files ready for pre press.

 

United States Navy
Illustrator Draftsman, Second Class Petty Officer,
Honorable Discharge (1988–1993)
Positions include Assistant Supervisor of the Graphics Shop aboard the USS FRANK CABLE (AS-40) and NATO Staff Illustrator for the Headquarters Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe (NAVSOUTH), Naples, Italy.

AAS, Visual Communications Studio Art Major, 67 SHC Sinclair Community College The University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio Dayton, Ohio

www.jason.org, The JASON Project web site 2008 SIIA CODiE winner for Best Online Instructional Solution

Automotive Excellence, Volumes 1 and 2, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
2001 Society of Technical Communications, Award of Excellence