Director Manager

Laura M. Coyle

**** *. ***** *******, ** *****-**02

H: 773-***-**** C: 773-***-****

**********@*********.***

http://www.artslant.com/chi/artists/show/72622-laura-coyle

. Self-starter with numerous years of experience as an Art

Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator.

. Production and pre-press of editorial and advertising for

consumer and trade magazines and newspapers.

. Management of art staff for idea generation, coordination of

work flow, and team-building.

. Skilled multi-tasker of several products including weekly,

monthly, special supplements, and quarterly magazines.

. Background in commercial photography and styling.

. Able to incorporate fine arts background into well-conceived,

hard-hitting graphic design.

Computer skills:

. Creative Suite 4 and Creative Suite 5: PhotoShop,

Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver

. Adobe Dimensions

. Quark Xpress

. MicroSoft Office for Mac: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

. HTML, XHTML, CSS

Employment history:

Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL March 2010 to Present

Pro-bono graphic designer for iBAM! 2010, an Irish cultural fair and

Irish American Hall of Fame:

. Design and production of banners for permanent display of inductees

in the Irish American Hall of Fame.

. Designed iBAM! poster that became iconic image used for all

publicity. Working with PR head, designed all print and web ads,

calendar of events, decor, postcards and fliers, letterhead.

Guest Curator: A Touch of the Poet show:

. Recruited 39 fine artists (including self) to team up with an Irish

writer to produce a fine art work for gallery. Oversaw all duties

including set-up, art drop-off and pick-up, teamed with PR person to

promote show. Researched and created directory for gallery tour with

writers' passage or poem, brief bios along with artists' statement of

their inspiration for their piece. Received good press from radio,

print and television, and a recommendation by New City.

Active Trader Magazine, Chicago, IL

Art Director and Co-Production Manager

. Launched Active Trader magazine with Editor-in-Chief, Publisher,

Managing Editor and News Editor in 2000. (Designed templates, logo,

cover, interior graphics, house ads, editorial content. First issue ran

in the black, and continues to.)

. Created all layout, design, and graphics for three monthly consumer

financial trading magazines. (one print and three online digital in pdf

format).

. Brain-stormed with writers and editors to illustrate and produce images

and graphics for all covers in house. Strong drafting skills and

commercial photography background negated the use of freelancers keeping

costs low. (Over 250 covers generated including foreign language editions

in Farsi, Arabic, German, and Russian.)

. Collaborated with printer on direct-to-plate files which reduced

printing costs by over $30,000 annually.

. Converted all information graphics, tables and photographs into gifs

and jpegs to flow past articles into html files for web. Over 250 issues

were done in-house making outside productions costs unnecessary, while

also maintaining daily magazine and production deadlines.

Intertec Publishing: Telephony Magazine, Chicago, IL

Senior Art Director

. Teamed with editors and other art directors to produce design,

layout, illustration and graphics for covers and internal pages for a

weekly, monthly, special supplements, advertorials and quarterlies.

. Hired and managed outside illustrators and photographers to produce

imagery for specials, while keeping within budget and deadlines.

. Approved post-production and print runs of issues.

. Produced show dailies for telecom conventions with on-site

photography, digital production and press approval.

. Developed and supervised art department from one to a team of four

art directors. Responsibilities included screening, hiring,

trafficking and team building.

Pioneer Press, Wilmette, IL

Senior Layout Artist

. Design, layout, production, illustration for display ads and

editorial special sections.

. Recipient of several Stick-O-Type newspaper awards for design and

illustration.

Shaughnessy-MacDonald Studio, Chicago, IL

Photo Assistant and Stylist

. Worked with photographer on all facets of a small commercial studio:

construction, lighting, on-set styling, film development, darkroom

work, purchasing props, model hires and interviews for fashion, food,

location, tabletop and room scene shots.

lauramcoyle.com

. 2005-present: Promotion and sales of fine art pieces, and freelance

graphics

Special interests, organizations and memberships:

. Member and supporter of several arts organizations, including the

Art Institute of Chicago and Milwaukee Art

Museum as well as season ticket holder to Chicago Symphony

Orchestra, Goodman Theatre and Lyric Opera.

. Sponsorship of child in Texas through Children International since

2007.

. Informal support of family compound in Basse, The Gambia, West

Africa.

. 1998 and 1999: Fundraised and completed The Twin Cities to Chicago

AIDS 500-mile bicycle rides.

Total donations of over $9,000.

. Completed Mayor Daly Marathon with finishing time of 4 hours, 30

minutes.

Education:

Bachelors of Fine Arts in painting and drawing

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Fine art education with strong emphasis on painting, drawing,

printmaking, art history, general electives,

and the humanities

Continuing education in Chicago and surrounding areas

Learned new production techniques and programs

(School of the Art Institute, Oxbow Artists Retreat, Digital Bootcamp,

industry seminars, and The American Academy of Art, Truman College)

Northwestern University Choir (soprano section)

. Chorister in large semi-professional choir comprised of students and

community members.

. Performance of masterworks with Northwestern University Symphonic

Orchestra at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall,

Symphony Center, Lyric Opera, The Jay Pritzker Pavilion in

Millennium Park and Carnegie Hall.

. Generated original art and graphics for publicity posters for choir

as the in-house artist.

References:

Cliff Carlson, Owner/Editor-in-Chief, Irish American News

7.8-445-0700, *****@*****************.***

Robert McNamara, Board President of The Irish American Heritage Center

773-***-****, *********@********.***

Robert (Bob) Dorman, Publisher, Active Trader Magazine

312-***-****, *******@***************.***

Mark Etzkorn, Editor-in-Chief, Active Trader Magazine

312-***-****, ********@***************.***

Molly Goad, Managing Editor, Active Trader Magazine

312-***-****, *****@***************.***

Rich Crossman, Watkins Printing, Columbus, Ohio

Prepress, Pressroom and Bindery Supervisor

614-***-**** x1205, *********@***************.***

Cameron Bishop, CEO, Ascend Integrated Media, LLC, Overland Park, KS

66211

913-***-****, *******@***********.***

(President Intertec Publishing)

Al MacDonald, Al MacDonald Photography

Elk Grove Village, IL

847-***-****, ****@***************.***

Dr. Robert A. Harris, Director of Choral Ensembles and Professor of

Conducting

Northwestern University School of Music, Evanston Campus

847-***-****, *******@************.***

Larry Lannon, Consultant

312-***-****, ***********@*********.***

(VP telecom trade division, Intertec Publishing)

Susan Ubis-Manos, Managing Editor,

(Telephony Magazine, Intertec Publishing)

630-***-****, ******@*********.***

Karen Murphy, Managing Editor,

(Telephony Magazine, Intertec Publishing)

480-***-****, *********@*****.***

Avery Mamon, Rotary International, 2000-present

847-***-****, *****.*****@*****.***

(Associate Art Director, Telephony Magazine, Intertec Publishing

Supervised and mentored as part of art production team)

Tom Fogarty, Director of Production, Vance Publishing

312-***-****, **********@***.***

(VP Production, Intertec Publishing)

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