EXPERIENCE
Owner / Designer
Graphics **** Inc. - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - 2000 to present
• Design marketing literature / photography for businesses.
• Create menu packages for various restaurants.
• Package design for automotive industries.
• Publisher of a quarterly direct-mailer for eight years in two markets in Iowa. Included sales, creation of ads, printing & mailing of booklets.
• Successfully carried forward with business clientele projects while simultaneously maintaining full-time student status. Head Graphics Production Artist
Stamats Communications - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - 1989-2000
• Produced digital print ready college & university view books & publications for universities across the globe.
Art Director / Graphic Artist
Sanchez Graphics - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - 1987 -1989
• Designed literature for various manufacturing companies throughout the Midwest.
• Technical illustration & exploded views, airbrush & photo retouch. Various clients included John Deere & Amana Refrigeration. Technical Illustrator
Data Communications Inc. - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - 1982-1986
• Assembled manuals and line illustrations and exploded views for military communications equipment.
Clients included Rockwell International, Lockheed, GE & Magnavox.
• Obtained security clearance for illustration work. EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Web Design & Interactive Media Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division
August 2018
Associate of Applied Arts Degree in Commercial Art Hawkeye Institute of Technology - Waterloo, Iowa
AWARDS
Numerous Presidential Awards
National Technical Honor Society Award
HTML & Dreamweaver certificates
Adobe Cloud Software certificates
709 East Post CT SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403
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graphics2000inc.com
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carmen-sanchez-design
OBJECTIVE
Actively seeking contract work /
freelance projects
SKILLS
Interactive Web Design
UI/UX Design
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
jQuery
PHP
Video Production/Editing
Graphic Design
Illustration
Adobe Cloud
SOFT SKILLS
Teamwork
Customer Satisfaction
Conflict Resolution