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Hi, I'm Stephanie! 🙂 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 I'm a Graphic, Web, and Print Designer with over fifteen years of experience in book and magazine layout and editing. I've worked regularly for seven years with the US Department of State to produce more than 300 issues of a weekly newsletter serving thousands of employees. I consistently produce the highest level of professional and creative work, always on time and under budget. I am a skilled WordPress designer with copious experience in Elementor and the latest plugins. Pitch Decks are also in my wheelhouse, and I can happily sign an NDA when required. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬: Luxury Goods 👜 • Pet Care 🐶 • Food 🥗 • Beverage 🍷 • Clothing 👗 • Beauty/Wellness 💄 • Fitness ⚽️ • Business 💼 • Healthcare 🩺 • Government 🗽 • Education 🎓 • Science & Tech 🔬 • Seasonal Holiday 🎃 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 As a photographer, I have over 2 decades of experience and hold a Master Photographer, Master Craftsman, and Master Artist degree (M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., CPP) from Professional Photographers of America. I am a CPP (Certified Professional Photographer) and an 11-time Photographer of the Year Medalist. My studio work is mainly portrait and animals, however, I have an extensive travel and nature portfolio as well. My portfolio is readily available online. 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒: Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship Marketing (MBA) • Master Photographic Craftsman (M.Photog.Cr.) • Master Artist (M.Artist) • Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) • LinkedIn Proficiency Tested in InDesign • LinkedIn Proficiency Tested in Photoshop Expert designer • Proficient in Spanish & Italian • 15+ years in graphic design • Experienced WordPress designer 𝐒𝐎𝐅𝐓𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐄: Adobe InDesign ★★★★★ • Adobe Photoshop ★★★★★ • Adobe Lightroom ★★★★★ • Adobe Illustrator ★★★★☆ • Adobe Xd ★★★★☆ • Adobe Dimension ★★★☆☆ • Adobe Fresco ★★☆☆☆ Figma ★★★★★ WordPress ★★★★★ • Elementor ★★★★★ MS Powerpoint ★★★★★ 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄𝐒: Logo Development & Brand Extension ✶ Brand Guides ✶ Packaging Design ✶ Conference Design ✶ Book & Magazine Layout ✶ Wordpress / Elementor Website Development ✶ Pitch Decks ✶ Infographics ✶ Custom Illustration ✶ Social Media Graphics ✶ Commercial Photography ✶ Personal Branding ✶ Copywriting for Web ✶ Compositing ✶ Retouching ✶ Brand Consulting ✶ Lighting / Shoot Planning ✶ Document Troubleshooting and "Making it Work" I look forward to working with you on your next project!

I am a top-rated freelance children's book illustrator and designer of 9+ years, with a 100% job success score on Upwork. I've worked with 200+ different clients big and small, including Netflix, Canon, Hornet, Walmart and Tribeca Studios. I also enjoy working with tech startups, indie artists, book authors, and regular individuals! 🎨 Expertise in commercial illustration and self-publishing children's books / picture books. ✍️ What makes me different from other illustrators? ▪️Professionally trained in digital and print illustrations and color ▪️Self-publishing book expert (KDP, Ingramspark, Lulu, etc) ▪️Quick turnaround while producing high-quality work ▪️Typography, book layout and self-publishing troubleshooting skills ▪️Fluid and collaborative communicator with years of client experience ▪️If you have an art style reference, I can create something original inspired by it ▪️Love for storytelling- I care about what you have to say and pour my heart into every project! ▪️Experience in art direction and branding, keeping your work visually consistent and powerful ▪️Ability to render A to Z styles and mediums, from traditional fine art to cartoons to digital murals

B2B SaaS product designer with a background in enterprise, education, and data-heavy platforms, and four years selling enterprise software to C-suite and executive-level buyers before moving into design. I translate business priorities into product decisions and build design systems that hold up under real developer handoff. I've shipped inside a nationwide K-12 platform used by millions of students (Edmentum), rebuilt the UI for a data-heavy dealership SaaS platform (Strategic DX Technologies), and I'm currently the lead product designer for a global network of boutique law firms (INBLF). Smaller wins add up too: I cut lead-qualification time ~75% for a B2B supplier with a chatbot redesign, and tripled online orders for a small business through a conversion-focused rebuild. How I can help: UX/UI Design & Prototyping, clean, user-friendly interfaces in Figma, built to hold up under real developer handoff Design Systems & Design Tokens, scalable, tokenized systems (primitive + semantic layers) that speed up dev collaboration Enterprise UX & Complex Workflows, dashboards, multi-tier account structures, and data-heavy interfaces built for real business processes Conversion-Focused Design, my sales background means I design for the metrics that matters, not just the mockup If you need a designer who can translate VP-level priorities into shipped product, let's talk.

