Sales City

Matthew C. Payton

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QUALIFICATIONS

. Organized, dedicated and extremely reliable under pressure

. Pro?cient in the following software programs:

. Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress,

. Adobe Acrobat, Filemaker Pro, MicroSoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

. Able to effectively produce, manipulate and process digital art

. Possess advanced writing, editing and proofreading skills

. Able to effectively manage multiple projects and deadline related

tasks effectively

EDUCATION

University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri

College of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor's Degree in Communications

Media Studies Emphasis

The Second City Chicago, Illinois

Completed one-year Writing Program (Levels 1-6)

Completed one-year Improvisation Program (Levels A-E)

EXPERIENCE

11/2010-3/2011

The University of Chicago Law School Chicago, Illinois

Secretary III

The University of Chicago Law School offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary

professional education that blends the study of

law with the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences.

. Prepared course materials for law classes and professors.

.

Informed students about admission information, events and building facil

ities.

. Sold and tracked the daily parking passes for the entire law school.

6/2010-9/2010

The Second City Chicago, Illinois

Graphic Design Internship

The Second City is the world's premier comedy theatre and school of improvis

ation -specializing in sketch comedy and improvisation.

.

Fulfilled digital design requests from all the Second City offices inclu

ding Toronto, Los Angeles and Detroit.

.

Designed, printed and mounted various playbills, posters, menus and adve

rtisements.

.

Organized and archived a 50 year digital collection of actor's headshots

.

9/2009-5/2010

University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

Fulbright Scholarship/Business & Financial Audit Procedures Coordinator -

Temporary

The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, coeducational

institution of higher

learning and research..

. Organized and coordinated all of the materials for the Univeristy

Fulbright Scholarship

applicants.

. Wrote and edited financial audit procedures for documentation and

future reference.

. Converted procedural documents into an HTML format to be used on an

internal website

for the department.

9/2004-8/2009

Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews McMeel Universal Kansas City,

Missouri

Digital Production Artist

Andrews McMeel Universal is a worldwide leader in the acquisition,

development, syndication

and digital distribution of news and entertainment content to news outlets

and online media.

. Managed the production and tracking of over forty Universal Press

Syndicate features

including Doonesbury, Foxtrot, The Boondocks, Cathy as well as

puzzles, syndicated

columns and other features.

. Digitally archived the entire 35 year Doonesbury catalog and was

instrumental in its

preparation for addition into the Library of Congress.

. Served as the primary caretaker of Andrews McMeel's digital asset

management system,

which is an online searchable database for all UPS comics.

. Supervised two data transcriptionists for the content management

system.

. Worked directly with creators and syndicate editors to edit comics,

including decisions

about content and language use.

. Organized and archived all copyright ?les for the entire UPS catalog.

. Presented syndicate features to sales representatives to demonstrate

recommended sales

strategies and techniques.

. Wrote freelance copy for the greeting card and calendar divisions of

Andrews McMeel

Universal.

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