Wendy Giraud Burnham
profile
Award-winning Graphic Designer - extensive experience in print, web design, and publishing. Created online and print magazine. Developed brand and corporate identities, advertisements, websites, annual reports, and sales collateral. Awards include IMMY for package design, WebAward for website design, an Association of Educational Publishers Award, as well as several internal corporate awards for exceeding expectations.
Effective Team Player - known for creativity, flexibility, and a sense of humor. I love a lively workplace,
encourage challenge, and strive to produce just the right solution.
career development
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 2007-Present
Graphic Designer
University Assistant, Marketing Communications, University Relations.
Responsible for various print collateral, monthly university newsletter, event marketing, and website updates.
PortONE Internet, Inc., Manchester, CT 2009-Present
Special Project Web Designer
Initial responsibilities included redesign of PortONE logo, marketing material & website.
Company offerings extended to include website design for external clients.
Horizon Marketing Group, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT 2007-2008
Marketing Communications Designer
In this role, I had a true variety of responsibilities. They included: Corporate branding and identity,
copywriting for external web sites, external site updating, developing client corporate collateral
and advertising campaigns, web and print collateral design, sales calls & client follow-up, etc.
Weekly Reader Corp., Stamford, CT 2004-2007
Art Director
Managed all visual elements of Writing magazine, including creating page layouts, working with
editors and copy writers, and hiring and directing commissioned illustrators and photographers.
- Art Direction for Writing, Grade 2 Weekly Reader, and Science Spin magazines and posters
- Responsible for annual magazine budget
Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT 1996-2004
Senior Web Designer (2001-2003)
Senior Graphic Designer (1998-2000)
Graphic Designer (1996-1998)
Recruited to join the design team for this in-house Marketing/Communications design studio. Promoted into
positions of progressive responsibility. As Senior Designer, supervised team of junior designers and productions
assistants, worked with print productions and Sales, Marketing, and Events teams to ensure client satisfaction.
- Responsible for interfaces/graphics and information architecture on gartnerG2.com and corporate website
- Responsible for designing print collateral and electronic media for various business units
CarePackages.com, Fairfield, CT 2000-2001
Creative Director
Started DotCom retail site with four other Gartner employees during a one-year sabbatical.
- Responsible for creative strategy, branding and self-promotion on the web and in print
- Daily web site management, illustrations and graphics, all printed collateral
MicroWarehouse, Inc., Norwalk, CT 1994-1996
Associate Art Director (1995-1996)
Desktop Publisher (1994-1995)
Hired as Desktop Publisher eventually promoted to Associate Art Director.
- Responsible for initial production of company web site
- Created cover and full page ads for 16 bi-monthly international catalogs
freelance clients
(partial list)
| Glastonbury Education Foundation |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT |
| Glastonbury Friends of Football |
Middlesex Farms, Darien, CT |
| Tribeca Café, LLC, Glastonbury, CT |
Hewitt Associates, Darien, CT |
| Orchard Hill Club, Inc. |
Weekly Reader Corp., Stamford, CT |
| Oakleaf Waste Management, East Hartford, CT |
The Baron Group, Westport, CT |
| Fairfield County Real Estate Co., Fairfield, CT |
The Easton Racquet Club, Easton, CT |
| Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT |
Fairfield YMCA, Fairfield, CT |
education
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1990
BA, Studio Arts with concentration in Graphic Design
software skills
Adobe CS4: Dreamweaver, PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, ImageReady
QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office
associations
Glastonbury Youth Football Association: Board of Directors & Webmaster
Orchard Hill Club, LLC.: Webmaster
Glastonbury PTO member
Girl Scouts of USA
University of South Carolina Alumni Association
Chi Omega Sorority
