Resume

Awards
Boston Art Directors Show:
1 Distinguished Merit, 2 Merit awards for brochure and logo designs
Desi 7: 1 Merit award for brochure design

Logo Designs
Maine Hysterical Society, Kieve Ocean Term, Full Spectrum Health Center, Scarborough Downs, Unionmutual’s Term Life, Midcoast Wellbeing Center, Natural Maine Lawns, Saltbox Pottery, Wild Construction, Fine Blade Construction, Fox Creek Landscaping, Maine Youth Suicide Prevention, etc.

Design Clients
Camp Kieve, The Macula Foundation, Maine College of Art, Maine Audubon Society, Unionmutual, Maine Hysterical Society, State of Maine Department of Human Services, Camp Wohelo, Maine Hospital Association, etc.
Portfolio available upon request

Employment
1985-2011 Freelance Graphic Designer
Deb Merrill Design and Deb Hewson Design
Boston, Massachusetts; Portland and Brunswick, Maine
Graphic Design and Art Direction

2009-2011 Adjunct Instructor of Digital Art at University of Southern Maine, Gorham
Full semester class, required curriculum for art majors, using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator

1997-2010 Instructor of Continuing Studies at Maine College of Art
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Graphic Design, Brochure Design, Fabric Dyeing

2009-2011 Instructor of Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop at VTEC Education
Corporate training classes on Mac and PC computers, onsite and in the classroom

1986-87 ImageSet Design, Portland, Maine
Computer Design Art Director

1983-85 Parker Brothers Company, Beverly, Mass.
Art Director for game company

1981-82 Sabre Yachts, Casco, Maine
Yacht manufacturing company Art Director for in-house advertising and design company

1981 Nordstrom Department Store, Seattle, Washington
Production Artist for department store catalogs

1980 Castoff Magazine, Seattle, Washington
Designer and production artist for sailing magazine

Education
1980 Portland School of Art: four year BFA in Graphic Design
2010 Academy of Art University: Typography II, semester graduate class in MFA graphic design degree program
1974-76 Skidmore College: two year study in Studio Art and Art History
1985 Parsons School of Design: one month post-graduate study in Japanese Design, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Academy of Art University: Typography II, semester graduate class in MFA graphic design degree program
1983 Westbrook College: semester classes in Marketing; Management
1981 New School of Visual Concepts, Seattle: semester class in Design in Business
1980 Ivan Chermeyoff: four day design workshop
1997, 1980 International Design Conference in Aspen: one week conferences
1974 Graduated from Gould Academy, Bethel Maine