Sales Design
Resume:
jason conner
Objective
To use my experience in management, layout, design and
business operations to make your clients creatives more
successful
Highlights of Qualifications
• Proven quality of work
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent time management skills and work ethic
• Strive for perfection and mastery of every job
• Completed redesigns of TPA award winning newspapers
• Winner of multiple TPA awards for design in layout and advertising, placing in the
top 3 on several occasions.
Professional Experience
2002-2011
My employment through these years was with the same group of newspapers.
However, over the years, the company was sold three times. The following is a brief
history of my employment with these newspapers under the management of three
different firms.
2008 - July 2011
West 10 Newspapers, a division of Main Street
Newspapers Bartlett
Head of Production
• Head of the ad design and ad layout department
• Lead for pagination of 7 hyper-local newspapers
• Redesigned community newspapers for tabloid and broadsheet printing
• Wrote policies and procedures for ad placement, scheduling and transfer
• Led a team of designers to set up a central hub for designing based in Huntsville,
Alabama
• Worked with internal and external printing companies to plan print schedules,
overcome setbacks with press units and schedule special supplements
2006 - 2008
Suburban Community Newspapers Bartlett
Head of Production
• Head of the ad design and ad layout department
• Lead for pagination of 12 hyper-local newspapers
• Redesigned community newspapers for tabloid and broadsheet printing
• Wrote policies and procedures for ad placement, scheduling and transfer
• Worked with internal and external printing companies to plan print schedules,
overcome setbacks with press units and schedule special
supplements
• Created advertising campaigns for print products
• Launched a print and radio ad campaign for new classified product that reached
more than 300,000 readers each week
2002 - 2006
BNI Bartlett
The Millington Star & Fayette County Review
Publisher
• Started in an entry-level graphic design position and learned all aspects of the
print business. Once mastery of office, news and sales procedure was mastered, I was
then promoted to publisher
• Managed a staff of 15
• Designed masthead, flag and did a complete redesign of The Millington Star, The
Fayette County Review, The Bluejacket and The East Shelby Review
• Responsible for achieving budgeted sales goals
• Worked closely with the Millington Chamber of Commerce to secure a solid
relationship between the newspaper and the community
2001
Documart of Memphis – Memphis
Graphic Designer
• Built business cards, letterheads and newsletters for print
• Roamed plates before print on DPM to check for mistakes
1999 - 2001
PROMOVISION – Memphis
Graphic Designer
• Created and rebuilt logos for screen print on advertising specialty items
• Created advertisements for ASI Mediafile and PROMOVISION catalog items
• Responsible for Mac-based network administration
Education
The University of Memphis, 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Concentration in Advertising
State Technical Institute of Memphis,
Associate of Applied Sciences, Graphic Design/Pre-press
Extra Activities
• Graduate of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
• Publisher of the graduate newsletter of Phi Gamma Delta, Mu Tau Claw
jason conner
4786 Greenlawn Cove
Millington, TN 38053
abg2z2@r.postjobfree.com
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