Adobe CS Experience:
I am proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite 4 programs: InDesign, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator. I am also highly experienced in the Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Below are some examples of my work using Adobe products.InDesign Experience:
I have designed 13 issues of the Narragansett Bay Journal for both online and print editions using InDesign. Because many of the articles were contributed by partner organizations, each article was designed as a stand-alone piece as well as incorporated into the full Issue using partial page breaks and "continued on page..." Each issue was emailed to subscribers using Constant Contact. The newsletter emails I designed contained a brief description and photo for each article and a link to the full article.
My favorite article I wrote was a piece titled "Urban Nature in Art" in which I showcased several local artists who use trash and found materials in their artwork to express the encroachment of modern technology in our natural environments. "
Some
artists see the natural world as their canvas, creating a statement about societal
issues using natural elements such as driftwood, stones and plants. Others make
statements about the natural world using man-made elements such as plastics,
metals and found debris." (excerpt from the article)
For a complete list of articles I contributed to the Narragansett Bay Journal, please visit my publications page.
Please visit my Event Outreach page and Outreach for ANEP page for some examples of other communication products I have created.
Illustrator Experience:
In Rhode Island, summers are spent going to the beach and enjoying our public spaces. Unfortunately, many people living in the impoverished communities in areas such as Providence, Woonsocket and Central Falls, beach days are not so common. One reason could be lack of transportation, another, lack of money to pay the parking and beach-going fees.
In 1989, the Governor inaugurated the annual Bay Day celebration in which every state beach would be free and open to the public. Several beaches have taken the celebration one step further and host an event with food, music and activities for the public.In 2013, the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program designed an urban Bay Day event at India Point in Providence. We had live music, food and several environmental organizations had tables and booths with activities for children and adults. We wanted this event to stand out from the rest, so we created a logo that would speak to the whole event and celebrate Rhode Island's heritage. I used Adobe Illustrator to design the logo and promotional materials.
Photoshop Experience:
It is difficult to do any graphic design work without using Photoshop at all. Retouching and resizing images is best accomplished in Photoshop. Having said that, there is little I can present that does not include my Photoshop capabilities. I am working on designing a logo for the Center For Ecosystem Restoration and will update this page with the final product. Which brings me to my web design experience.Dreamweaver and Web Design Experience:
The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program website was designed by working closely with a local web developer. Together we designed the new website so I could maintain and update it using Dreamweaver. While in the initial stages of design, I looked into several different web design software, including WordPress, Squarespace and Google Blogger (which this website is designed through). I later reviewed Wix and found that program very easy to work with.I designed the Environmental Status and Trends of the Narragansett Bay Region using Squarespace, and am currently working on redesigning the Center for Ecosystem Restoration website using the latest version.
If you would like to see more work in specific areas, please do not hesitate to contact me.
