The Creative Group, Paramus, NJ    
Jan. 2007-present 

Presentation Specialist

National Basketball Assoc. Secaucus, NJ  January 2007 - March 2009

• Management and production of speaker presentations and templates for NBA, WNBA, D-League and all teams, leagues, owners and corporate use. Utilizing Photoshop and Illustrator, prepare original designs or collaborative designs initiated by print and broadcast to develop PowerPoint templates branding the league, the teams and the events.

NICE Systems, Rutherford, NJ – April 2009

blueDiamond Systems, Mountain Lakes, NJ - January 2010

TD Ameritrade, Jersey City, NJ - January 2010

Maxcess Managed Markets - Bridgewater, NJ - March 2010

MediMedia Education Group, Chatham, NJ    
Dec. 2006-Dec. 2010 

Art Director - print design and speaker presentations

• Collaborative environment with design studio and other art directors

• Produce original designs and production for speaker presentations, journals, newsletters, training resources for physicians, healthcare professionals, medical associations, and health care insurers

• Print and collateral material for targeted meetings and seminars for continuing medical education (CME).

• Patient education brochures, tear-sheets, and posters.

• Brochures and DTC ads for consumer health, safety, and wellness education.

Global Meetings & Incentives, Weehawken, NJ      
Jan. 2008 - Feb. 2010

Art Director – speaker presentations

• Art direction, production and on-site crew member for pharmaceutical Investigator meeting producer (client: Forrest Labs, Inc).

• Design and produced all speaker presentations; prepared meeting template, assembled show files and monitored production of print materials, on-site crew member.

The Hobart Group, Gladstone, NJ    
June 2007 - Sept. 2009

Art Director - print design, speaker presentations; freelance

• Art direction, design and production of DTC print materials (POP, sales aids, posters, meeting collateral) and Advisory Board meeting presentation slide decks.

Roche Pharmaceutical, Nutley, NJ    
Dec. 2005 - Sept. 2006

Presentation specialist, meeting coordinator and department manager

• Department manager (10 ppl) for speaker presentations and meetings (corporate, Investigator, Advisory Board, etc). Original designs were developed for meetings in collaboration with corporate agency of record to promote products and train sales force.
• Managed approximately 35 meetings per year. Speakers included CEO, VPs and Directors. Coordinated the production of all meeting presentations, format speaker presentations, manage the review/change cycle, and prepare the show files. Responsible for assigning production crews and associated budgets.

Media Masters, Inc., Morristown, NJ
1992-2005

Creative Director, production artist

• Creative direction, design and production of patient education materials, sales training programs, consumer health and safety education brochures, tear sheets, posters, pharmaceutical marketing programs, corporate meetings, and physician slide lecture kits
• Assembled and directed a team of designers to prepare sales detail brochures, DTC print material, presentation templates and CME educational materials.
• Developed and produced original designs, themes and logos for use in collateral material (DTP) and speaker presentations for Advisory Board and Investigator meetings (domestic and international)
• Clients included Novartis, Parke-Davis, Pfizer, Warner-Lambert, Bristol-Meyers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline
• Designed and directed the production of registration web sites, maintained meeting/attendee data base for Advisory Board and Investigator meetings.

Technical 

Extensive knowledge and proficiency on Mac and PC platforms;

• Windows XP Professional (PowerPoint, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Access, Excel, and Microsoft Office Suite), 12 years experience.
• MacIntosh OSX v.10.5.1 (Quark, InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Office for Mac, Photoshop, PowerPoint), over 18 years experience.

Awards

Outstanding Achievement Award - Presented by the Association for Multi-Image International: title - “Serving Our Future” produced for Merck, Sharp & Dohme by Maritz Communication

Project of the Year Award - Presented by Maritz Communication; product launch meeting for Merck Sharp & Dohme

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