Manager Maintenance

Christa Smith

Permanent Address: **** N. Sheffield Apt.3 . Chicago, IL 60614

Email: **************@*****.*** Website:

http://christasmith88.wordpress.com/about/ Phone: 256-***-****

Work Experience:

Onyx Magazine (DePaul University) Editor-In-Chief

.Chicago, IL . (June 2007 - Present)

Managed overall publication finances of $20k annual budget

Corresponded with our department financial director to insure vendor

payments were paid in a timely fashion and budget was accurately maintained

Wrote grant proposals to insure the publication maintained financial

stability

Have obtained over $80k for sustainability over the past four years

Recently insured the publication would be added to the university's annual

budget

Served as primary graphic design artist for the publication

Created original designs for front and back covers, along with other

feature stories' pages that required special graphics using Adobe Photoshop

Setup the layout for each page to insure content was accurate and up to

date using Adobe Indesign

Exported the final file to pdf version for print production using Adobe

Indesign

Managed full transition from newspaper publication to monthly magazine

editorial

Designed and implemented the publication's current organizational and

managerial structure along with its bylaws

Includes official policies & procedures of the publication, publication

operation, position requirements, etc

Designed the organization's logo and letterhead using Adobe Photoshop

Researched various printing companies, industry trends, etc. to maintain

relevance as a new publication

Managed full institutionalization within the university's structure

Currently working with department heads to create paid positions for the

publication

Trained various employees to maintain publication success and uphold

university standards

Researched methods to incorporate the publication into various colleges

within the university structure

Managed staff of up to 25

Coordinated monthly photo shoots, created production schedules, and

conducted bi-weekly meetings

Edited and wrote monthly articles

Edit between 8-12 articles ranging from 700-1500 words monthly

Write editor's note on relative topics within the DePaul Community.

Style Chicago.com Graphic Design

.Chicago, IL . (September 2009 - January

2010)

Managed up to 20 client accounts concurrently via Salesforce.com

Creative Design

Designed between 5 and 10 original pieces on a daily basis; products

including: event banners, postcards, logos and evites for clients using

Adobe Photoshop

Website maintenance

Created promotional banners for company website using Dreamweaver

Updated website information utilizing company specific web manager

Chicago Tribune Multimedia/Social Media Intern .Chicago, IL

. (September 2008 - April 2009)

Website maintenance

Operated web domains, uploaded blogs, monitored blog comments, and used

html coding using Wordpress and Oxygen software.

Created photo galleries for Tribune online using Adobe Photoshop

Trained fellow interns

Showed individuals how to use various complex software systems such as

Wordpress, Oxygen, Photoshop, Typepad, and Merlin

Search Engine Optimization/Social Media

Researched high ranking daily topics in relation to Tribune stories, and

optimized their search-ability drawing more traffic to the Tribune Website.

Directed high ranking news articles to social media websites such as

reddit, digg, twitter, and facebook.

Education: DePaul University - Chicago, Illinois

Masters of Science Major: Digital Cinema Expected

Graduation: June 2011

DePaul University - Chicago, Illinois

Bachelors of Arts Major: Digital Cinema Graduation

Date: June 2010

Skills:

MS Office Html coding Photoshop

Indesign iWeb Final Cut Pro

After Effects Oxygen Typepad

Merlin Teleprompter Usage Keynote

Numbers Pages Quark Xpress

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