Experience

2010-Present
Freelance Graphic Designer / Illustrator
Self-employed

2016-2023
Senior Graphic Designer
American Jewish Committee (AJC), New York, NY

  • Lead conception and execution of branding identities for major, high-visibility campaigns, events, surveys and initiatives within the organization.

  • Enhanced the organization’s image and increased traffic on social/web through quality design. Coordinated with vendors and photographers to produce best possible content.

  • Improved the skills of junior designers. Oversaw their projects and imparted best practices for various design tasks and production of digital and print materials.

  • Created archival systems and design templates for print and digital materials. Increased efficiency, enhanced the design department’s output quality, and improved its ability to recall and repurpose previous materials.

2013-2016
Graphic Artist/Desktop Publisher
ACJ Communications, Amityville, NY

  • Enhanced the faces of the publication’s three local newspapers. Illustrated front page mastheads that romanticized the town’s identifying landmark.

  • Increased the quantity of articles per publication through quality layout.

  • Created visual identities for regular columnists.

Skills

Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe InDesign / Adobe CC / MS PowerPoint / MS Excel / MS Word / Illustration / Graphic Design / Logo Design / Iconography / Infographics / Print Production / Apparel Graphics / Web Design / Animated GIFs / Project Management (PM)

Education

BFA in Communications Design
Pratt Institute, 2010
Chosen to be among the 10 percent of my class to exhibit thesis work at the annual Pratt Show

Photoshop for Web Design & UI
Noble Desktop, 2019
Two 6-hour courses

Photoshop for Animated GIFs
Noble Desktop, 2018
6-hour course