Graphic Designer

Paula Geiger

269-***-**** *************@*****.*** 6846 West VW Avenue, Schoolcraft, MI 49087 www.getbusy.live Performance and process improvement

My dedication to efficiency and accuracy improved processes along with increased profits for businesses and positive customer experiences.

• Documented certification process for accuracy and created visual instructions for newcomers

• Reduced time execution of monthly reporting from 28 days to two days with documented accuracy

• Initiated user-experience improvements which decreased voting times from 2.5 hours to 30 minutes

• Used creative thinking and problem-solving to increase parking availability/function from 10 to 32 spots

• Created visual work instructions for closing procedures increasing accuracy and decreasing stress

• Increased occupancy rate of 65% to 99%; created methods to balance and keep financial records current

• Implemented changes to reduce magazine design production from 252 hours to 112 hours

• Developed directory for school district which included class lists, student-staff-group contact information, maps to athletic venues and advertisements

Design and presentation

Regardless of my role, my design knowledge of typography, color and layout is utilized to improve communication, visual presentation and unity.

• Recruiting events, team building events, company web communities

• Logo designs, department logos, and business cards

• Event campaigns and fund raising campaigns

• Painted murals, banner designs and t-shirt designs

• POP posters, product catalogs, catalog covers, product advertisements

• Magazine layout, global leader directories, art direction for book

• Student activities pamphlets and posters, speaker series brochures

• Constructed stop animation marketing campaign

• Sales charts and sales presentations

Professional profile

Seeking a challenging opportunity to utilize my creative talents and skills in a professional career setting as a Graphic Designer. Will entertain a position within an entry to mid-level which contains growth options. Aspire to work with a collaborative team inspiring positive results. Adapt with a short learning curve and eager to learn. Develop a career path to embody a passionate mission. Bring resourcefulness, down-to-earth approach and outside-the-box thinking with tenacity to achieve success. Print and web preparation

Using simple typography, experimenting with new media applications, balancing color theory and creative appropriate designs enhanced company branding, marketing and visual communication.

• One to four color directories, catalogs and magazines

• Photo editing for print and web

• One to two color pamphlets and advertisements

• Worked with photographer for product images

• Developed video marketing campaign using storyboarding and sketches

• Prepared files, documents and assets for internal and external vendors Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts Eastern Michigan University

Major: Graphic Design

Minor: Communication

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/paulageiger

Website: www.get-busy-living.com

Paula Geiger

269-***-**** *************@*****.*** 6846 West VW Avenue, Schoolcraft, MI 49087 www.getbusy.live Gallup Strengths

Includer

Activator

Project management

Able to handle detailed and complex projects from start to finish.

• Catalog layout, POP and advertisement creation, magazine layouts

• Event and team building plans

• Certification process for SEC public reporting and compliance

• Stryker Instruments Engineering Challenge set design

• Complied with state and local deadlines and election laws, executed voter registration and ballot distribution, hiring and training staff, set up and organized venue and materials, balance and close results Design employment

Home Depot, Store #2728 Graphic Artist/Paint Associate Portage, MI Typographic Insight, Inc. Graphic Designer Ann Arbor, MI Spring Arbor Distributors Graphic Designer Belleville, MI EMU: Office of Campus Life Graphic Designer Ypsilanti, MI Employment

Stryker: Corporate Administrative Assistant to Corporate Controller Portage, MI MANN+HUMMEL USA Administrative Assistant Level 3 Portage, MI Secant Technologies Physical Infrastructure Administrator Kalamazoo, MI Kal-Marble & Granite Office Manager Schoolcraft, MI Leighton Real Estate, LLC. Broker Assistant/Agent Kalamazoo, MI S. A. Morman & Co. Administrative Assistant Kalamazoo, MI Mark Craig Builder, Inc. Corporate Officer/Manager Schoolcraft, MI Proactive and initiative

When a method of standardization is realized or a deficiency noticed, my initiated actions implement positive results.

• Re-organized internal company website to reflect a branded Global Finance

• Created filing system for Township and increased the lot parking availability

• Cataloged overstocked inventory to decrease unnecessary supplies

• Increased occupancy, organized files, balanced books for broker Involvement

Girl Develop It, Grand Rapids chapter

Stryker’s Making Strides Campaign

Stryker Instruments Engineering Challenge

Prairie Ronde Township Clerk

Graphic Designer, Freelance

PTO Member, Schoolcraft PTO

Parish Lector

Maximizer

Responsibility

Arranger

Access

QuickBooks

Outlook

SAP

Microsoft

Publisher

Word

Power Point

Excel

Creative Cloud

Illustrator

InDesign

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

Programs

SharePoint

Wdesk

HTML

CSS

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