Creative and vesatile Computer Graphic Designer skilled in Graphic Design, Illustration, Digital Photography, Web Design, HTML, and Video Editing.
Adobe Creative Suites, PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Acrobat, Outlook, QuarkXpress, and Corel Draw. Familiar with Adobe Premiere, HTML, Poser 3-D, Corel Painter, Bryce 3D, and Imovie.
General Builiding Maintenance/Contractor– October 2019 to Present
DHG Associates, Nashua, NH
- Maintain current apartments to habitable status
- Repair problem areas
- Preventative maintenance on all rental properties
Accessibility Lead/Specialist– June 2020 to Present
National Disablity Institute, Waltham, MA
- Review documents to see if they are section 508 and WCAG 2.0 Compatible.
- Perform remediation on documents to acheive section 508 and wcag 2.0 status.
- Use screen reading software to ensure accessibility of documents.
Freelance Graphic Designer – October 2019 to Present
Jayson Gleneck Graphic Design, Waltham, MA
- Created original designed theme menus for client.
- Using clients original artwork, layed out 8-1/2" x 11" booklet with Adobe Indesign.
- Photograph original artwork, print production of cards, prints and brochures for clients advertising.
Accessibility Specialist / Analyst – March 2019 to September 2019
Aquent Vitamin T, Boston, MA. (Contractor)
- Acted as the accessibility point person for multiple project teams and provided accessibility requirements, acceptance criteria, and testable criteria for designers and developers.
- Reviewed and conducted assessments of Web UX and mobile applications by executing user acceptance tests following WCAG 2.0 guidelines and accessibility best practices on multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, mobile iOS and Android.
- Tested UX using various accessibility tools and screen readers, including WAVE Evaluation Tool, Deque aXe, NVDA, WebAIM Contrast Checker, iOS VoiceOver and Android Talkback.
Freelance Graphic Designer – July 2018 to February 2019
Jayson Gleneck Graphic Design, Waltham, MA
- Developed and designed original solutions with visual impact using a range of mediums.
- Manipulate, rescale and crop images using Adobe Creative Suites to support layouts, designs and websites.
- Photographed original artworks, print production of cards, prints and brochures for clients advertising.
Web Designer / Information Technology Specialist -- April 2008 to June 2019
National Disability Institute, Inc., Washington, DC
- Content Manager for US Department of Labor's WorkforceGPS websites, Disabiilty and Employment CoP, and Disability Employment Initiative Collection. (https://disability.workforcegps.org/), (https://dei.workforcegps.org/)
- Website design, graphics, management, and support.
- Design and support of all aspects of the Disability Employment Initiative technical assistance project website (http://www.dei-ideas.org/).
- Serve as a accessibility subject matter expert in Design, Illustration, Photography, Video, and Web Design.
- Used Graphic Design programs to create fact sheets, brochures, and other graphic related content when needed.
- Convert documents into accessible format, as per the American’s with Disabilities Act, Section 508 compliant web pages.
- Convert Webex Archived Presentations into .mp4 Youtube Videos for easy vieweing.
- Add new trainings and webinars to the DEI-ideas.org website as needed.
- Convert Resources of the week to .html format for easy web viewing.
- Used Google Analytics and data from an Admin Portal to produce current and historical statistics.
Graphic Design – July 2007 to January 2008
Bradford & Bigelow, Newburyport, MA.
- Created Official voting Ballots for the state of Massachussetts.
Graphic Design – November 2005 to June 2008
Trakus, Inc., Everett, MA.
- Using Graphic Design skills to build web/tv graphics. Create virtual animations based upon real time data acquisition.
- Designed animated graphics for TV, Print collateral, Conference Displays, Labels, etc.
Graphic Design / Illustration / Advertising - October 2001 to October 2006
The Creative Group, Lexington, MA
- Worked on-site at a local cable company converting old web pages to new ones for the internal call-center web site.
- Worked on-site at an environmental survey company, designing preliminary maps, books, and presentations.
- Worked on-site creating Illustrations and manipulating existing artwork for grade school standardized testing.
- Worked on-site Creating 4-color ads, both "Inserts" and "Direct Mail" for local newspapers.
Web page redesign - October 2001- November 2001
Diane Hayden, Lyndeborough, NH
- Web page needed to be updated and freshened up because of increased business.
- Digital photographs taken of live Lizards and implemented on the web site.
Graphic Design / Illustrator - September 1999 - June 2001
Trakus, Inc., Medford, MA
- Created all print design, which includes Business Cards, Letterheads, Envelopes, Shipping Labels, and Folders.
- Designed and produced posters, flyers, banners, and brochures for advertising.
- Created signage for office space (doors) as well as Trakus vehicles to Massachusetts D.O.T. specs.
- Prepared Pre-press work for printed material being outsourced.
- Assembled promotional advertising for new hires via Movie theatres, Newspaper ads, and Magazine ads.
- Prepared graphics for display on Jumbotron, and Broadcast TV.
- Maintained graphical summary sheets of actual sports data collected (DSI player Stats).
- Improved cusom labels for everything from VideoTapes to computer rack systems and mobile equipment.
- Used Digital photography to catalog employees, and to visually capture the process of making our custom chip equipment(Player patch).
- Created web pages, buttons, animations, and designs for Demo's og company's products ability, including the Hockey, Golf, and Motor Sports pages.
- Developed 3-D graphics for presentations and logos for the Trakus website.
- Maintained graphics library of illustrations and samples.
- Implemented product design labels for finished product, incorporating FCC ID codes to FCC standards.
- Designed T-shirts for Trakus advertising of specific sports, as well as embroidered shirts for workers and investors.
- Helped create a "how to" video on Trakus Player Patch Encapsulation.
- Managed multiple projects complying with sports teams deadlines.
- Worked as a team player on many projects that were going on in the company.
- Advised managers on purchases of specific graphics packages which would increase workflow and efficiency.
Web Production Artist - May 1999 - June 1999
Primix Solutions, Watertown, MA
- Created, enhanced, and implemented graphics and Gif animations for clients web pages.
Graphic Design / Illustrator - September 1998 - April 1999
Mainspring Communications, Cambridge, MA
- Collaborated with Research and Development team to create charts and graphs for both print and web graphics.
- Collaborated with Senior Graphic Design team to create new style of graphic design elements including aniamtions for the web.
Computer Graphic Designer - September 1994 - September 1998
Newpro Designs, Norwood, MA
- Designed and illustrated fashion and juvenile jewelry for clients such as Disney, QVC, and Macy's.
- Designed and produced flyers, brochures, and presentations.
- Managed multiple projects complying with client deadlines.
Graphic Design Instructor - February 1994 - August 1994
Computer Processing Institute, Cambridge, MA
- Taught graphic design concepts and IBM software packages including QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Pagemaker.
Tufts University Television(TUTV), Medford, MA 1994
Tufts University, Medford, MA 1994
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1992
Teachers Assistant - 1989 - 1992 & 1994
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Taught basic skills for the Amiga and Macintosh computers.
- Software instruction for the following programs:
- Drawing(DeluxePaint IV & Digi-Paint III)
- Multimedia(Macromedia Director & Adobe Premiere)
- Animation(Sculpt Animate 3-D & Imagine 2.0)