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ABOUT

Career Overview

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My career began during my college years but I have been a creative individual for as long as I can remember.  I started working part-time in the graphic design career field as a contractor for the US Navy, while studying to earn a Bachelors of Fine Art degree from St. Mary's College of Maryland. The majority of my employment experience has been working as a Government contractor with a span of time working as a freelance designer.

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I am a motivated professional with substantial experience designing for digital, print, and learning management systems. I am inspired by projects that challenge my creativity, offer variety, and provide learning opportunities for continued technical growth.​

Skill Set and Experience

Software 

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Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Fluent in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat

  • Proficient editing and basic animation skills in Premiere

  • Novice experience with videography

  • Bridge, digital photography, and photo manipulation

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Microsoft Office

  • Extensive work with MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams

  • Beginner experience with Excel documents

  • End-user experience with SharePoint

 

Computer-Based Training – Learning Management Systems

  • SAP Litmos

  • Articulate Rise

  • Prior experience with Adobe Flash

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Other Project Collaboration and Task Management

  • Slack workspace 

  • End user experience with Azure DevOps

 

Projects

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  • Web, kiosk, and social media graphics

  • AI generated illustrations (Google Gemini, Chat GPT)

  • AI assisted data aggregation/organization and writing 

  • Social media historical research, scheduling, and design planning
  • Digital photography, photo manipulation, and image enhancements

  • Advertisement designs for magazines and newspapers

  • Layout design, content updates, and graphic enhancement of digital and printed training materials

  • ​Executive level PowerPoint templates, chart creation and data visualization enhancements

  • Large format and tradeshow materials: posters, brochures, flyers, slick sheets, business cards, and banners

  • Museum-quality wall displays and signage and vendor coordination

  • Formal event support and organization/planning assistance: invitations, program designs, certificates, acrylic and certificate award design, posters, and directional signage

  • Branding, emblem and logo designs

  • Novice videography and video editing for training products

  • Acrobat form development

  • Minor writing assignments

  • Document editing and formatting

  • Previous experience in website design and maintenance 

  • Prior darkroom experience

  • Marketing, strategic and public relations support

  • Wall-sized painted murals and scenes

  • Creative illustrations

Downtime

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Returning to my fine art roots has expanded my creative interests and motivated me to continue learning new fine art and graphic design techniques. Pen and ink drawings, acrylic paintings, gouache, watercolor, colored pencil, and digital photography projects are essential outlets that provide inspiration to my digital design work.

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When I'm not starting a new art project, I enjoy waking up early to read devotionals, spending time with my husband, chatting with our adult children, and volunteering at church, as well as getting together with friends, cooking/baking, gardening, sailing, reading, traveling, and hiking. 

 

Walking our dogs, Bella and Lucy is a favorite daily pastime and I appreciate that they allow me to spend time on their couch with them.

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