Thea A. Moritz70 Miner Street
Middletown, Connecticut 06457
(203) 874-7571 •
tmoritz@pobox.com
Professional Experience
2/98-present Director of Publications and
Design Quinnipiac University,
Hamden, Connecticut
Design, produce and update university print communications for campus departments including public affairs, admissions,
registrar, athletics, development, alumni and student affairs:
9/96-2/98 Assistant Art Director Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Designed and revised university publications and
Web pages for admissions, development, annual fund, special events, alumni and
institutional relations:
- revised and updated admissions packages,
course catalogs, student handbook, campus map, calendars, etc
- redesigned Web pages using
Netscape Navigator Gold and HTML editors with file transfer protocol (FTP)
using Fetch and Telnet UNIX software
- enforced official university graphic
guidelines and reviewed all department
external print and Web communication as part of official quality control effort
- collected and organized publication samples
library; supervised student work-study interns
5/89-9/96 Art Director / ProductionManager Cheney & Company, New Haven, Connecticut
Created and produced a wide variety of publications
for schools, colleges and nonprofit institutions:
- designed one- to six-color brochures,
admissions recruitment materials, annual reports, catalogs, newsletters,
alumni magazines, stationery, capital campaign materials, brochures, etc.,
from concept to prepress
- successfully managed heavy workload of
multiple projects with strict deadlines while achieving high-quality
design and printing standards
- coordinated production with printers,
freelance artists, service bureaus and prepress vendors
- maintained computerized production schedule
and extensive record keeping for all projects
- interviewed and worked with photographers,
freelance designers and printers to meet special needs
- prepared specifications for vendor bidding and
quotations on all jobs
- reviewed color and dylux/blue proofs; attended
press checks; followed up for timely deliveries
- provided network administration and technical
support for company Macintosh LAN; recommended and installed
software/hardware upgrades on all computers and servers
9/84-10/88 Graphic Artist State University of New York, Institute of
Technology at Utica/Rome, Utica, New York
Created visuals for instructional, informational
and promotional operations:
- generated computer graphics using
Artronics/Genigraphics paint and chart programs on an IBM-AT PC equipped
with image grab, film recorder, thermal printer and video output
- designed and produced layouts, comprehensives
and mechanicals under strict deadlines
- collaborated with college relations and
development for marketing and advertising campaigns
- worked with on-campus print shop and outside
vendors to oversee completion of printed materials
- operated Data General Office Publisher desktop
program, word processing and electronic mail
- prepared color slide presentations and
overhead transparencies for faculty and administration
- assisted in photographic film processing, dry
mounting, television and satellite uplink operations
- supervised advertising art interns and
work-study students
- director of the college’s Gannett Gallery and
member of Cultural Affairs Committee
- advisor to student yearbook staff and used
Apple Typestar typesetting program with modem to publisher
9/81-12/83 Drafter tpT Machinery Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut
- designed catalogs, business plan, letterhead
from concept to mechanical
- executed assembly and perspective engineering
drawings for injection molding machinery built in Europe
- translated German blueprints and
correspondence to English
- operated Telex and blueprint machines;
organized patent and engineering files
9/96-present Design Consultant
- clients include New Haven Ravens, Chamber
Music Plus, Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists, Boston Biologicals, Inc.,
The Foote School, Wesleyan University
Thorough College Training
Master of Arts in Communication Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut (August 1987)
- master’s project "Signs, Symbols and
Images in Graphic Art"
- grade point average 3.6
Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport,
Connecticut (May 1981)
- cooperative education assignment: graphic
designer for Valley Arts Council, Derby, Connecticut
- grade point average 3.2 (Dean’s list)
Organizations
Omega Phi Alpha National Service Sorority,
Cookeville, Tennessee
- lifetime member (1981-present)
- graphics consultant and Web designer (1997-98)
- national executive board, publications editor
(1987-91, 1993-97)
- Connecticut Alumnae Chapter (1987-present;
president 1990-91)
- national alumnae board member (1992-93)
- active member, Beta Chapter, University of
Bridgeport (1980-81)
- organize, conduct and attend local and
national workshops, retreats and annual conventions
Girl Scouts of Housatonic Council, Inc., Bridgeport,
Connecticut
- board of directors (1996-2000)
- volunteer of the month (February 1997, March
2000); volunteer service award (1995)
- troop leader (1983-84)
- active member, Brownie through Senior level
(1967-77)
University and College Designers Association
(1992-present)
Connecticut Art Directors Club (1989-96)
Milford Fine Arts Council (1974-2003;
capital campaign committee 1990-92; art show juror 1990)
National Association of Desktop Publishers
(1990-96)
Macintosh Consultants Network (1991-96)
Mohawk Valley (NY) Advertising Club (1984-88;
newsletter editor 1986)
Utica Art Association (1986-88)
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Metro Utica (1985-87)
Awards, Activities & InterestsOutstanding Young Woman of America (1987)
Juror for General Electric’s ELFUN Society Art Show
(Gannett Gallery, Utica 1987)
Member of high school reunion committees
(1987, 1992, 1997, 2002)
Familiar with Windows-based computer systems,
Microsoft NT and Novell networks
Hobbies: photography, music, painting,
motorsports, aviation