👋 Hi, I’m Chris! I'm a Senior Web Developer & Designer with 10+ years of experience building websites that work the way they're supposed to - on every device, for every user. Most of what I do is either building something from scratch or stepping into an existing site and making it better: cleaner code, better performance, more consistent design. I've worked across government, nonprofit, and enterprise - so I'm used to real constraints, real stakeholders, and real deadlines. 🌐 Recent Websites Launched ACS Media Kit — WordPress ACS — Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) / HTML / CSS NWF — HTML / CSS AMSA Creative — WordPress ChrisBrooksCodes — Hugo ⚙️ What I’m Great At 🔹 Design & Development • WordPress, Drupal, Adobe Experience Manager • Static site frameworks (Hugo, Jekyll) • HTML / HTML5 • CSS / CSS3 / SASS • JavaScript / jQuery • Responsive, mobile-first design • Cross-browser compatibility • 508 / accessibility compliance 🔹 Workflow, DevOps & QA • Git-based version control • Build tools (Gulp / Grunt) • Deployment and DevOps support • Performance optimization and debugging • Structured QA with AI-assisted analysis and manual validation • Jira-based collaboration and delivery 🔹 Design Capabilities • High-fidelity mockups and wireframes • Design systems and style guides • UX/UI collaboration with developers and stakeholders • Tools: Sketch, InVision, Zeplin 🚀 Why Clients Choose Me ✅ 10+ years of hands-on experience across government, nonprofit, and enterprise ✅ AI-assisted workflows that reduce turnaround time and overall cost ✅ Developer and designer — fewer handoffs, better results ✅ Former CTO mindset with a strong focus on service and over-delivery ✅ Highly available (typically 9am–3am EST) ✅ Preference for fixed-scope contracts to avoid unnecessary hourly costs ✅ Focused on long-term partnerships, not one-off work 🤝 Previous Clients • Navy Federal Credit Union — UI/UX Development • American Chemical Society — AEM Development, HTML/CSS, UI/UX Design • Catholic Relief Services — CMS Development & HTML/CSS • WestEd — WordPress Development • US Patent and Trademark Office — Drupal Design & Development • The Office of Financial Research — Front-End & Data Visualization • And many other nonprofit, education, and enterprise organizations 💬 Let’s Work Together If you’re looking for a dependable, senior-level partner who can design, build, optimize, and maintain your website efficiently—and do it the right way—I’d be happy to review your project and discuss next steps.

✓ Fresh ideas ✓ Fast turnarounds ✓ Full-time freelancer ✦ Hi, I'm a collaborative Art Director/Graphic Designer with 20-plus years of combined agency and in-house experience extensively utilizing Adobe Creative Apps. I blend typography and design with strategic execution, delivering well-crafted solutions that align with your vision, budget, and technical requirements. I bring a trustworthy and highly organized approach to managing multiple priorities, ensuring each project is completed with creative excellence in fast-moving environments. Let's explore! ➝ Specializing in ✳ Brand Identity and Logo Development/Annual Reports/Publication Design/ Advertisements/Infographics and Icons/Direct Mail/Signage (OOH)/Front-end Web Designs/Tradeshow design/Illustration/Photo manipulation/Social Media post support ➝ Focused on details and balancing design aesthetics to elevate written content ➝ Organized and experienced with project management to create a streamlined workflow ➝ Creative insights that capture attention ➝ Maintaining an open channel of communication and progress updates to keep clients in the "know" as well as being budget conscious ➝ Hit targeted deadlines and produce finalized deliverables that are to necessary production standards ➝ Working daily in ✳ Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC) and Microsoft 365 ➝ Experience with ✳ Adobe Animate, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Xd, After Effects, Audacity, Basecamp, Bootstrap, Canva, ChatGPT, CSS, Dreamweaver, Figma, Flash, Hive, HTML5, Microsoft Teams, Sketch, Slack, Tableau/ArcGIS, Text editors, Trello, UX Design, Webflow, WordPress