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.