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

1985-2002 Freelance Graphic Designer
Deb Merrill Design and Deb Hewson Design
Boston, Massachusetts; Portland and Brunswick, Maine
Graphic Design and Art Direction

1997-2002 Instructor of Continuing Studies at Maine College of Art
Basic Graphic Design, Brochure Design, Fabric Dyeing, Adobe Illustrator

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
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
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