designer + tech writer | t-mobile | bellevue, wa | 05-06 Created posters packaged in the box with purchased cell phones using product photography, Photoshop, InDesign + Illustrator. Photographed phones + equipment for all print + web collateral. Wrote + edited help content + documentation for Customer + Sales to support product launches, intranets/extranets, cds, printed instructional booklets + phone help. Interviewed subject matter experts to gather information for documentation. creative director |nextune | redmond, wa | 05-05 Designed 100+ music ads, bios + web pages for online record store + website. Crafted + edited articles, press releases + marketing content. web editor + seo lead | vantek communications | eureka, ca | 00-04 Designed, maintained + edited 10+ sites and content for the telecommunications, electronics, + marketing industries. Propelled TheDigest.com to the #1 listing for the term "long distance" out of 121 million competing web pages on Google. 99% success rate increased clientele, visitors and online traffic within first 2 months of copy + search engine optimization. Chief copywriter + web editor for The Discount Long Distance Digest, an online telecommunications magazine + industry-related web sites and magazines. Assessed new standards, technologies + trends to formulate site growth strategy. project manager |aquafemina art + design | seattle, wa | 94-07 Conceptualized, illustrated, designed + produced print collateral, including brochures, business cards, invitations, product packaging, menus, postcards, newsletters, flyers + posters for 30+ businesses. Managed graphic design, web development + editorial content for 30+ businesses in the healing arts, film, arts, music, legal, financial, real estate, non-profit, restaurant + retail industries. Communicated with printing presses to create pre-press ready work within printer's limitations. Translated marketing objectives into high-impact communication through design elements + writing style. 98% success rate increased clientele, visitors + online traffic within first month of completed written copy + design. Defined project web site + graphical needs, budget + deadlines. Authored, edited + managed all web-based content. Catalysted Aquafemina.com to #1 listing on Google for 15+ relevant competitive keyword phrases, out of millions of web pages.  lead designer + editor | m.g. museum of art | eureka, ca | 99-00 Illustrated, designed, edited + copyedited museum promotional materials, including brochures, business cards, invitations, product packaging, menus, postcards, newsletters, flyers + posters. Created pre-press ready work through extensive communication with printing presses. designer + editor | kayena communications | san diego, ca | 96-99 Produced a consistent visual image on the web site including maintenance of templates + image archive files. Edited, proofread + designed magazine layout. Publications included Parenting Today's Teens, J.E.M.S. + Fire Rescue. Wrote documentation manuals on telecommunications software.

B.A., Graphic Design, Painting, Writing - Evergreen State Collge, Olympia, WA. Certification in Copyediting w/Chief Copyeditor at Random House, New York University, NY. Certification in Search Engine Optimization (Web Position Gold), Eureka, CA.