Ongoing:Eagle’s Flight , Creative Training Excellence
-Support
Facilitation for an Internationally known training organization
•Group facilitation, public speaking and
business coaching for corporate clients throughout the U.S. Visit www.eaglesflight.comfor more information
February 2002 – January 2006:Atlantic Furniture, Inc., Springfield, MA
- Marketing
Director, Store Manager
•Graphic Design, creative development
and copy writing for catalogs, local and national advertising, direct mail,
marketing materials and web
•Commercial photography, set design and
artistic direction for a 25 page furniture catalog
•Planning and execution for 600-1100 ft2
showrooms at High Point, NC; Las Vegas, NV; Tupelo, MS; Fitchburg, MA and
Edison, NJ furniture markets
•Management of a 1200 ft2 retail
furniture store with multiple vendors. Duties including retail sales,
advertising, purchasing, merchandising and accounting
•Contract graphic design and marketing
September 2002 - Present:The Montague Reporter, Turners Falls, MA
- Design Editor,
Photo Editor
•Graphic Design and page layout for a
12-20 page weekly newspaper
•Advertising design
•Brand development and marketing
•Continued layout of the monthly Poetry
Pages
May 2000- July 2001:Yankee Candle Company, Deerfield, MA
- Graphic
Designer, Production Specialist
•Pre-press design of a wide variety of
retail signage and graphics
•Original design for local and national
advertising
•Team focused marketing strategy
development
•Goal oriented work in a multi-deadline
fast paced work environment
•Layout, copy writing and editing for
YCC’s newsletter; Notes & Quotes
professional skills and traits
•Wide
range of computer skills. Design, Word Processing, Database, Spreadsheet and
Web applications including; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat,
Quark Xpress, Macromedia Dreamweaver and FLASH MX, Excel, Word, ACT.Highly competent with Windows and MAC
platforms
•Creative
and technical visual skills including extensive graphic design experience,
interior design, construction, carpentry and furniture design
•Marketing
consultant, business and brand development
•Public
relations, customer service
•Direct
supervision and conflict resolution
•Highly
flexible, able to juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
•Well
suited to complex tasks and innovative problem solving
•Able
to work independently and within a team
•Common
sense and attention to detail
education
May 1998 - University of Massachusetts at Amherst
-Bachelor of Arts, English. Commonwealth
Scholar, Honors, Summa cum Laude
Fall 1989 – Spring 1991 - Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York
-Department
of Design and Environmental Analysis, Interior Design: Dean’s List
community commitment
•Ongoing
involvement with the ManKind Project®. MKP
is a non-religious organization that offers trainings which
support men in developing lives of integrity and accountability. I am currently
the Director of MKP for New England, an organization with over 700 members.
•Volunteer
position as the Financial Officer for MKP New England, a 501c3 Charitable
Non-Profit with a working budget of $100,000.
•Community
Educator for violence prevention; Educator/Advocate Program, Everywoman’s
Center (Rape Crisis Center for Hampshire County)
references, professional and personal:
David Detmold, Editor, The Montague Reporter(413) 863-8666
Will Flanders, Owner, ValleyLists.com(413) 625-8485
George Burch, CEO, DataLever Corp.(978) 287-4377
Mark Valone, Owner, Atlantic Furniture, Inc(413) 747-2900
Kathy Litchfield, Personal Reference, The Montague
Reporter(978) 724-0108
Jim Hammond, Personal Reference, The ManKind Project(860) 281-5109
