Associate Creative Director   January 2018 – February 2020
(promoted from) Digital Design Manager   August 2013 – January 2018 (promoted from) Online Producer   October 2010 – August 2013

Bonnier Publishing: Popular Science, SAVEUR, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life and SHOT Business magazines. Formerly including Popular Photography, American Photo, and Cycle World magazines

• Execute all marketing digital and print assets for the brands: Ad Units, Videos, Animatics, Dedicated Emails, Custom App Solutions, Print Advertorials, Events, Marketing Collateral, etc.
• Brought previously outsourced projects in-house, including 2D & 3D Animation, Broadcast Videos, Interactive Ad Units, and more.
• Redesign and update existing properties and programs to keep them fresh.

Freelance Digital Designer

Television Without Pity, NBC Universal   May 2010 – October 2010, June 2012 – April 2014

• Design engaging and snarky header graphics for this television media aggregate site.
• Animated screensavers for user use.

Insideout Sports & Entertainment LLC   September 2013 – February 2014

• Formatted and update sales decks for numerous tennis venues and sponsorship opportunities.

McGraw Hill Companies   June 2012 – January 2013

• Restructured website shells (HTML) allowing for easier customization for many McGraw Hill brands.

Bravotv.com, NBC Universal   May 2010 – October 2010

• Created clean and engaging layouts, character profile pictures (including retouching), on-air mockups, graphics, web page headers, Social Media Badges and more.
• Supplemented development team with Actionscript research and implementation.

Graphics Teaching Assistant

Pratt Institute, Manhattan Campus   June 2009

• Helped teach and lecture a Graduate web design course (HTML, Dreamweaver)

Hofstra University Fine Arts Dept.   September 2008 – May 2010

• Helped teach and lecture four New Media classes; one focusing on web design (HTML, Dreamweaver), one on interactive design (Flash) and two on motion graphics (After Effects).

Computer Laborer, Civil Servant   July 2006 – January 2009

Incorporated Village of Freeport, Freeport Electric

• Wrote and maintained a program to comply with the PSC’s mandatory Stray Voltage inspection and testing requirements.
• Integrated ArcGIS program with the utility’s existing Microsoft Access database.

Creative Lead of Geeks OUT, Flame Con Advisor  March 2015 – Present

Geeks OUT is a national non-profit the rallies promotes and empowers the queer geek community.

• On the Board of Directors; lead coordinators and volunteers of this LGBTQ national non-profit.
• Provide design direction for the non-profit including web presence, merchandise and premiums.
• Advise production of Flame Con, the largest LGBTQ Comics Convention in the world.
  • Served previously as the Convention Chair for 3 years, overseeing its largest-ever growth.

Adobe Suite   (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere)

Proficient with HTML (including HTML5 and CSS3) Markup Language 

3D-Modelling and Animation (Blender, Maya)

Fine Arts (Image creation, prototype crafting)

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access)

Keynote, Sound Studio, Garage Band

Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn)

Photo retouching

CMS proficient and adaptable to many systems

2014 Bonnier America Marketer of the Year Semifinalist

2013 Publishers Award Recipient for Bonnier Men’s Publishing

2012 MIN marketing Team of the Year

Phi Beta Kappa

Hofstra University

Degree: Graphic Design (Bachelor of Science), 3.94 GPA

Summa Cum Laude, High Honors in Fine Arts, University Honors College Graduate with Distinction, Dean’s List, Provost’s List