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Highlights of Qualifications

• Skilled in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver;
  Proficient with both Mac & PC

• Creative, experienced graphic designer who breaks out
  of the box if the box doesn't work

• Strong brainstorming and concept development skills

• Experience providing effective support in a publishing, college, office, and retail setting

• Detail-oriented and accurate; Effective organizer

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; Highly professional and articulate

• Enjoys wearing multiple hats, taking on added tasks and projects, and learning new skills

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Education

The New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA 2002 - 2005
Bachelor of Science, Graphic Design (3.9 GPA)

Work Experience

Adecco Staffing Group

Tax Assistant - Bank of America – Boston, MA
2010 - 2012

• Answered incoming phone calls and relayed messages to appropriate parties, as well
  as photocopied paperwork, and typed correspondence

• Reviewed and carefully rechecked correspondence to client, to secure customer information

• Organized, counted, and sorted numerous storage boxes and tax returns into specified locations

• Precisely filed, collated, and arranged customer documents to their corresponding account numbers and placement

• Scanned, processed, and entered information into the database for processing and shipment to outside vendors

Graphic Designer - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Boston, MA
2006 - 2007

• Developed, designed, and edited various marketing pieces from concept to completion, such as posters
  and banners for trade shows as well as promotional folders, books, and sell sheets

• Communicated and worked with commercial printers, freelancers, and other external vendors

• Aided in the organization, assembly, image correction, and production of printed plates utilized to create
  manuscript for Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America

• Transferred book covers off the internal system to a local server to be resized, mounted,
  and produced by commercial printers and other vendors

Beacon Hill Staffing Group

Exam Assistant - New England School of Law– Boston, MA
2009 - 2011

• Greeted and provided students with Jenzabar numbers, necessary for exam and identification purposes;
  directed students to specified areas to determine testing location

• Frequently conveyed messages and changes to exams from the associate registrar to proctors and professors

• Distributed and collected tests and test materials, to ensure that an accurate count of items were given
  out and gathered before and after each final

Robert Half International – The Creative Group

Production Assistant - Mc|K Healthcare Advertising – Boston, MA
2008 - 2008

• Created various language panels and ensured proper organization and placement of each piece

• Performed careful mount and trim work on pieces to client’s specific needs

Graphic Designer - BlackSheep Marketing – Boston, MA
2007 - 2007

• Developed basic concept and overall final designs for various marketing and advertising pieces
  in collaboration with colleagues from the firm

• Produced edits, corrections, and redesigns to several pieces upon customer requests

Sales Associate – RadioShack – Malden, MA 2002 - 2006

• Enthusiastically welcomed and addressed customers and customer questions over the phone and in the store

• Utilized effective qualifying questions and open communication to determine customer needs

• Processed sales transactions and returns into store internal point of sales terminals