Graphic Artist
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Career Summary:
Strongly seasoned and hardworking, adept multi-tasker with ability to bring simultaneous projects to completion with efficiency and accuracy. Skilled in a variety of software to manipulate images, logos, and marketing tools while striving to exceed expectations in deadline-driven environments. Able to work well independently or as a member of a team.
Expertise:
• Adobe CS: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat • WordPress, SEO, HTML and CSS
• Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, QuarkXPress • Mac OS & Windows operating systems
• Adapt easily to new software, situations and companies • Proof and edit with eye for detail
• Good communication and problem-solving skills • Able to accept and learn from criticism Experience (relevant):
Advertising Sales Rep./Graphic Artist, Wisconsin Newspress, Plymouth, WI June, 2015 - April, 2018 Created ads using InDesign, created & maintained company Facebook page and new real estate page, provided customer service to current clients, and sold ad space for five different newspapers: Plymouth Review, Xtra, Sheboygan Beacon, Sheboygan Falls News, and Current. Web Designer, IQ Print Media, Plymouth, WI Nov., 2013 - Feb., 2014 Using WordPress, designed various types and styles of websites for these clients: www.bedbugsanddrugs.com, www.greenspotfoods.com, and www.shamanjuan.com.
ImPress Associate, Office-Max, Sheboygan, WI Jan., 2013 - June, 2013 Used a variety of software from Photoshop to Publisher to provide customer service with various printing projects, such as brochures, business cards, flyers, posters, banners, etc. Graphic/Production Artist, C2 Graphics Productivity Solutions (employment agency), Milw., WI 9/2007-4/2015 At Core Creative in Milwaukee, edited school supply packaging keylines using Adobe Illustrator (early 2015). At Community Printing in Cedarburg, edited & created with QuarkXPress, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop; created plates with Preps; digitally printed business cards, postcards, flyers, during maternity leave (9/11 - 12/11). At Norscot Group in Mequon, created clipping paths and retouched photos in Photoshop, typed and proofed catalog copy, and set page layout in QuarkXPress and InDesign (a few months work in 4 consecutive years). Graphic Artist, Midstar Printing Co., Plymouth, WI Jan. - August, 2008 Created and edited brochures, business cards, annual reports, flyers, CD covers and inserts with InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Provided customer service in person as well as via e-mail and phone. Education:
Lakeshore Technical College, Cleveland, WI
Associate Degree – Graphic and Web Design, 2012
Moraine Park Technical College, Fond du Lac, WI
Associate Degree – Graphic Communications - Electronic Prepress, 2006 Certificate – Desktop Publishing, 2006
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