Sales Marketing

ANDREA WENDORF **** Creek Haven Road, Cottage Grove, WI 53527

GRAPHIC DESIGNER 608-***-**** u **********@*******.***

VISION: CLEAR

Confident and experienced graphic designer with excellent leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making

abilities. Skilled at combining marketing strategies with targeted and intuitive graphic concepts that move the

intended audience to act. Motivated, passionately creative, and driven by new challenges.

EXPERIENCE: WELL-ROUNDED

From down-and-dirty to spendy, traditional to trendy, I can motivate a message whatever the medium or method.

Suttle-Straus, Inc. Waunakee, Wisconsin Lead Graphic Designer, 2006-2010

A premier marketing services provider offering a wide array of printing services,

mailing, and internet-based solutions to a broad spectrum of companies.

u trategized, conceived, and created corporate marketing pieces and campaigns including

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customer education sessions, awareness mailings, and targeted product development programs

u ccomplished in copywriting, data management, traditional and digital print applications, variable

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data imaging, postal regulations, designing for large format output, PURL and e-mail technologies

u Developed complex variable data marketing vehicles

u Worked closely with clients to formulate branding and implement initiatives

u Collaborated with Sales, Marketing, Directors, and Presidents as clients and colleagues

u Actively participated in corporate sales meetings and internal education sessions

u ey member of corporate marketing team

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u stablished and grew the creative department to serve a diverse

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group of clients with unique business needs

u Reported to the Vice President of Client Services

Demco Media Limited Partnership Madison, Wisconsin Graphic Designer, 1997-2006

Former sister company of DEMCO, Inc. Provided the best of the best books to schools and libraries

across the United States as manufactured prebound editions (Turtleback ) and select publisher originals.

u ole designer responsible for all sales and marketing materials including branding, catalog design

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and production, direct mail, trade show signage, and website design

u Transformed branding from product-focus to customer-focus

u Directed all photography in-studio as well as on-location; with and without models

u Mastered the presentation of copy and large blocks of type as graphic elements

u stablished procedural improvements for data and content sources to improve output integrity

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and increase production efficiencies

u Effectively managed budget, production, and time constraints as part of a nimble marketing staff

u Collaborated with select vendor partners, negotiating quotes and managing press approvals

u Reported to the Vice President, Director of Marketing

W O R K E T H I C : FA R M G I R L

Need I say more? Hard work is honest work you harvest what you sow. Be true to the customer, the company,

and yourself and a brand will come to life. The key to exceptional work is to put forth your best then make it better.

E D U C AT I O N A N D A S S O C I AT I O N S

u BFA, Graphic Design, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,1997 u Girl Scout Leader, 2007 present

u American Advertising Association Madison Chapter u Numerous community and networking

u AAF-Madison Display Chair, 2009 and 2010 organizations

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u AAF-Madison, ADDYS: 2008-Silver, 2009-Silver, and 2010-Silver u PIW Best of Category Award, 2010

S O F T WA R E P R O F I C I E N C I E S

u dobe Creative Suite (Macintosh)

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InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat u Extensis Suitcase u Xdata prototype language

u QuarkXPress u Microsoft Office u Working knowledge of Pageflex, MindFire

u FlightCheck u Entourage u Typing Speed: 70 wpm

References available upon request

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