Manager Sales

Location:

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September 23, 2010

Gail Bakken • Multimedia Designer

http://www.gailbakken.com/ • ****@**********.*** • 651-***-****

Experience

Vertis, Inc.

• Designed inserts, weekly ads, new projects, in store magazines and signage under the tightest

of deadlines

• Desktop publishing of high priority pieces

• Generated conceptualizations and mockups under tight turnaround time

• Visually marketed Cub Foods in each new endeavor using skills in design, typography and

branding to generate excitement in initiatives and greater sales in store

• Generated ad vehicle copy for new promotions and initiatives

• Supervised 4 designers

• Mentored designers new to the field

2000 2003 Graphic Designer

Helmer Printing, Inc.

• Desktop publishing of marketing, promotional materials and websites

• Output direct to plate and negative

• Designed for diverse accounts such as the River Falls Chamber of Commerce, Pierce County,

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services, and Hastings Community Education among many others

1997 1998 Composition Manager

Stillwater Evening Gazette

• Supervised small team of graphic designers

• Responsible for all display advertising for the company, legal publications, and created the

majority of advertising for other ad vehicles printed at the Gazette.

Education

2010 University of Phoenix

Bachelors in IT, Multimedia and Visual Communications

1995 MATC Milwaukee

Associates in Commercial Art With additional Desktop Publishing Certificate

Programs

Adobe Illustrator Quark XPress

Adobe Photoshop Microsoft PowerPoint

Adobe InDesign Microsoft Word

Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Flash