Developer Design

Location:

Posted:

November 17, 2012

Christopher Bell

East Lansing, MI

48823

Phone 805-***-**** ********@***.*** www.msu.edu/~bellchr7/

Objective To pursue a career in publishing that will utilize and expand my skill

sets in editing, writing, and design. To create effective and visually

stimulating communication through usable layout and design. To go

above and beyond to satisfy clients and employers.

Skill sets Writing: strong, effective communication skills in technical writing,

fiction, creative nonfiction, areas of analysis, and transmission of

information to any audience.

Editing: experience with editing different genres, familiarity with

Chicago, MLA, and APA styles, comfortable using accepted

copyediting and proofreaders marks, cordial and expressive

communication with authors.

Design: able to create appealing, innovative publication designs; easily

comprehensible and attractive presentations; rhetorically efficient

images.

Technology: Windows 95/98/00/XP, Mac OSX, Microsoft Word,

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe

InDesign, Macromedia Dreamweaver (HTML and CSS coding).

Intangibles: independent worker and thinker, willing to explore

different possibilities and points-of-view, active collaborator, precise

attention to detail.

Education School: Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI 48825-1105

B.A. Professional Writing Editing and Publishing concentration

Minors: Communications, Economics/Business

Relevant Coursework: Managing Publication Projects, Editing and

Style, Web Design, Visual Rhetoric, Invention in Writing

Second Language: Conversational Spanish

Experience Office of Campus Sustainability April, 2008 Present

Document/Web Developer maintaining the organization s

website, designing the newsletters, and creating promotional items.

Office of Campus Sustainability January 2008 April 2008

Publication Developer working in a team to develop, compose,

and execute a series of informational publications.