John E. Bodnar
**** ******** ***. ***. * Dormont, PA 15216
412-***-**** *******@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
Kashi Jewelry, Pittsburgh, PA
Graphic Designer/Photographer April 2010 to Present
Working with Windows and Macintosh operating systems, assist in store
opening and closing, manage Yahoo Small Business account, manage eBay
account, manage several email addresses, take photographs using Canon
camera equipment of jewelry, take inventory of items using Quickbooks
Point of Sale 9.0, using the Adobe Photoshop to edit photographs and to
create graphics, using Adobe Illustrator to create graphincs, editing
Java Script, HTML, PHP, and CSS for web development, training interns
and giving them daily direction, and performing minor marketing and
search engine optimization.
Equifax Settlement Services, Coraopolis, PA
Administrative Assistant May 2009 to April 2010
Working with a Windows based PC, pulling up appraisals for printing and
setting up new vendors using the software Vision, printing out items
for mailing, scanning vendor paper work, mailing out vendor
information, handling maintenance of vendors, entering new vendor
information when requested by others in the office, operating UPS
shipping program, handling items being sent by UPS and FedEx, operating
a postage machine for various types of mail, training others in various
duties, delivering mail to other team members, running end of day for
UPS, taking the mail to the post office, performing maintenance for
vendor's information, contacting UPS when packages do not arrive on
correct date, taking digitized version of vendor information and
storing them into our database.
Omni Prepaid, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
Datacard Operator November 2008 to February 2009
Working in a Visa certified facility, following Visa rules and
regulations of handling cards, operating the MX6000 printer to create
fully customized gift cards, cleaning MX6000 printer and modules,
changing embossing foils in the MX6000, restocking paper in the
printers to create customized carriers that carry the gift cards,
operating and maintaining the envelope inserting machine, handling
FedEx shipments, packing items to be shipped by FedEx, operating a
metering machine for postage, handling invoices from bulk mail sorting
facility
Metal Photo Services, Inc., Wilmerding, PA
Graphic Designer/Type Setter September 2006 to November 2008
Edit/scan photographs, create page layouts in Quark Express, Adobe Page
Maker and/or In Design, set up layouts for bulletins and booklets,
create layouts in Quark Express, printing files to negative film,
answer phone calls, respond to clients through the means of telephone
or e-mail, fax proofs to clients, relocating old files for reference,
talking to clients and making their needed adjustments to their
product/project, creating color separations for the printer, operating
the Explorer II Laser Engraver, watching over the laser engraver, use
Corel Draw to set up/create files to be uploaded into the laser
engraver, cleaning lenses and mirror for the laser engraver,
Illustrating raster files into a vector format using Adobe Illustrator,
and writing up purchase orders for customers.
Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA
Contract/Temp Web Position April 2005 to October 2005
Work with a team to create and develop new content for their Next
Generation web site using Interwoven CMS, edit HTML and Java Script
code to their custom coding system using Edit Plus HTML Editor, upload
files to servers through Interwoven; create spreadsheets with Microsoft
Excel to share with the work group using Microsoft Excel, and build
online forms using Edit Plus HTML Editor.
The Captured Moment, Allison Park, PA September 2004 to November 2004
Photographer / Assistant
Photographed area weddings using digital SLR cameras, set up and
dismantled equipment, and tested flashes for post ceremony photos
Recreational Equipment, Swissvale, PA April 2004 to July 2004
Graphic Designer/ Intern
Created graphic designs for Macromedia Flash game using Adobe Photoshop
and Illustrator, edited video for Congress from pre-edited film using
Adobe Premiere and After Effects, created various documents utilizing
graphic content with Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Word, and created a
3D scene for video using 3D Studio Max
EDUCATION
Associates in Specialized Technology Degree Multimedia Technology, July
2004
Pittsburgh Technical Institute, Oakdale, PA
PROGRAM KNOWLEDGE
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere,
Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe In Design, Quark Express, Corel Draw,
Aptana, Aperture, Interwoven CMS System (User), Micosoft Office Suite,
ApplicationXtender, UPS Global Express, FedEx Mailing Software.
MEMBERSHIPS/OTHER
Creative Treehouse, LLC, February 2007 to February 2009
Member/Volunteer
Assist in events, clean building when needed, perform minor maintenance on
the building, plan events, market events, open building to others when
needed, volunteer for special events such as a toy drive for Big Brothers
Big Sisters and fund raisers for Invisible Children.
Phipps Conservatory, July 2008 to Present
Member
Botanical garden located in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, PA
Silver Eye Gallery, October 2007 to October 2009
Member
Photography gallery and organization located in the South Side area of
Pittsburgh, PA.