WORK EXPERIENCE

Print Monkey Ink

Party Explosions

2017 - Present

  • Designed compelling printed apparel, promotional goods and marketing collateral from concept to production.

  • Worked closely with sales, production, and other stakeholders to understand and meet client needs, aligning project goals with client expectations and business needs.

  • Maintained brand cohesion across all assets, designing within strict guidelines to ensure consistent visual messaging across high volume.

  • Assisted over 200 school program’s fundraising efforts by creating online merch stores using Printavo Merch, Squarespace, and BigCommerce.

  • Concepted and designed emails, social media posts, and banners to promote both in-house and fundraising client’s marketing efforts.

  • Photographed and edited products and materials for use with mock-ups, online merch sales, and marketing.

  • Pre-flight digital print files, maintaining color accuracy against job tickets, adding die or cut lines and special registration marks if needed.

  • Lead a team of junior designers and production staff to achieve high-quality work on tight deadlines while improving efficiency and reducing errors.

  • Managed orders and external partnerships with trade vendors, coordinating and tracking billing, approvals, shipping, and installation.

  • Trained team members and assisted in problem-solving on production issues, fostering a collaborative work culture and honing skills in workflow management.

  • Developed and maintained our asset management server and naming conventions, making assets easily searchable by client and type.

2015 - 2017

  • Created mock-ups, and showcase product listing graphics for multi-million dollar Amazon FBA business, reaching thousands of customers and contributing to high sales volume.

  • Shot and retouched lightbox product photography, ensuring high quality imagery and accurate color representation. Increasing customer attention and reducing return rate.

  • Developed and designed patterns for wrapping paper and craft vinyl, templates for personalized novelty products, and novelty t-shirts.

Hard Skills

  • Illustrator

  • Photoshop

  • InDesign

  • Figma

  • Framer

  • HTML/CSS

  • Jira/PM Software

  • Microsoft Office/Teams

  • Google Suite

  • Hubspot

  • Quickbooks

  • Mac & Windows

  • Key Decision Making

  • Team Management

Education

Chattahoochee Tech

  • Graphic Design

  • Front End Web Design

Professional Certificates

  • Microsoft UX/UI Design