Customer Service Design

MEGAN NEWMAN

GRAPHIC DESIGNER & PHOTOGRAPHER

**** ***** ***** ****, *********, MI 49721

231-***-**** - **********@*****.***

www.megannewman.com - meganewman.blogspot.com

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Graphic Communication, Photography

Northern Michigan University School of Art and Design. Marquette, MI. May 2010.

Magna Cum Laude.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Photographer. Cheboygan, MI. 2009 - Present

Weddings, engagements, seniors, children, families & sports.

Onsite-Imaging. Cheboygan, MI. June 2010 - Present

Assist Deborah Weisberger in recreational and high school sports portraits.

Graphic Designer. Straits Area Printing, Cheboygan, MI. June 2010 - Present

Designed promotional posters, pamphlets, business cards and brochures as well as

photographing for print goods.

Graphic Designer/Assistant Coordinator. Mackinaw Area Visitors Bureau, Mackinaw

City, MI. June - Aug 2009, Aug 2010 - Present

Designed promotional posters, pamphlets, and brochures, supervised printing and

distribution and assisted in coordinating events.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Retail Service. The Island Bookstore, Mackinaw City, MI. Summer 2009

Cashier, customer service, responsible for store closings.

Customer Service. Meister’s Greenhouse Home & Garden Showplace, Marquette, MI.

Summer 2008

Floral arrangements and display creation, plant maintenance, cashier, responsible

for store closings.

Customer Service. Spray’s Landscape Services Inc, Cheboygan, MI. Summer 2007

Arranged displays, assisted customers with trees, shrubs, and flowers, plant

maintenance, cashier.

Customer Service. Boucard Garden Center, Cheboygan, MI. Summer 2003-2006

Assisted customers, plant maintenance.

EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS

Students First Bookstore. One photograph chosen. Juried. 2010. Marquette, MI.

Donkers Exhibition. Three photographs chosen. Juried. 2009, 2010. Marquette, MI.

Housing & Residence Life Photo Contest. Total of eighteen photographs chosen.

Juried. 2006-2010. Northern

Michigan University, Marquette, MI.

Last Ad Standing. Winner. Health Promotions Office. Juried. 2008. Northern Michigan

University, Marquette, MI.

Cheboygan Today Magazine. Four winning photographs, two honorable mentions.

Juried. 2007-2009. Cheboygan

Chamber of Commerce, Cheboygan, MI.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Flash

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Bridge

Scanning Equipment

Digital & Film Photography

Studio Lighting

Large Format

Dark Room

Macintosh Operating Systems

Windows Operating Systems

ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

NMU Student Support Services Committee. Selected activities for program

participants, assisted in sponsoring events, 2006-2010

PADI Scuba Certified. April 2010

Youth Soccer Coach. Teaching skills both on and off the field, Cheboygan, MI. 2009

References avaliable upon request.

REFERENCES

Jane Milkie. Professor of Art and Design: Graphic Communications

School of Art and Design, Northern Michigan University

1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855

*******@***.*** 906-***-****

Keith Ellis. Professor of Art and Design: Graphic Communications

School of Art and Design, Northern Michigan University

1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855

********@***.*** 906-***-****

Christine Flavin. Professor of Art and Design: Photography

School of Art and Design, Northern Michigan University

1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855

*******@***.*** 906-***-****

Dan Dermyer. Academic Advisor

Student Support Services, Northern Michigan University

1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855

********@***.*** 906-***-****

Debra Spence. Manager

Mackinaw Area Visitors Bureau

10800 West US 23, Mackinaw City, MI 49701

***@************.*** 231-***-****

Scott & Laura Beard. Business Owners

Straits Area Printing

313 Lafayette Street, Cheboygan, MI 49721

*****@***************.*** 231-***-****

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