- 20+ years of visual design experience, with strong skills (layout, hierarchy, typography, color theory, patterns) and a great attention to detail
- Expert-level knowledge with design tools such as Adobe Creative Suites, including PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign; DreamWeaver; and Flash
- Experience creating new design concepts, either from scratch or by using an existing design library as a foundation, and maintaining consistent branding elements across multiple projects
- Created countless logos, business systems, brochures, fliers, postcards, advertisements, publications and websites for small- to medium-sized companies
- Experience working as the primary designer through a full product life cycle — from concept to commercial success
- Experience designing for political campaigns: direct-mail, newspaper ads, promotional items
- Ability to understand and solve multiple design problems simultaneously, on time and in-budget
- Strong interpersonal and client management/customer service skills
- Experience building and maintaining websites through SquareSpace and have a growing knowledge of HTML and CSS.
- Experienced quoting and preparing files for off-set and digital printing
- Resources: extensive font and image library, and relationships with local printers.