In 2006, I started my professional career as a graphic designer at a marketing company called Royal Buying Group, Inc. (RBG) in Hinsdale, IL. My responsibilities included working with category managers to design ads for RBG vendors such as Kellogg's, Gatorade, Kraft, Unilever, PepsiAmericas, and Anheuser-Busch. These ads would get published in a monthly magazine that I was also responsible for designing, maintaining, and coordinating printing and distribution to the convenience store retailers that contain special promotions and pricing on products. I designed and learned how to front-end develop (HTML and CSS coding) web sites and marketing materials for special events like trade shows, charity/networking golf outings. I also completely redesigned and developed the RBG site. In addition, I created marketing materials such as business cards, brochures, postcards, booklets, flyers, sell sheets, flash banner ads, logos, sign up forms, trade shows booth graphics, digital online editions of their 'The Competitive Edge' magazine and large format signage.

In 2010, I started my own freelance business CZdezigns and began working for a web marketing agency called Ecommerce Architects (EAC). At EAC I was responsible for creative direction, web design (UI and UX), web development (CSS3, HTML5, JQUERY / JS widget customization & implementation, CMS skin building & integration for DNN, Wordpress and Magento Theme template design and code customizing (such as child theme development ), and designing brand identity pieces (business stationary, logo design, packaging, brochures, booklets, flyers, door hangers, etc.)

When 2014 rolled around I decided it was time for a new challenge to embark on that would reflect my professional growth as a graphic designer so I re-branded my freelance business from CZdezigns to Moon Bear Design Studio and set my service focus on brand identity design. The re-branding included my business stationary pieces and new responsive web site portfolio design.