Work Experience

Graphics Specialist, June 1997 to Present Aon Risk Services, Inc., of Oregon, Portland, Oregon
	Produce black-and-white and full-color promotional pieces, advertisements, banners, posters, booklets, presentations, insurance proposals and summaries, reports, surveys, questionnaires, forms, interactive Acrobat documents on CD-ROM. Clients include 50 insurance executives and account administrators.
	Analyze client identity systems in order to prepare special presentation materials. Tasks include researching websites and company collateral; recreating logos in Illustrator; determining color schemes and font choices; producing RFPs and other documents with a professional, custom, polished look.
	Prepare documents for Nike's Risk Management/Loss Control department, including all production work on the original Nike Environmental, Safety and Health Manual (ESH Manual).
	Freelance projects for Aon Safetylogic.com (a Web startup).

Newsletter/Website Designer (Freelance), May 2003 to Present Association for Corporate Growth, Portland Chapter, Portland, Oregon
	Design, edit and produce Briefs, the 4-color monthly newsletter (PDF) of the Portland chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.
	Maintain the Chapter website (http://www.acg.org/portland/).

Communications Manager, March 1995 to April 1997 ChiroNet, Inc., Portland, Oregon (now Complementary Healthcare Plans)
	Wrote, edited, and produced promotional materials (monthly corporate newsletter, provider bulletins, manuals, brochures, ads, articles, press releases, display boards, PowerPoint presentations); desktop publishing and pre-press work of those publications.
	Developed and maintained the corporate website.
	Researched, evaluated, purchased, installed and maintained office software and hardware. Provided staff support and training. Set up and maintained the in-house network for 20??? people.

Proofreader (Freelance), June 1993 to August 1994
	Proofread on a contract basis for the American Chemical Society books department and independent clients.

Editorial Assistant, June 1991 to August 1994 Buraff Publications Incorporated, Alexandria, Virginia (spin-off of Bureau of National Affairs)
	Co-editor of Immigration Policy & Law.
	Assistant editor of Environmental Laboratory Washington Report. Responsibilities included writing, reporting, editing, interviewing, researching, proofreading, copyediting, paste-up, indexing, photo and text scanning.
	Writer for industry, legal and policy newsletters such as Emergency Department Law, The National Report on Substance Abuse, Indoor Pollution News, Asbestos Abatement Report, and EuroWatch.
	Member of Washington Press Corps.