Well, you can call me either Charles or Charlie, either works, and I have over 20+ years of experience with 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. Imaginative, 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 can relate, on many levels, with management, peers, and consumers. See my recommendations.

My Mission:

I am looking to utilize my strengths in a graphic designer position where my energy, knowledge of design, media, web, and organizational skills can be fully utilized working cross-functionally with fellow creative professionals who are not afraid to think outside the lines and always seek 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 have 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, 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 me 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 are 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 with 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!

Team Work, Problem Solving, Communication, Self-Starter, Speed/Accuracy, Web Graphics, Web Design, Social Media Optimization

Graphic Design/Print/Web/Multimedia; Marketing

Software Mac & PC • Adobe Creative Cloud - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Adobe XD (UI/UX design), Premiere, Adobe Spark, After Effects; I have also worked with CRMs, QuarkXpress, Final Cut Pro, MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word); Proficiency in Microsoft; FIGMA Teams Mac/PC Troubleshooting

Design • Direct Mail, Corporate Identity, Packaging, Print, Logo, Advertising, Labels, Pre-Production, Full Color, Catalog, Web Graphics, Animation, Video, and Photo - Shoots & Correction; Illustration, Painting

Web • WordPress, Elementor, Dreamweaver, CSS, HTML, Javascript, Drupal, Layout, Banners, Graphics