Provide full-service to clients, from initial brainstorming through to research, design, copywriting, editing, pre-press production, and project management. Manage daily operations including advertising and PR, web presence, social media and accounting.
Selected clients: Joslin Diabietes Center, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas,
United Way of Rhode Island, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Enel Green Power North America.

Managed all creative communications needs of organization. Created advertising and wrote press releases for relevant media. Designed and produced corporate and event collateral. Maintained content of organizational and event websites.

Designed, wrote copy, and placed ads in various media. Designed and produced fundraising campaign materials, annual reports, and corporate and event collateral.
Worked closely with freelance designers, photographers, event planners, and other vendors. Served on several organizational teams and committees.
Ensured organizational compliance to national United Way of America branding.
Conceived, wrote, and produced a training video series that is still in use today.

Produced proposals in response to RFPs and qualification packages within strict deadlines. Organized input from a wide range of contributors including in-house departments, architects, and joint venture firms.

Design and produce a smart and humorous boutique line of greeting cards and stationery items including mouse pads, luggage tags, magnets, stickers, coasters, lip balm, prints, and sticky notes. Sell products at art sales around New England including RISD Alumni Art Sales, Providence Art Festivals and others. Wholesale products to stores throughout USA and internationally in England and Cayman Islands. Maintain website and store, cultivate press and manage social media for company. Launched and promoted line at the National Stationery Show in NYC from 2009–2011. Survival By Design Cards was a contender for Best New Product in 2009 at the National Stationery Show and cards have appeared editorially in numerous publications including Stationery Trends, Greetings, Etc., Giftware News, Rhode Island Monthly, Providence Monthly, The Providence Sunday Journal and NBC 10 Philadelphia (online). Additionally, a 2011 Kickstarter campaign was a success.

Produce licensed artwork for greeting cards in Target, Wal-Mart, Safeway, and wherever Recycled Paper Greetings are sold in the USA and internationally.

Produce licensed artwork for Sellers Publishing’s RSVP Greeting card line sold nationally via RSVP.com.

Exposed to all aspects of small advertising agency including art direction, copywriting, design, traffic, and account management.

Graphic Design Certificate Classes

Musical Theatre Major