
ABOUT ME
I am a media specialist currently pursuing a UX/UI certification to advance my career in the field. I've specialized in corporate branding, graphics, web and social media production, film and video editing. I am up for a creative challenge any day of the week!!
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I am a true believer that "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life!"
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I spend most of my free time with my family and friends getting into new and exciting misadventures.
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EXPERIENCE
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Digital Media Production Specialist
Middlesex Community College – 2016 to present
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Educational/Teacher Assistant to faculty in department.
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Provide tutoring services to students.
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Create marketing brand and educational collateral for the department.
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Manage Social media integration and website for the Center for New Media Department.
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Assist faculty with inside/outside school production projects, such as tutorial videos, state/court videos, motion graphics, illustrative graphics for training purposes, comedy spoofs for school productions, and intros/outros for news segments, and other variety shows.
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Certify students on camera equipment available for loan purposes.
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Setup and breakdown studio and equipment for audio/video production recording.
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Supervise loan pool equipment for students.
Creative Design & Marketing
Fox Laminating – 2016 to present
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Concept and creative media/digital/print design.
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Design for in-house & company’s clients branding and marketing purposes.
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Produce countless of photo-manipulations, logos, layouts, few e-blasts and gif web-ads.
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Head of marketing campaigns (print mailings & digital e-blasts) from inception to end result.
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Design and maintain company's web site.
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Manage social media platforms.
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Retail Sales Consultant
AT&T Mobility – 2015 to 2016
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Provide customer service with their telecommunication needs (wireless, smart phones, tablets and smart home solutions).
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Meet sales goal/quota on a monthly basis.
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Certified as an Apple Master in iPhone technology.
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Retail Account Executive
AT&T Mobility – 2007 to 2011
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Managed between 14 to 20 retail kiosks/stores for the Wireless & Wired, Indirect Channel in surrounding counties.
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Executed training sessions, side-by-side selling, new product demos, launches, plans and features.
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Maintained morale and strengthened business relationships within the corresponding territory.
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Created approved sales & marketing pieces, literature, brochures and flyers for special promotional events.
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Set-up table events for the holiday sales to promote AT&T Mobility products, sales & services.
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Concept Designer / Marketing & Promotion Specialist
Printing Department – 2002 to 2004
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Conceptual Graphic Designer / Marketing & Promotional Specialist
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Met with clients to assess their marketing, printing & promotional merchandise needs.
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Created conceptual designs for all marketing and promotional pieces for in-house and outside accounts.
Branding & Concept Designer/Presentation Specialist
Universal Graphics – 1997 to 2002
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Created and concept-designed a global corporate brand identity for a Bayer pharmaceutical prescription drug, which is FDA-approved and used to represent: Avelox, moxifloxacin HCI.
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Met with clients, concept creation & branding, layout design, packaging design, composition, and proofs.
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Coordinated and organized programs that implemented a better workflow and performance for the company.
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Multi-tasked quoting, prepress, print production, fulfillment and shipping distribution.
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Responsible for multiple accounts simultaneously.
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TECHNICAL SKILLS
Mac & PC proficient in:
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Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
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InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Light Room, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Animate, etc.
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Microsoft Office
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Publisher, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
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Web & Code
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WordPress, WIX, DreamWeaver, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap.
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EDUCATION
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BACHELOR'S DEGREE
Graphic & Media Arts & Web Design: 3.98 gpa
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Southern New Hampshire University – 2016 to 2018
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GENERAL STUDIES
Concentration in Communications: 4.00 gpa
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Charter Oak State College – 2015 to 2016
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ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE
Multimedia & Graphics: 3.86 gpa
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Middlesex Community College – 2012 to 2015
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ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE
Visual Communications 3.96 gpa
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Gibbs Technical College – 2001 to 2003
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PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS
HOW Design Conference – 2001
San Francisco, CA
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Scripting the Branded Experience, Retail Trends and Forecasting
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Blurring the Lines Between Design and Illustration
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Building a Business Case for Design
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Inspiration, Theme and Concept in New Media Design
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Change and Creativity in a Corporate Culture
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Presentation Skills
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References upon request.
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