Design Designer

Chris Lee L e e

www.chrisly.info

* ********** ***** / ********* * / Springfield, Illinois 62704 815-***-**** /

*********@*****.***

An award winning, logical, visual journalist pursuing a career

at an organization that appreciates the power of visual

communication.

Recent Experience

6/10 8/10 9/06 present 6/08 8/08 1/05 12/09

The Arizona Republic Freelance Design Rockford Register Star Student Newspapers

Phoenix, Arizona Starting as a student Rockford, Illinois Eastern Illinois University

Under the Pulliam worker, I proved myself Working as an intern in & Rock Valley College

Fellowship program, I was indispensable. I then the Graphics Beginning as a designer

one of fifteen who had a worked as an outside department for the for my community college

chance to spend the contractor, thus 60,000 plus circulation paper, I eventually became

summer with the 12th beginning my career as a newspaper, I created Editor in Chief. When I

largest paper in the nation. freelance designer. Since online videos, flash transferred to Eastern,

While with The Republic, I then, I have worked for applications, I worked my way up again,

mostly worked on various companies information graphics, finally taking the position

centerpieces and both national and maps, photo of managing editor. At both

information graphics. I also international illustrations, and page papers I doubled as art

art directed and designed a creating everything layouts. With a director.

full special section. from web sites to logos relatively small staff,

and advertisements. The Star was able to

give me a lot of

individual attention.

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Education Concentration in Visual Communication

12/09 Eastern Illinois University / Charleston, Illinois

5/07

Associate Degree of Arts

Rock Valley College / Rockford, Illinois

Awards Associated Student Society for Illinois Community

Collegiate College Journalism

Society for Collegiate News Design (SSND)

Association (ICCJA)

Press (ACP)

Journalists (SCJ) 2007 Honorable

2005 2007 Best

2007 Pacemaker finalist, mention, non daily

2008 First place, front,

Overall.

designer of the year.

2006 Best in show.

feature and editorial page

2005 2007 First

First and third place,

design. Second place,

place, layout and

non daily editorial

inside and feature page

graphics.

design.

design.

Skills • Trained in AP style and proper copy editing

• Adept with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, practices.

• Skilled in political cartooning and figure

Quark, CCI Layout Champ, Acrobat, Avid, Final

drawing.

Cut, Premiere, Flash, Microsoft Office, (X)HTML

• Strong sense of color, composition and layout.

and CSS.

• Educated in proper typographic style.

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