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My professional goal
is to create inviting designs for the target
audience. My web design focuses on usability
and stickiness. I am experienced in project
management and can take the lead, but I
am also a team player.
Experience
Graphic Designer
August 2003 to Present Graphcom, Inc.
I am the lead designer for the Suburban
Hospital account. My duties include interacting
with the Public Relations, Foundation and
Community Outreach offices at Suburban;
designing flyers, posters, mailers, promotional
pieces, brochures, regular newsletters
and internal communications.
I also do design
work for some of Graphcom's other clients
including: Adam's County Nursery, Gettysburg
Hospital and Gettysburg College. This work
includes catalogs, brochures and magazines.
Freelance
Web and Graphic DesignerApril 2001 to Present
I have worked with companies and individuals
including:
Peter Li Group
I am designing
and illustrating a series called "Children
Celebrate." These
are Sunday school lessons designed for
children ages 4 to 13. It includes handouts
in book form and a leader's guide.
The Education Center,
Inc.,
I have designed, illustrated and laid
out an 8-book series called The Learning
Library Math/Language Arts, a 4-book
series called I Can Make It-Science/Math
and 2 Busy Kids Preschool activity books.
These books included simple full color art
and black & white line drawings.
I designed and developed this
equine/canine massage therapy website for
owner Gina Farago. I also designed her
business card and brochure. Ginas
goal was to educate her customers about
massage therapy and present a professional
image to her clients. Advertising
Coordinator/Designer
September 2002 to December
2002 Hot Off The Press, Inc., Canby, OR
I created and coordinated the magazine
ad schedule for the year 2003. (This included
working with the reps to get the best insertion
deals for the company.) I also designed
several ads for both trade and consumer
magazines. I designed and laid out 2 newsletters.
I also organized, designed and produced
the first pass of a 96-page catalog of
the companys products.
Web Designer
December 1999 to March 2001 The Education Center, Inc.,
Greensboro, NC
I was a member of team that launched the
site in BroadVision. (launch date: Oct.
26, 2000) This included redesigning the
sites architecture to include the
store, the subscriber-only area and the
weekly content updates. We two designers
created every piece of art that went on
the site, including hundreds of downloadable
pdfs. I helped maintain and update
the site using Dreamweaver and BroadVision
Command Center. Art Coordinator/Workflow
Coordinator May 1997 to December 1999 The Education Center, Inc.
I have managed several book series from
concept through production, directing a
team of artists (generally 5 to 8). I also
acted as liaison between the artists and
editorial staff.
As the Workflow Coordinator, I scheduled
a 14-member art staff and coordinated the
flow of work for the department.
Graphic Designer/Illustrator
July 1993
to May 1997 The Education Center, Inc.
My responsibilities included: designing
new products and packaging, illustrating
books, posters, and games, and overseeing
projects from production through prepress.
Typesetter/Paste-up Artist April 1993 to July 1993 Harmon Publishing, Greensboro,
NC
I typeset and laid-out black and white real
estate books. This job was high volume production
work. Although I was primarily a typesetter,
I also pitched in to do paste-up and proofreading
work.
Education:
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus,
OH
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Illustration
Graduated July, 1992 - Cum Laude, GPA: 3.65
Skills
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Quark Xpress
6
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Since
1993
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Expert
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FreeHand
MX
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Since
1993
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Expert
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Photoshop
CS
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Since
1996
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Expert
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PageMaker 6.5
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Since
1993
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Expert
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Illustrator
10
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Since
2001
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Adept
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| InDesign
CS |
Since
2002 |
Adept |
| Acrobat
6.0 Pro |
Since
1999 |
Expert |
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Word
10
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Since
2000
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Adept
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Painter
5.0
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Since
1996
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Adept
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Dreamweaver
MX
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Since
1999
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Adept
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Fireworks
MX
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Since
1999
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Adept
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PowerPoint
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Since
2003
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Adept
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Flash MX
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Since
2002
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Familiar
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HTML
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Since
1999
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Adept
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Excel
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Since
1999
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Adept
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Macintosh
platform
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Since
1993
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Expert
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Windows
platform
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Since
1999
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Familiar
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Illustration
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Since
1992
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Expert
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Design
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Since
1992
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Expert
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