Amy Strocchia, **** Comfortcove Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115. (815) 654-

0211

Operating Systems

MacOS, Windows 98/NT/XP/Vista/7

Software

Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat)

GIMP

Joomla CMS

HTML

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc.)

Awards

NABE Luminary Award Recipient for Excellence in Electronic Publications

2009

NABE Luminary Award Recipient for Excellence in Regular Publications 2009

NABE Luminary Award recipient for Web site excellence 2008

Clark County Bar Association Employee of the Year 2006

Organizations

National Association of Bar Executives (NABE), Communications Section

Education

. Web Design, Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

. Bachelor of Science, December, 1995, University of Illinois at

Chicago, Chicago, IL

. Interior Design: Color & Composition, Painting, Drafting, Drawing,

Space Planning, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Work Experience

The Clark County Bar Association (CCBA), Las Vegas, NV

April 2003-Current (telecommuting from Illinois) Graphic Design Specialist

. Production of the 4-color monthly print publication, Communiqu ,

including: art direction, graphic design, proof reading, and preparing

files for press and mailing

. Ad design (print, Web, and e-newsletter): develop sales strategies and

marketing materials for advertising promotions

. Advertising sales

. Create promotional materials (flyers, event tickets, poster boards,

programs, etc.)

. Edit and proofread materials for print and online distribution

. Web site management: design and maintenance of www.clarkcountybar.org

(post ads, update and create new content, map flow of pages for

members and non-members, code content, design graphics, research new

technology)

. Pictorial directory production

. Prepare, edit and distribute weekly e-newsletter, the CCBAlert

Radical Age, Las Vegas, NV

October 2000-February 2001 Senior HTML Programmer/Designer

. Design templates for e-commerce software

. Meet with clients to determine scope of projects

. Design Web sites, including: layout, custom graphics, compose text,

code HTML and JavaScript

ThinkSpark, Las Vegas, Nevada

April 1998-October 2000 Office Manager/Web Developer

As office manager I was responsible for the day-to-day practice management.

My duties included:

. Create PowerPoint presentations

. Proof and edit printed materials and advertising

. Special event planning, on and off-site

. Orientation for new hires

. Order education materials for weekly classes held at our facility

. Prepare classroom and computers

. Order breakfast for students

. Manage inventory

. Prepare weekly time reports for management and consultants

. Prepare expense reports

. Reconcile petty cash

. Assist Business Development Leader with proposal preparation

. Make travel arrangements

. Maintain office equipment

. Liaison for property management

As Web developer, I created sites independently and as part of our design

group. My independent projects included:

. Convert employee handbook into an on-line format

. Database Consultants Las Vegas Branch Web site

Clientele I directly consulted in Las Vegas include:

. Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, Las Vegas, NV. The Andre Agassi

Foundation

(AAF) needed an extranet site for the agencies participating in the "Stop

The Violence" Program. I was responsible for creating graphics and the

shell for the necessary Java applications to run within.

. Future Fire Technologies, Las Vegas, NV

On this project I was the creative director, project manager and writer.

I maintained contact with the client and conveyed his vision to our

design team in Dallas, TX.

Cole Wire & Cable Co. Inc., Lincolnshire, Illinois

November 1996- February 1998 Special Project Coordinator

My position at CWC allowed me to work on a variety of creative projects

including:

. Coordinate development and write text for Cole Wire Web site

. Coordinate design of trade show display

. Publish quarterly newsletter

. Purchase advertising space and promotional materials

. Responsible for all details pertaining to attendance of trade shows

. Manage outside sales representative program (compose contract,

interview potential sales people, assign territory, monthly follow-up)

. Work with HR consultant to create employee handbook and job

descriptions. Responsible for all subsequent updates and maintenance

. Coordinate special events for customers and vendors

. Maintain customer database

. Compose general business correspondence for President of Sales and

Marketing

. Responsible for all travel arrangements for sales and management

personnel

Altschuler Melvoin & Glasser, LLP, Chicago, Illinois

May 1996 - November 1996 Travel Coordinator

. Arrange travel for 500+ employees in our Chicago and Los Angeles

groups

. Coordinate schedules and breaks for 4 receptionists

. Train all new receptionists and summer interns

. Composed and edited reception manuals

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