Well, you can call me either Charles or Charlie, either works and I have over 20 years of experience and a successful track record in graphic and web design using Adobe’s Creative Suite in positions with increasing responsibilities and achievements in both the small business and corporate environments. Proven creative, marketing, and technical skills to effectively and efficiently see projects from concept to completion. Creative, innovative, and original with a positive attitude. Hard-working, works well under pressure, a great team player. My background in customer service, management, and as a team leader working with tight deadlines, gives me the confidence to achieve maximum results and success on all projects.
Partnering closely with cross-functional teams, I have the ability to relate, on many levels, with management, peers, and consumers. See my recommendations.
I am looking to implement my strengths in a graphic designer position where my energy, knowledge of design, media, web, and organizational skills can be fulfilled working cross-functionally with fellow creative professionals who are not afraid to color outside the lines and always seeks out new ideas and opportunities.
My combination of graphic, multi-media, web design skills, ability to learn quickly, determination to succeed, great sense of humor, ability to relate to people and achieve a common goal, lends a unique insight that can be an asset to your business.
My many years has given me extensive knowledge in print, product, web design, multimedia, and illustration. I have overseen the creation of direct mail, corporate identity, packaging, print collateral, tradeshow booths, and support collateral, company logos, labels, flyers, pre-production, production, full-color printing, catalog,digital editing, animation, and video production/editing. You will find that I have considerable experience wielding Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Adobe XD (UI/UX design), Premier, Adobe Spark, and the rest of Adobe’s Creative Suite applications, MS Office (Powerpoint, Excel, Word), Canva, and Google Apps (drive, docs, sheets, slides, forms, etc.). I am also proficient with digital editing, animation, and videography.
I have many years of experience with brand awareness and being able to innovatively pull ‘it’ all together for a more cohesive “branded” look with print, web and other formats, such as video and photography. Creative, innovative and original with a positive attitude. Hard working, works well under pressure, a great team player. Having a background in customer service, management, and as a team leader working with tight deadlines, gives the confidence to achieve maximum results and success on all projects.
For 10 years I worked as a Senior Corporate Designer for a large direct-mail company in Central Massachusetts that specializes in servicing the needs of small business owners. That decade allowed me to understand and learn what a small business owner needs to succeed and grow. I am proud to say I put myself through college while working for my father, who continues to run his own business.
I am a creative person with a deep understanding of design, animation, printing, and technology. With a solid history in corporate identity, packaging, print collateral, logo design, advertising, annual reports, production, and retail and catalog design, I am dedicated to applying my vision, technology, and resources to meet the design objectives of my customers and produce consistently high-quality products.
Video and photography is another one of my skills - from taking the footage/photos, editing and enhancing them to best convey the message for each project. I have also created How-To-Videos, print collateral, and trade show graphics.
I am also familiar developing email and advertising campaigns that focus on new product releases, press releases and promotional communications that run with social media outlets, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, to name a few. By concentrating on Relationship Building instead of selling, you can steadily reap the rewards from the professional growth of your business!