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I'm a highly creative and multi-talented graphic designer with extensive experience in marketing, print design, magazine design and print production. I thrive on collaborative environments, turning client needs into visually compelling campaigns while maintaining budget and deadline discipline. I excel at building strong vendor and client relationships, mentoring junior designers, and driving innovative marketing strategies from concept through production. My versatility spans print, digital, branding and photography, and I enjoy solving communication challenges with clean, impactful design.…I'm a highly creative and multi-talented graphic designer with extensive experience in marketing, print design, magazine design and print production. I thrive on collaborative environments, turning client needs into visually compelling campaigns while maintaining budget and deadline discipline. I excel at building strong vendor and client relationships, mentoring junior designers, and driving innovative marketing strategies from concept through production. My versatility spans print, digital, branding and photography, and I enjoy solving communication challenges with clean, impactful design.

Susan A. Canalizo

Art Director, Graphic Designer, Photographer, +2

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I'm a highly creative and multi-talented graphic designer with extensive experience in marketing, print design, magazine design and print production. I thrive on collaborative environments, turning client needs into visually compelling campaigns while maintaining budget and deadline discipline. I excel at building strong vendor and client relationships, mentoring junior designers, and driving innovative marketing strategies from concept through production. My versatility spans print, digital, branding and photography, and I enjoy solving communication challenges with clean, impactful design.…I'm a highly creative and multi-talented graphic designer with extensive experience in marketing, print design, magazine design and print production. I thrive on collaborative environments, turning client needs into visually compelling campaigns while maintaining budget and deadline discipline. I excel at building strong vendor and client relationships, mentoring junior designers, and driving innovative marketing strategies from concept through production. My versatility spans print, digital, branding and photography, and I enjoy solving communication challenges with clean, impactful design.

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I’m a highly creative and multi-talented graphic designer with extensive experience in marketing, print design, magazine design and print production. I thrive on collaborative environments, turning client needs into visually compelling campaigns while maintaining budget and deadline discipline.

I excel at building strong vendor and client relationships, mentoring junior designers, and driving innovative marketing strategies from concept through production. My versatility spans print, digital, branding and photography, and I enjoy solving communication challenges with clean, impactful design.

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Work Experience

Freelance Art Director at NCP Scholastic

January 1, 2022 - November 12, 2025

Layout, design, ad creation, copy editing and proofreading for a publishing company that produces folders for students in schools across the country; mentor and train junior designers.

Freelance Art Director at Metropolitan Magazine Palm Beach

January 1, 2021 - November 12, 2025

Layout, design and ad creation for a startup luxury magazine.

Freelance Designer at ProHEALTH Care

December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Develop and create marketing material, logos, banner ads, posters, trifolds for distribution to various sectors of ProHEALTH Care including Pain Center, Urgent Care, Women’s Health, Pediatric.

Marketing Designer/Photographer at Darby Dental, LLC

December 31, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Conceived and designed promotional material, sales collateral, event graphics, email blasts, packaging labels and multiple quarterly catalogs. Redesigned 800+ page dental catalog. Photographed newly designed private label products.

Art Director/Print Production Manager at Elsevier, Inc.

December 31, 2013 - December 31, 2013

Plan, design, layout, coordinate, and manage all scheduling and workflows associated with the production of Metal Finishing magazine as well as the Annual 800-plus-page Universal Metal Finishing Guidebook. Liaise with advertisers, editors, and print vendors to meet deadlines; oversee branding, newsletters and online assets; develop international media kits and high-impact promotional materials; manage external agencies and production processes.