Cynthia C. Cutright

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My Email: abngkq@r.postjobfree.com My Blog: http://cynthiacutright.wordpress.com/

My Portfolio: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiaccutright

Summary

I am a 16 year graphic design veteran specializing in advertising, branding, marketing, and social

media. During my career as a graphic designer in advertising, brand conversions, and re-imaging I have

collaborated with clients such as BP, Lowes Home Improvement, Caldwell Banker, Domino’s, Denny’s,

Eastern Carolina University, Edward Jones, Kangaroo, Westin Hotels and Resorts, Wyndham Hotels

and Resorts, and more. I have also been honored to receive two awards from the South Carolina Press

Association for creativity in advertising design.

Objective

It is my desire to obtain a Social Media Marketing position utilizing my marketing research,

emarketing, and customer relationship management skills while adapting marketing strategies using

critical thinking, ethics, and cross-cultural understanding.

Skills

Social Media Marketing

Niche branding, marketing research, e-marketing, and customer relationship management skills;

Adapt branding and marketing strategies using critical thinking, ethics, and cross-cultural understanding;

Manage expected growth in competition creatively; Develop effective marketing plans including

pricing, product placement, and promotion; Demonstrate change-agent skills using critical and creative

thinking.

Graphic Designer

Advertising, Branding, Graphic Design, Marketing, Brand Conversion, Re-imaging, Custom Art,

Adobe CS3, CorelDraw Graphics Suite X4, MS Office 2007 and MS Office 2010.

Work History

Custom Business Associates July 2009 -

Present

Graphic Designer

Duties include setting type and artwork using Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe

PageMaker, and Corel for advertising, marketing, and printing purposes; creating and manipulating

artwork and text using Adobe Illustrator and Corel for screen printing and transfers; creating and

manipulating artwork and text using Adobe Illustrator, Corel, and Roland VersaWorks for cut and print

vinyl signs; making printing plates and maintaining the ABDick DPM 2340 plate maker; operating the

Roland VersaCamm VP-540; as well as applying vinyl to acrylics, banners, and metals for advertising.

Lukeion Academy August 2001 - Present

Elementary Education Facilitator

Plan and instruct each subject area using wide variety of teaching aids, motivational and

implementation strategies to engage students in active learning. Incorporate learning modality principles

into classroom and individual instruction. Develop and conduct inter-grade activities. Implement

technological approaches to subject material. Research educational resources on the Internet. Assist with

information retrieval. Designed and conducted student workshops for training in word processing and

spreadsheet software. Dedicated to enthusiastic and dynamic teaching as a means of creating and

nurturing a lifelong love of knowledge.

C4 Creations December 1998 - Present

Owner

Advertising, Branding, Graphic Design, Marketing, and Social Media services.

PetSmart April 2007 – June 2008

Pet Care Lead

Reported directly to the Pet Care Manager and focused primarily on the health and safety of the

pets in our care by dispensing their water, food, and medicine; Assisted in coordinating daily activities

within the department and with training associates; Assisted customers in finding solutions related to

fish, birds, reptiles, and small furry pets.

WV Department of Health and Human Resources January 2006 – March 2007

Office Assistant 2

Posted payroll, attendance, materials use and equipment rental; Wrote various interdepartmental

documents and reports; Calculated benefits; Maintained, processed, sorted and filed documents;

Answered telephone, screened calls, took messages and complaints; Received, sorted and distributed

incoming and outgoing mail; Operated office equipment.

Southeastern SignWorks January 2005 – May 2005

Graphic Designer

Duties included manipulating type and artwork for production using Composer and Corel;

Operated a Gerber Edge printer, the Roland Camm-1 Pro CX-500 plotter, and the Roland VersaCamm

SP 540V printer/plotter; Applied laminate to print vinyl, and applied vinyl to acrylics, banners, and

metals for the purpose of advertising, brand conversion, re-imaging, marketing, custom signs, and

canopy construction.

Sawyers Sign Service Inc. January 2004 – January 2005

Graphic Designer

Duties included manipulating type and artwork for production using Colorchoice, Corel, and

Flexi-Sign; programmed and operated the CNC router using Enroute and MX32; Created neon layouts

using Sign Wizard; Operated the Mimaki CG12 plotter and the Roland ColorCamm CJ500

printer/plotter; Applied laminate to print vinyl, and applied vinyl to acrylics, banners, and metals for the

purpose of advertising, brand conversion, re-imaging, marketing, custom signs, and canopy

construction.

Allen Industries Inc. August 2000 – February 2002

Graphic Designer

Duties included manipulating type and artwork using Corel, Inspire, and PhotoPaint;

programmed the CNC router using Enroute and MX32; Created neon layouts using Neon Wizard and

Sign Wizard; Operated the Allen Datagraph, Ioline Studio, and Mimaki CG12 vinyl/pen plotters;

Applied vinyl to acrylics, banners, and metals for the purpose of advertising, brand conversion, re-

imaging, marketing, custom signs, and canopy construction.

Graphic Systems International May 1995 – May 1998

Graphic Designer

Duties included setting type and artwork using Canvas, CasMate, Corel, and Illustrator; Prepress

camera operations; Screen printing; Operated the Ioline vinyl plotter; Supervised operation of the

Xenetech engraver; Applyed vinyl to acrylics, banners, and metals for the purpose of advertising, brand

conversion, re-imaging, marketing, custom signs, high-rise signs & canopy construction.

The Summerville Journal Scene May 1994 – May 1995

Advertising Designer

Duties included setting display ads using Corel, PhotoPaint, and PageMaker; as well as

typesetting, layout/pagination, and pasteup.

The Post and Courier June 1993 – May 1994

Advertising Designer

Duties included setting display ads using AdSpeed and typesetting.

Education

Colorado Technical University

Colorado Springs, CO, United States, 2009 – Present

M.B.A., Marketing

Colorado Technical University

Colorado Springs, CO, United States, 2006 – 2009

B.S.B.A., Human Resource Management

West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Montgomery, WV, United States, 1990 – 1992

A.S., Printing Technology

Certifications

Human Resource Management (Colorado Technical University) Feb 2009

Organizational Systems Improvement (Colorado Technical University) Dec 2008

Management Essentials (Colorado Technical University) Dec 2008

Human Resource Development (Colorado Technical University) Mar 2008

Business in the Global Environment (Colorado Technical University) Oct 2007

Project Planning (Colorado Technical University) Jun 2007

Business Fundamentals (Colorado Technical University) Jun 2007

Basics of Accounting and Finance (Colorado Technical University) Feb 2007

Interests

Advertising, branding, consulting, e-marketing, entrepreneurship, learning, market / business

planning, marketing, motorcycles, personal branding, reading, social networking, sport karate, teaching,

technology, web and graphic design.

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