Geoffrey Ogonosky
Design & Creative Solutions

7 Dartmouth Street
Arlington, MA 02474

Email 	geoff@3rdmoon.net
Web 	http://geoff.3rdmoon.net


EXPERIENCE

March 2001 to July 2010
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) · Boston, Massachusetts
Art Director/Designer

    * Provided art direction, design, training, mentoring and the establishment of best practices as the lead designer within a six-person in-house creative team
    * Developed extensive successful new business pitches including CBRE’s winning pitch for the exclusive representation for Boston’s $1 billion Fan Pier redevelopment project
    * Worked for major clients including: State Street Corporation, Verizon, Fresenius Medical Care and Citizens Bank
    * Directly responsible for the creation of promotional and branding materials for numerous commercial real estate properties nationally and throughout Greater Boston
    * Recipient of CBRE’s Innovator of the Year Award and received extensive recognition including several pieces selected for inclusion in CBRE’s international marketing library of “Best in Class Design”
    * Products designed from concept to completion include: annual & quarterly reports, brochures, logos/branding, information graphics, property websites, offering memoranda books, presentation books, on-screen presentations (Acrobat & PowerPoint), pocket folders, print advertising, property & environmental signage, direct mail, newsletters, event graphics and HTML emails


April 2000 to February 2001
Community Newspaper Company · Needham, Massachusetts
Graphic Designer, Promotions

    * Products designed from concept to completion include: page layout for newspapers and magazines, collateral design for new publication launches, product brochures, direct mail, billboards, rates packages, online banner and splash page advertising, publication cover pages and conceptual ads for current and potential advertisers
    * Received award for Best in Circulation Class for the design of various promotional materials for the launch of The Milford Daily News: Daily News Sunday from the International Newspaper Marketing Association (INMA)


January 1998 to April 2000
Community Newspaper Company · Concord, Massachusetts
Graphic Designer, Shift Supervisor

    * Supervised the graphic design team responsible for print and online advertising within the Greater Boston Northeast community newspapers
    * Products designed from concept to completion include: newspaper advertising, cover pages for in-paper sections, information graphics and online banner advertising
    * Additional responsibilities included scanning and color correction, electronic illustration, project management, technical support and training new personnel


July 1997 to January 1998
US Direct, Inc. · Beverly, Massachusetts
Web Graphic Designer

    * Designed, developed and maintained several high-traffic web sites
    * Worked directly with major clients including ABC Monday Night Football, CART Auto Racing, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and Best Power UPS, completing a wide variety of graphic design services for all clients


EDUCATION

September 1995 to June 1997
Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Imaging Arts & Sciences

September 1990 to June 1994
Minuteman Regional High School, School of Applied Arts & Sciences


SKILLS

    * Print & Web Site Design
    * Photography & Color Correction
    * Page Layout & Typography
    * Advertising & Marketing
    * Production & Workflow
    * Training & Technical Support


SOFTWARE

    * Adobe Acrobat
    * Adobe Bridge
    * Adobe Dreamweaver
    * Adobe Fireworks
    * Adobe Illustrator
    * Adobe ImageReady
    * Adobe InDesign
    * Adobe Photoshop
    * Microsoft Word
    * Microsoft Excel
    * Microsoft PowerPoint
    * QuarkXPress

    * HTML, XHTML & CSS

    * Equally comfortable in Macintosh & Windows operating systems.