Peter Schmidt's RTF Resume
(My PDF resume is much more interesting looking but it would not let me upload it.)
Design Experience
August 2009 – June 2010
Graphic Design Intern / Printing Apprentice
Nelson Press
from concept to shipping the finished product: altering existing designs or producing new ones,
retouching photos, scanning images, corresponding with clients, emailing or faxing proofs, cutting
paper to size, scoring, die cutting, creating printing plates for offset printing, laser printing,
shipping product, and various odd jobs around the shop
June 2009 – August 2009
Graphic Design Intern
SkyNet Media Group
all work was done for joonbug.com a web property of Skynet Media Group, which included
designing banner and box ads, flash e vites, various flyers for places and events, and various
minor design tasks, I learned a lot about time management and working on various projects
simultaneously
Other Experience
June 2010 – September 2010
Volunteer Work / Traveling
Organic Farms / Northern Europe
I spent several weeks volunteering on three different organic farms in Sweden. Also several days
were spent in nine cities admiring architecture, taking several gigs of photos, and visiting a
handful of galleries and museums in each city.
September 2008 – June 2009
Sales Associate
Lord & Taylor
working register, helping customers locate products, and all the other usual duties of a
department store employee
July & September 2008
Sales Associate
Caralex Art Road Show
setting up shop in the morning, hanging paintings for display, assisting customers, selling
paintings, framing, recording sales, closing shop
Software Skills:
Adobe Creative Suite 4, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Autodesk Maya, Microsoft Office,
QuarkXPress
Design Skills:
Layout, typography, digital photography & retouching, videography & motion graphics, Hi res
scanning
Printing Skills:
Laser printing with Xante Ilumina, industrial paper cutting, letter press printing with Heidelberg
windmill, creating offset printing plates, die cutting
Cell:
Email:
************@*****.***
Address:
127 64th Street Apt. 2
West New York NJ, 07093