Design Assistant

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objective

TO OBTAIN A GRAPHIC DESIGN POSITION WHICH ALLOWS ME TO GROW AS A PRINT AND

WEB DESIGNER.

education

WINTER 2010 WEB DESIGN CERTIFICATE, MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY AND

TECHNICAL COLLEGE

2000 - 2004 BFA, Graphic Design, University of Minnesota Duluth

Spring 2003 Study Abroad, Florence, Italy

employment

5/2007 - CURRENT GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR, IN FOOD

MARKETING & DESIGN, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

WORK WITH CREATIVE TEAM TO DEVELOP CONCEPTS. DESIGN AND LAYOUT

OF BROCHURES, SELL SHEETS, LOGOS, PACKAGING AND WEB DESIGN.

PREPARE PRINT READY FILES. CONDUCT PRESS CHECKS. PLAN, ORGANIZE

AND DIRECT PHOTO SHOOTS.

6/2004 - 4/2007 Creative Assistant, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Saint Paul,

MN

Page design, layout, pagination, and uploading to the printer the

weekly AutoFinder

Magazine. Designing banners, special sections and advertisements

for the daily paper.

applications

ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 4 (INDESIGN, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, FLASH,

DREAMWEAVER, BRIDGE, ACROBAT)

HTML, CSS, Fetch, QuarkXpress, iMovie, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,

PowerPoint)

recognition

3/2009 GOLD COMMUNICATOR AWARD, CLIENT: GENERAL MILLS, K-12 BROCHURE

2/2005 Nominated for Team Pioneer Press, Bulldog Award

4/4/2004 First Place, Multi-color Poster

First Place, Multi-event Poster

National Association for Campus Activities, Design Competition

3/2/2004 Edward Abbey Poem, Design Online Competition

1/2004 Selected to represent UMD's graphic design department at the

Italian American Festival in Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Spring 2003 Bush Study Abroad Scholarship

2002 - 2004 Dean's List

2001 - 2003 Howard W. Lyons Scholarship

2000 - 2001 Academic Scholarship

references

AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

> 651-***-****

> *******@*******.***

> 13922 Flay Avenue North

Hugo, MN 55038

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