WORK EXPERIENCE
Rise Above Partners
Creative Director
Creative Director
My duties include design and illustrating for various clients using all available media, pre-press art setup and brand design. Working from my home studio in Pennsylvania, I provide the Rise Above Partners team in Charleston South Carolina the needed digital art support.
Charleston, SC / Bobtown, PA, USA
Nov 2016 – Present
Nov 2016 – Present
Williams Lea/Tag
Graphics Art/Publications Designer
Worked with a international team to create all the ‘in-house’ materials and worked with teams to institute company worldwide re-brand. Tasks included publication designs, client illustration, logo and icon designs and innumerable flyer and form designs.
Graphics Art/Publications Designer
Worked with a international team to create all the ‘in-house’ materials and worked with teams to institute company worldwide re-brand. Tasks included publication designs, client illustration, logo and icon designs and innumerable flyer and form designs.
Wheeling, WV, USA
Feb 2015 – Sep 2015
Feb 2015 – Sep 2015
MedExpress Urgent Care LLC.
Graphics Art Designer, Training Develop Art Production, Print Production Manager
Graphics Art Designer, Training Develop Art Production, Print Production Manager
Creating marketing material and advertisement and imagery for MedExpress, an urgent care chain. This includes newspaper, trade show, magazine and internal documents and materials. As part of the brand development team and as the sole designer, I have assisted in winning investors to MedExpress, taking it from 3 Urgent Care clinics to nearly 200 MedExpress Urgent Care centers throughout the US. I had also created the system of file and art management for this company as well as the internal print production shop that we had used to fulfill all internal marketing and human resource needs. I am proud with assisting the founders of this company to the success that it had attained and had some distinct part in it.
Morgantown, WV, USA
Jun 2008 – Oct 2014
Jun 2008 – Oct 2014
Continuous Learning Group (CLG)
Graphic Artist
Graphic Artist
Created multimedia and print production material. Working with 'fortune 100' companies and print brokers in executing all sorts of design material for education and training.
Morgantown, WV
Oct 2005 – Jun 2008
Oct 2005 – Jun 2008
West Virginia University NRCCE/NAFTC
Graphic Artist, Training Development Production Design
Graphic art designer and curriculum developer, creating a vast spectrum of visual articles items and multimedia products.
I created numerous training manuals and modernized a great deal of materials for national use and for 'Alternate Energy' public events throughout the United States.
Graphic Artist, Training Development Production Design
Graphic art designer and curriculum developer, creating a vast spectrum of visual articles items and multimedia products.
I created numerous training manuals and modernized a great deal of materials for national use and for 'Alternate Energy' public events throughout the United States.
Morgantown, WV, USA
Jun 2001 – Oct 2005
Jun 2001 – Oct 2005
EDUCATION
The Art Institute Of Pittsburgh
Assoc Degree in Communications
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jul 1983 – Feb 1986
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jul 1983 – Feb 1986
Mapletown Jr/Sr High School
Diploma
Mapletown, PA, USA
Sep 1977 – Jun 1983
Mapletown, PA, USA
Sep 1977 – Jun 1983
NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS/JOBS
Greene Country Visitor Center Mural
I designed and painted a mural commemorating area coal miners for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, currently on display at I-79 Rest Area and Memorial Park at the Kirby exit off of Northbound I-79 in South West Pennsylvania.
I designed and painted a mural commemorating area coal miners for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, currently on display at I-79 Rest Area and Memorial Park at the Kirby exit off of Northbound I-79 in South West Pennsylvania.
KDKA News
Courtroom Artist for KDKA News Pittsburgh, PA. I had draw images of people in the court for high profile cases in the Pittsburgh area.
Courtroom Artist for KDKA News Pittsburgh, PA. I had draw images of people in the court for high profile cases in the Pittsburgh area.
International Design Conference
Honorable mention for design of poster for the International Design Conference in Aspen CO.
Honorable mention for design of poster for the International Design Conference in Aspen CO.
ADDITIONAL SKILLSETS
Italian (Language)
Musician
Amateur Historian
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InCopy, Adobe
InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
3d digital animation
Art process management software, Robohead, Basecamp
Apogee Prepress Imposition
Fiery Prepress and Imposition
Canon C6000 Digital Press