David Camp
** ******* ****, ***** **, NM *****
505-***-**** / *****@******************.***
Portfolio at www.thesoundatreemakes.com
OBJECTIVE
Full-time permanent position requiring a wide range of graphic design and editorial skills
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
25 years of graphic design experience including website design and coding; print and HTML
newsletters; publications and magazines; advertisements, flyers and posters; CD and DVD
packaging.
Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills.
Organized, patient, detail-oriented, obsessive.
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite 4, Microsoft Office, QuickBooks Pro, plus standards-
compliant (X)HTML and CSS.
Adept at problem-solving and structuring effective work-flow systems.
Experience directing freelancers and independent contractors including copywriters,
photographers, illustrators; and print, prepress and mailing service providers.
Created budget projections for specific projects and managed bookkeeping for two businesses.
Initiated and formed strategic partnerships to enhance organizational success.
Generated educational materials that instruct effectively through elements of design and
language.
Built and developed brand awareness for numerous businesses through logo creation, public
relations materials, frequent communications and advertising campaigns.
Able to instruct and lead students or staff.
POSITIONS HELD
Communications Specialist, Glass Alliance New Mexico (part-time, 2009 present)
Generate original content and edit provided content for biweekly enewsletter.
Design and code enewsletter in HTML.
Maintain member database.
Edit and design additional periodic communications.
Co-Owner / Operations and Marketing Director, Lauren Camp Creative (2000 present)
Designed and built three websites to market the artist, including two sites about specific
bodies of work that were being marketed as solo museum exhibits.
Produced two targeted monthly enewsletters with HTML formatting (readership: approx. 750
and 200), from 2004 through 2009.
Produced a video DVD to market a solo exhibit to museums.
Write, design and produce brochures, press releases, special events invitations.
Design and distribute mailings to media and arts organizations around the U.S.
Manage bookkeeping, budgets, contracts and billing.
Booked and coordinated shipping of solo exhibit to museums in ten cities (2004 2007).
Formed partnerships with nonprofit art center and patrons to solicit financial support for
exhibit
Created student study guide for museum exhibit.
Prepared and conducted marketing workshops for artists and publishing workshops for
writers.
Print Advertising Director, KSFR 101.1FM, Santa Fe Public Radio (part-time, 2007 2008)
Wrote and designed newspaper advertising campaigns on a bi-weekly schedule.
Produced camera-ready artwork on deadline.
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Technical Writer, R ural Community Assistance Corporation (part-time, 2004 2005)
Produced educational, technical and training materials to provide a clear understanding of
complex topics for board members serving rural community water systems throughout the
state.
Owner / Principal, NewslettersNOW (1997 2000)
Provided newsletter production services for various organizations (full-service operation:
writing, editing, publication design, layout, proofreading, prepress, printing and mailing).
Made client presentations, bid on projects and wrote contracts.
Assigned and contracted with freelance writers, photographers and illustrators.
Managed long-term planning, scheduling and setting deadlines for multiple projects.
Freelance Writer (1994 1997)
Articles published in M other Earth News, Fine Woodworking, W oodshop News and others.
Editorial Director, EGW Publishing Company, Concord, CA (1991 1994)
Supervised a staff of 17 in the production of six consumer magazines.
Developed new publications and established editorial guidelines.
Editor, Veggie Life, EGW Publishing Company (1992 1994)
Conceived editorial concept, researched the market, designed the publication, and produced
the first eight issues.
Editor, Popular Woodworking, EGW Publishing Company (1985 1992)
Successfully transformed a regional publication for woodworking businesses with a
readership of 27,000 into a national magazine for woodworking hobbyists creating an
editorial product that would help grow the subscriber base to 275,000 and increase ad pages
620 percent.
COMMUNITY -BASED ACTIVITIES
Member, La Cienega Community Plan / Ordinance Review Committee (2007 - present)
Work with a 12-member panel of fellow residents to review and amend Santa Fe County
ordinance affecting zoning and land use.
Present a vision for the future and suggest corresponding ordinance changes to the
community-at-large for approval.
Founding Board Member, Southwest Jazz Orchestra Santa Fe, NM (2004 2005)
Helped develop vision and mission statements.
Assisted with preparation of documents filed for nonprofit status.
Engaged in marketing and fundraising activities.
Alternate Board Member, La Cienega Mutual Domestic Water Association (2002 2004)
Participated in matters of policy regarding providing water service to members.
Responsible for editing Amended Articles of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws,
both of which were adopted in September 2004.
EDUCATION
Santa Fe Community College, Media Arts Program (ongoing)
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Coursework in Magazine Management (1992)
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REFERENCES
Betsy Ehrenberg, President
Glass Alliance New Mexico
12 Calle de Luz
Santa Fe 87506
Phone 505-***-****
Cell 650-***-****
Email: *******@*****.***
Blanca Surgeon, RDS Environmental
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
811 St Michael s Dr #202
Santa Fe 87505
Phone 505-***-**** (office)
Cell 505-***-****
Email: ********@****.***
Gayle Vance, Senior Editor
TriCore Reference Laboratories
1001 Woodward Place NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Fax: 505-***-****
Email: *****.*****@*******.***