CYNTHIA ANN LING

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73120-4452

Home: 405-***-**** - Cell: 405-***-**** - ac3khs@r.postjobfree.com SUMMARY

Graphic Designer with experience in the print communications industry. Expertise in the layout and design of advertisements and promotional marketing materials for branding and company identity. Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills with proven ability to design media communications projects which positively promote products, company image and community awareness. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graphic Artist 2015– 2016

I.P.G.I. (IMAGENation Inc.) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Help with all the personalized items, including all kinds of mugs, portable power drives and all kinds of flashlights for customers by using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word,

Help design company T-Shirts for employees to wear.

Help increase company revenue by accurately typing business cards, portable power drives, all kinds of mugs, umbrellas, etc.

Graphic Artist / Pre-Press Technician 2012 – 2015

QUIK PRINT OF OKC, INC. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Help increase company revenue by accurately typesetting and designing various office forms, direct mail pieces, business cards, oversize posters, booklets, directories, seasonal cards, wedding invitations, etc. by using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, and PitStop.

Troubleshoot and fix various customers' pieces for proper print output with minimal error.

Help assist and establish excellent communication and rapport with staff members on their ticket orders at other store locations, while being stationed at the main corporate office in Oklahoma City. Typesetter 2011 – 2011

WHITNEY ENGLISH, LLC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Facilitated daily high-volume online orders within short deadlines.

Stylize the copy entered online by each particular customer by using the fonts on reformatted pre-existing Adobe Illustrator templates in the system or special fonts requested by that particular customer for various personalized consumer products. CYNTHIA ANN LING

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont’d)

Graphic Designer 1998 – 2010

OKLAHOMA PUBLISHING COMPANY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Designed original prototype for the Hispanic publication, “VIVA OKLAHOMA,” and generated $8,600 in revenue from its very first published issue.

Cultivated and maintained excellent client relationships by implementation of various media avenues designed to enhance client marketing and communication efforts.

Designed newspaper advertisements for classified, retail, auto, real estate, special section inserts and magazines. Also designed direct mail pieces including postcards, business cards, mailers, brochures and flyer inserts by using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Graphic Artist 1997 – 1997

HAYS & ASSOCIATES, INC. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Enhanced client marketing and communication efforts for insurance, medical and community organizations.

Published monthly Waste Management and quarterly Delta Dental newsletters.

Developed designs and layouts for brochures, newsletters, camera-ready newspaper advertisements, business cards, letterheads and envelopes by using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Quality Control Testing of Raw and Processed Food Products Formerly a Corporate Microbiologist who changed careers due to developing chemical sensitivity after being exposed to frequent strong chlorinated sanitizers and periodic liquid ammonia based refrigerant leaks in the meat processing plants.

EDUCATION

Continuing Education – Graphic & Web Design and Desktop Publishing FRANCIS-TUTTLE VO-TECH CENTER and METRO TECH, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Master of Science – Microbiology

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, Clemson, South Carolina

Bachelor of Science – Biology, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa FURMAN UNIVERSITY, Greenville, South Carolina

PUBLICATION

August and November 2004 Quarterly Issues of the Hispanic publication, “VIVA OKLAHOMA.”

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