Newspaper Designs

Graphic Designs

shaun michael manley

Telephone: 989-***-****

Job Objective

Multitalented Graphic Designer with extensive experience in digital and film photography creating graphical photographs, newspaper pages, advertisements, and business logos and cards seeks challenging and rewarding career in graphic design. Exceptional interpersonal communication and collaborative skills; dynamic team-player with well-developed written and verbal communication abilities; accustomed to performing under strict deadlines combine to give me extensive experience in the following:

Work Experience

PRINT Broadsheet & Tabloid Newspaper Layouts Logos & Business Cards Posters & Calendars Resume Building & Designing

PHOTOGRAPHY Digital & Film Photography Black & White Photography Retouching Scanning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Media Relations Intern, Saginaw Valley State University, September 2008-May 2009.

Successfully layout and design media guides for various athletic teams for Saginaw Valley athletics, keep in-game statistics, assist with home event management. Primary contact for women's basketball, and will serve in that capacity for men's baseball in the spring. Primary contact for men's and women's soccer, volleyball and men's and women's track and cross country in the Fall season. Maintain and update the athletics Web site with human interest and game stories, statistics and photographs.

Key Achievements: Design Women's Basketball Media guide (A 32-page publication) Design Fall Sports Media Guide (A 60+ page publication) Keep the Web site updated

Freelance Graphic Design, Fort Gratiot, Michigan, 2007-Present Graphic Designer Business Logos and Business Cards

Successfully create new logos and business cards for small businesses in the Greater Port Huron area. Work closely with business owners, conceive and conceptualize design techniques to consistently improve the logos of the business. Coordinate deadlines with the owners, and make corrections to further enhance the owner s vision of their company. Manage all costs, and negotiate fair prices that meet the financial needs of the business.

Key Achievements: New business card design for Stitches by Susan. Created new logo for Todd s autobody shop. Established trusting relationship with small-business owners.

Andy Coulouris for State Rep., Saginaw, Michigan, 2006-2006 Graphic Designer Quarter-sheet advertisements

Successfully design advertisements for Mr. Coulouris s campaign for the 95th District Seat in the Michigan House of Representatives for distribution at Saginaw s Lawn Chair Film Festival in the summer of 2006. Effectively offer filmgoers insight into who Mr. Coulouris is, and what he believes in to persuade voters to cast votes to send him to Lansing.

Key Achievements: Mr. Coulouris s election to the Michigan House of Representatives. Furthered interest in print advertisements. Established relationships with campaign volunteers and staff.

The Flint Journal, Flint, Michigan, 2006-2006 Part-time Sports Copy Editor Designer

Successfully design inside sports pages for the more than 100,000 circulation daily while maintaining a high-level of accuracy, conforming to The Journal s uniform appearance, closely copy editing each page for errors in fact and language usage, being accountable for errors by writing letters of apology to those affected by an inaccuracy. Effectively offer suggestions, or clarifications of others working on the section, maintain a positive attitude and a good sense of humor when dummy pages come back covered in corrections to make before final publication.

Key Achievements: Develop a sense of pride in working on pages that normally go over-looked for their design quality. Further embrace the importance of uniformity in newspaper s appearance. Being accountable for mistakes that made the paper.

Lake City Reporter, Lake City, Florida, 2005-2006 Copy Editor Designer, columnist

Successfully design and copy edit most of the paper s news section, including section fronts and graphic headlines created entirely in Adobe Photoshop.Creatively offer suggestions for paper s redesign, including headline fonts to use, a new approach to info-boxes and column mugshots, opening the news pages to use white space more efficiently and making the paper easier to read. Successfully coach young writers and designers in the use of Associated Press writing style, and offer suggestions on how to engage readers with their stories. Contribute a weekly column called Culture Shock on entertainment news making headlines in and out of Lake City.

Key Achievements: Instrumental to paper s redesign. Learn by doing approach to designing section fronts. Maintain high standards of design.

The Daily News, Greenville, Michigan, 2004-2005 Special Sections Editor Advertising Department; Reporter Editorial Department

As Special Sections Editor, accurately cover an array of stories for the 10,000 circulation six-day daily in Montcalm County. Design each special section driven by advertising sales, enhance photographs and design house ads for weekly inserts in the paper. Manage multiple tasks as projects became bigger and bigger as the year progressed toward the jewel of the business-focused coverage, the Business Yearbook, which highlighted each business in our coverage area.

As Greenville City Reporter, successfully and accurately write stories for the daily paper on the most exposure beat on the paper. Hit-the-ground running capable to bridge a tough relationship with local politicians and earn trust quickly. Cover the US Army National Guard unit based in Greenville that was deployed to Iraq. Write feature stories about the soldiers and families. Accurately cover the Greenville City Schools. Cover the ground-breaking and Capital campaign for new hospital wing at Greenville s main hospital.

Key Achievements: Continue excellence in standards for The Daily News reputation. Work full-time in Greenville, and attend Central Michigan University to complete bachelor s degree. Create trusting relationships with local politicians by being accurate and fair.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Master of Arts in Communication & Digital Media Design, (expected) 2010 SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, Saginaw, Michigan

Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 2004 CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES Platforms: MAC OS 9/10-10.5.4, Windows XP Applications: Adobe Design Suite Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver and Illustrator; QuarkXPress, Apple iWorks Pages, Numbers and Keynote; Microsoft Office Suite Word, Excel, PowerPoint; NewsEdit Pro; and AppleWorks.

REFERRALS

Central Michigan University Professor David Weinstock TEL: 616-***-**** EMAIL: abpnsc@r.postjobfree.com

The Daily News Executive Editor Carl Gustin TEL: 616-***-**** EXT. 3032 EMAIL: abpnsc@r.postjobfree.com

Central Michigan University Student Media Director Neil Hopp TEL: 989-***-**** EMAIL: abpnsc@r.postjobfree.com

State Representative Andy Coulouris TEL: 517-***-**** EMAIL: abpnsc@r.postjobfree.com

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