work experience

    Creative Consultant
    March 2005 - present
    Kerry O'Sullivan Design, LLC, Raleigh, NC


  • Owner and chief designer for Kerry O’Sullivan Design LLC, specializing in creating visual design of websites, marketing collateral and identity suites for businesses including BÖWE BELL + HOWELL, NC 4-H Development Fund, and Omega Property Group
  • Act as Project Manager, organizing and coordinating projects involving third-parties such as programmers, marketing agents, photographers and printers
  • Manage all aspects of daily business administration, including client communication, proposal development and budget monitoring

    Education Media Specialist II
    January 2004 - February 2005
    UNC Institute for Science Learning, Chapel Hill, NC


  • Advance the use of technology within the University by determining methods for integrating multimedia into classroom instruction
  • Partner with faculty to develop creative vision, outline site architecture and create storyboards for educational multimedia projects
  • Generate Photoshop designs and Flash prototypes for instructional media

    Senior Designer
    September 2000 - January 2004
    MMWeb, Durham, NC


  • Conceptualized and developed branding materials such as screensavers, brochures, print ads and websites for clients including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations
  • Contributed to high-level strategic direction and creative vision of MMWeb
  • Aided in marketing of MMWeb by encouraging principals to join the Chamber of Commerce, present at local real estate seminars and publish press releases with the Triangle Business Journal
  • Designed screensaver to advertise MMWeb at the holidays, resulting in clients running the screensaver on their machines, and yielded at least one new project

    Senior Designer
    November 1999 - May 2000
    Total Sports, Inc., Raleigh, NC


  • Coordinated with multiple editors and site managers in maintaining college and professional sports web sites, including official sites for Grant Hill, Toronto Blue Jays and the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament
  • Created new graphic design to better organize and display information on the official Cornell University Athletics web site and University of Missouri-Columbia Athletics web site
  • Designed and developed Flash animations of college basketball game plays displayed on the Total Sports web site during the NCAA tournament

    New Media Designer
    August 1998 - November 1999
    Image Associates Inc., Raleigh, NC


  • Conceptualized, designed and developed web and multimedia projects for clients including Powerware, Intervet and Hatteras Yachts
  • Implemented weekly creative group meetings to promote knowledge sharing
  • Offered promotion to position of Art Director after just one year

    Senior Designer
    January 1996 - August 1998
    EMJ Internet, Apex, NC


  • Designed and maintained multiple web sites for local and national clients, including Governors Club and Linens ‘N Things
  • Communicated directly with clients to ensure design of site meets their expectations
  • Responsible for hiring, training and management of web design team
  • Assisted in directing growth of company from three to 20 employees

 education

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
    B.A., Anthropology and minor in Religious Studies, May 1995

    School of Communication Arts, Raleigh, NC
    Certificate of Graphic Design, June 1996


 technical skills

  • Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, Indesign
  • Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, HomeSite
  • Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Internet Explorer
  • HTML, CSS
  • Mac and PC proficient


 conferences & associations

  • NC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, 2004
  • Thunder Lizard Web Design Conference, 1998
  • Triangle/TriAd Instructional Technology Group (Member 2004)
  • Nonprofit Advisors Group (Member since 2003)
  • The Visual Art Exchange (Member since 2004)
  • NC Watercolor Society (Member 2004)
  • Triangle Interactive Marketers Association (Member 2005)