Design

I have lots of experience in print, digital and online design and production. My goal is to solve problems and create beautiful, effective designs that fulfill the client’s needs and engage their target audience. Several of my freelance clients have been with me for many years, and they really appreciate my attention to detail and pleasant demeanor. I can handle just about any project, from small one-off assignments to far-reaching identity and branding projects, and am comfortable working alone or with a team.

Contact me at wragano@gmail.com if you are are a business owner and would like having one reliable person taking care of all your design needs. I’m also happy to help design agencies that need an extra hand when you are lucky enough to be overwhelmed with work.

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Work History

  • Johnson Roberts Associates – Marketing Manager/Graphic Designer 7.20 – Present
    Creating digital and print designs, managing social media and preparing proposals for successful architecture firm.
  • Freelance Graphic Designer/Video Editor 3.20 – 7.20 (and during other gaps below)
    Graphic Design (print and digital), Website Design, Video Editing, Motion Graphics, etc., for clients from a variety of fields, including: Healthcare (Beth Israel Deaconess Hospitals); Financial Services; Restaurants; Fitness Studios; and Media Production Houses.
  • George P. Johnson Experiential Marketing – Production Designer 1.20 – 3.20
    Created graphics for NEXT developers conference and TensorFlow conference for Google. Job ended because of corona virus cancellations.
  • Abbott Laboratories – Graphic Designer/Video Editor 11.18 – 8.19
    A long-term rebranding project that was supposed to last six months, but after other designers were let go I was asked to stay on for three extra months. While there I worked on updating and designing printed collateral materials such as brochures, white papers, flyers, ads, infographics, etc. I also created trade show videos (see some of those videos on Vimeo) and booth graphics, as well as email headers and logo concepts.
  • Powderhouse Productions – Video Editor/Motion Graphics Artist 10.17 – 3.18
    Compiled, edited and created motion graphics for nineteen online dog breed videos for the American Kennel Club website (cut hours of raw footage to fit three minute narration). See some of those videos on Vimeo. And designed a series industry-targeted brochures.
  • Bennett Group – Digital Designer/Production Manager 1.13 – 4.17
    Manager of all print and web production and designer of print (brochures, billboards, ads, annual reports, direct mail, etc.) and digital/online (animated online/social media ads, websites, landing pages, digital displays, PPT, and much more). Bennett Group specializes in healthcare advertising, identity and collateral materials. We won more than 100 awards for healthcare advertising and collateral design in New England (NESHCo) — including a 2016 Gold Award for Brochure Design for me — and nationally (Healthcare Advertising Awards) while I was there (including several Best of Show). I also organized all the files on their server.
  • Cue Acoustics – Senior Communications Designer 2009 – 2013
    In charge of all print/web design, production and front-end development for high-end audio startup featured in The Wall St. Journal, The New York Times, and Stereophile. Took company from having no website and little collateral to having a sleek site with an e-commerce store, brochures and sell sheets, an app (design), dynamic online/print ads and a professionally branded look and feel which was admired by both investors and customers. I also handled email and social media marketing, SEO and UX/UI design for the first year there.

Software

  • Photoshop CC
  • Illustrator CC
  • InDesign CC
  • After Effects CC
  • Premiere Pro CC
  • Keynote
  • Brackets
  • Ableton Live (audio)
  • Sketch/XD
  • Acrobat Pro CC
  • Dreamweaver CC
  • Bootstrap
  • MailChimp
  • Constant Contact
  • Sibelius (music notation)
  • Word/PowerPoint
  • Basecamp
  • Workfront
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Google
Fidelity Investments
Dana Farber
Mass General Hospital
Exeter Hospital
Fresenius
Brigham and Women's
Google

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