Introduction

Thanks for visiting. I’m always looking for new challenging opportunities that help me grow my knowledge of digital media and electronic communication.

Recent Work

Work History

2015 – Present

Small Business Owner

samax media, llc

Website maintenance.
Multimedia production for commercial printers.
Websites, videos, email and print marketing templates.

2006 – 2015

Multimedia Production

Corporate Communications Group

Responsible for the planning, programming, scheduling and production of personalized marketing programs combining print & web services, including p-URL’s, personalized email and web to print.
Proficient in entire cross media production process, from customer data acquisition, to data manipulation, and variable layout of print, email, and website.
Create and demonstrate virtual “fly-bys” using autoCAD.
Responsible for the creation and administration of e-commerce Web to Print accounts.
Provide customers updated plans using autoCAD.

2004 – 2006

Prepress Manager

Corporate Color

Direct supervisor of prepress staff.
Researched, acquired and deployed a soft color (monitor) color proofing system.
Implemented company transfer from film to computer-to-plate workflow with zero production downtime.
Reduced consumables by more than 13% in department.

2002 – 2004

Prepress Supervisor

Gray Graphics

Director Supervisor of prepress staff.
Led company in acquiring Level 2 Government contracts.
Integrated communications from prepress to press using CIP4 data link.

1996 – 2002

Lead Production

Millenium Studios

Strong Photoshop knowledge used in color correction and photo editing for on-the-spot shot approvals.
Standardized office workflow to paperless environment.
Use of InDesign and Quark to layout catalogs, books, brochures, and templates for variable data.

Skills

Applications and languages I use most:

Wordpress

HTML & CSS

Photoshop

Premier Pro

After Effects

Microsoft Office

Education

1998 – 2000

Howard Community College

Graphic Communications

Military

1993 – 1996

US Army

US ARMY – Honorable Discharge

2 – Army Accommodation Medals
Army Achievement Medal
Good Conduct Medal