Design Medical

ADRIAN JOHNSON

visual communicator

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Cleveland, OH 44111

216-***-****

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EXPERIENCE

Features Designer The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH (2000-present)

Key responsibilities: Art direction and production of Travel, Taste and Living/Arts sections. Active in conceptualizing

cover designs (photography, illustration, and informational graphics). Also responsible for execution and prepress of

pages. Work in close collaboration with various editors, photographers and designers.

Designer/Graphic Artist The Post-Tribune, Merrillville, IN (1994-96, 1998-2000)

Responsible for section front page art direction, including features, front page, sports, business and editorial. Also

performed duties as a graphic artist. As a graphic artist (1994-1996): Responsible for daily editorial informational

graphics, illustrations and occasional section designs.

Graphics Production Various freelance opportunities in Chicago, IL (1996-98)

Experiences in multiple areas: design studio, pre-press, retail direct advertising. Medical data graphics, legal graphics,

and trade magazines.

EDUCATION

Cuyahoga Community College Parma Heights, OH

Multimedia studies in HTML, CSS and Flash animation (2008-09)

Kent State University Kent, OH

Graduate studies in Visual Communication Design (2004-05)

Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw, MI

B.A. in Art with minor in Design (1994)

Napier University Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Photography and graphic design (1992-93)

Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI

Pre-Architecture studies (1989-1991)

SKILLS

Design and multimedia

Applications: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash.

Specialties include: layout design, typography, corporate identity, informational graphics

and vector based illustration

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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