High School Design

Lynn Pearson

Graphic Artist

**** ******* **** • Wheeling, IL 60090

Phone: 847-***-****

Production:

Over twenty years of experience on the Macintosh: Adobe Suite CS5 and CS4. Quark XPress, InDesign, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Word. Website design and development using Adobe Muse and WordPress. Excellent typesetting (100 wpm) and proofreading skills.

Experience and qualifications:

Offering graphic support for successful marketing efforts in the areas of newspaper advertising, signage and direct mail and e-blasts. Created name branding and corporate identity. I work directly with publications and printers, taking bids, making estimates and reviewing proofs.

Web design:

Please view:

• www.jalapenosandtomatoes.com

• www.Bluearcenergy.com

• www.applelandscaping.com

Education:

B.A.: Knox College, Galesburg, IL

M.F.A.: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Career history:

Proprietor of my own business for over twenty-five years, I also worked in the art departments of A.C. Nielsen Company, USAd Corporation and SAI Graphics.

Awards:

ICAA 2009, 2010 and MMA 2009 for innovative, successful marketing to seniors.

Clients I have served:

• The Garlands of Barrington

Through their marketing agency, Allison Consulting, I created all their graphics, from ads and simple newsletters to direct mail and newspaper inserts with runs of 500,000 or more. Award-winning graphics support for their many resident programs, with direct client contact and consulting with printers for over 12 years.

• Transitional Care Management

A new client, also through Allison Consulting, I design and produce brochures, direct mail pieces and, most recently, PowerPoint presentations.

• Pathway Senior Living

Long-term client, I designed and produced over 80 event flyers and produce their employee and resident newsletters. Also designed and produced logos for their many resident programs.

• Novartis Pharmaceuticals

For 12 years I have worked for the Midwest division of Novartis; design and production of their many publications.

• The Les Turner ALS Foundation

15 years as freelance layout and production of their many print and web needs, including banners, newsletters and annual reports.

Related Experience:

• Six years teaching fine art at The College of Lake County

• Six years teaching drawing and painting with the Glenview Park District

• Five years tutoring English in High School District 214’s “Read to Learn” program.

• Six years as a tour guide at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.

Please view my on-line portfolio at www.pearsonandgraham.com

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