ABDIEL RIOS

**** ******** *****, ***. ****

Tampa Florida, 33624

Phone: 813-***-****

Email: y6m9nk@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Creative, dedicated graphic designer seeking employment within a company that will utilize my skills and experience in the digital arts field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Tampa Bay Business Journal, Editorial department

News Graphics Design Coordinator

March 24, 2003 - May 11, 2009

• Responsible for setting up layout documents, color correction of photographic images, resize and crop to design style specifications; Prepress production.

• Developed infographic charts, locator maps and illustrations correlating to news stories.

• Organized entire layout documents for archival backup and upload to the internet electronic edition of the newspaper.

• Posting of breaking news material to the Business Journal website.

• Able to multi-task and constantly meet tight deadlines.

• Excellent verbal communication skills and able to work well in a team atmosphere.

• For samples of my work visit www.coroflot.com/arios68.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: Macintosh computers and IBM compatibles for workstations and servers.

Software: Proficient knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark Express, Microsoft Office. Mac OSX Tiger, Leopard, MS XP Pro and older.

EDUCATION

Florida Metropolitan University, Tampa, FL; Associates Degree in Arts: 3.98 GPA, 7/2002

SALARY REQUIREMENTS

$55k / year or negotiable

AWARDS

2005-2009 1st place, Overall Graphic Design, Infographics, Florida Press Association

2007 2nd place, Infographics, Florida Press Association

2005-2008 3rd place, Infographics, Florida Press Association

2009 1st place, Graphic Design, Sunshine State Awards