Experience
Sr. Graphic Designer
Delaware North
Buffalo, NY
May 2018 – Present
Spearhead corporate projects across all of Delaware North’s subsidiaries (Parks, Travel, Gaming, Sportservice, Patina Restaurant Group) including support with branding, signage and wall/window graphics, digital marketing, and HR. As a lead designer for business development, I also work with key stakeholders in the organization to create proposals and presentation materials to pitch and acquire new properties for Delaware North’s international hospitality portfolio.
Associate Art Director
FourthIdea
Buffalo, NY
Aug 2013 – Apr 2018
Worked with a variety of clients in hospitality and travel, manufacturing and beyond, including: Delaware North, Niagara Falls USA, Visit Stockton, Caplugs, Moleskine, Westin Hotels & Resorts, and Kanjam. In this role I was also the lead designer on all internal agency projects. After being promoted to art director, I was responsible for managing a small group of designers.
Freelance Jr. Art Director
SK+G Advertising
Las Vegas, NV
May 2011 – Aug 2011
Worked on a variety of hospitality and luxury brands, including: MGM International, River City Casino and L’Auberge du Lac Hotel and Casino. I was also part of a creative team that worked on developing the agency’s internal campaign for the “Leisure Lab”. This work was primarily interactive, concluding with a new web identity.
Graphic Design Intern
Deutsch
Los Angeles, CA
Jan 2010 – Jun 2010
Worked on a variety of campaign collateral for brands such as Volkswagen, Dr Pepper, California Milk and Cici’s Pizza. Most of my time was spent with Volkswagen, working on dealership signage, email blasts, landing pages, internal promotions and refreshing a logo for their “Autobahn for All” event.
EXPERTISE
Art Direction
Branding
Packaging
Print Design
Web Design
Event Marketing
Presentation Design
Video Editing
Motion Graphics
Photo Retouching
Adobe CC
Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign
After Effects
Premier Pro
Web Tools
Sketch
InVision
Wordpress
MailChimp
Presentation Tools
Keynote
Powerpoint
Prezi
Education
Otis College of Art and Design
BFA Communication Arts
2007 – 2010
Rochester Institute of Technology
Foundation Studies
2006 – 2007