Moran Designs

Introduction: The following are my credentials: * Owner and operator of a graphic design and communications consulting business for a variety of clientele in and around Pittsburgh * Technology skills: Microsoft Office Suite, QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) * Directed media campaigns, interfaced with media, including newspapers, publications, radio, and TV * Appeared on Pittsburgh's WQED TV, radio and spots on Pittsburgh's Today show in addition to Moon Township cable TV * Senior leader of the creative team for a $75M global IT consulting firm; responsibilities included design and production of internal and outsourced marketing materials and fulfillment of project requests from executive, sales and delivery clients. * Managed a team of 10 in the writing, design, production, and quality control of all print and electronic collateral for a group of IT consulting niche companies operating under an organization totaling $500M in sales * Worked closely with CEOs across multiple international offices to develop specific marketing and communications strategies and coordinate the production of corporate identity packages, branding campaigns, websites, information portals, advertisements, brochures, flyers, folders, direct mail campaigns, press releases, presentations, 3-D designs, proposals and business plan templates * Manager of 8 prepress technicians, coordinated scheduling of all prepress projects, and served as liaison between clients and the in-house printing staff; instituted several new quality control and cost-saving initiatives, including streamlining prepress workflows, expansion of departmental interaction, launching an in-house design service, and introduction of an electronic file transport process