About Me
With 39 years of industry experience, I’m a highly creative and multitalented advertising and graphic design professional with an extensive background in print and digital design. I provide a range of writing and design services that include print ads, posters, brochures, trade show displays, sales sheets, case studies, direct mail, outdoor boards, logos, stationery systems, landing pages, social media ad, and emails. I’m a passionate and inventive creator of innovative marketing strategies, accustomed to working on deadline-driven assignments with an emphasis on maintaining budget requirements. Considered by my clients to be an outside extension of their internal marketing departments, I’m a dynamic team player with well-developed verbal and written communication abilities that build strong and lasting relationships.
Professional Strengths
High-quality graphic design skills: my clients are always happy with the design work I deliver.
Availability: I’m always available to take on new projects. There are plenty of hours in the day/week for me to get everything accomplished that’s on my schedule.
Speed of Delivery: I’ll deliver a project on your schedule, even same day if required.
Responsiveness: I always pick up the phone when I’m at my desk (unless I’m on another call, of course) and I always make an effort to respond to email messages within 1 hour.
Full time status: I’m not someone who is freelancing between full-time jobs or “moonlighting.” This is my job and I take my client relationships very seriously.
Easy to work with: I’m an easy-going and cooperative person who will work hard to meet your expectations.
Career Highlights
• 39 years of experience working for advertising agencies on national brands, and large corporations
• 24 years as an independent, juggling the needs of multiple clients
• Hired by corporations who considered me an outside extension of their internal marketing departments
• Serviced clients nationwide
Current Clients
Freeman
Gerber Collision & Glass
Mazarine Ventures
Protective Life
Sterling Kilgore
Vic West Brands “Grandpa Gus”
WestRock Company
West Suburban Humane Society
Previous Clients
American Association of Diabetes Educators (Chicago)
American Association of Feline Practitioners (New Jersey)
American Marketing Services (Chicago)
Chicagoland Apartment Association (Chicago)
The Claridge Hotel (Chicago)
Baron Vision Center (Decatur, IN)
BPI Group (Chicago)
Chicago Recording Company (Chicago)
CKG International (Montreal)
Furniture Rental Associates (New York)
Family Health Network (Chicago)
Harmony Health Plan (Chicago)
HAVI (Chicago)
Manilow Corporate Suites (Chicago)
O’Connor Nakos Attorneys (Chicago)
Pangborn (Atlanta)
National Student Clearinghouse (Washington, DC)
New Haven Homes (Chicago)
Peter Glenn Publications (New York)
ProScout (Scottsdale)
Unison Health Plan (Pittsburgh)
Zitella Development (Chicago)