DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Graphic Design Website: http://www.cindydyerdesign.com

For more than 20 years, I have operated a full-service, home-based graphic design and photography studio working primarily with trade and professional associations, publishing firms and small busi- nesses. Projects include annual reports, brochures, magazines and newsletters, book covers and interi- ors, posters, logo design, trade show exhibits and convention collateral. I have extensive publications experience, producing more than 70 books and more than 50 different newsletters and magazines

(on a monthly, bimonthly and quarterly basis). My work with the Hearing Loss Magazine garnered several Hermés Creative Awards for design and photography. In addition to design and production services, I also provide photography, writing, and content creation. PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE

Photography Website: http://www.cindydyerphotography.com Event Photography Portfolio: http://cindydyerphotography.com/events.html Zenfolio Botanical Portfolio: http://cindydyer.zenfolio.com/p270076135 Hearing Loss Magazine Photography: http://cindydyer.zenfolio.com/p46472011 Celebrate Home Magazine Photography: http://cindydyer.zenfolio.com/p838025210 500px.com: https://500px.com/cindydyerphoto

I provide photographic services to my clients for conventions and meetings, corporate/staff portraits and assignment photography. My portrait work has been featured on covers and interiors for Hearing Loss Magazine, International Municipal Lawyer Magazine, Celebrate Home Magazine, and National Head Start’s Children & Families magazine. In 2011 Nikon profiled my work on their online Learn

& Explore series in How to Grow Your Garden Photography Skills. https://www.nikonusa.com/en/ learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/how-to-grow-your-garden-photography-skills.html The USPS has licensed my botanical images for stamps: Ferns (2014), Water Lilies (2015), and one image in the 16-pane series commemorating the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary (series un- veiled in June 2016 in NYC at the World Stamp Show). I have licensed two other series of botanical images to the USPS; publishing date TBD.

PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE

I provide blogging, writing, editing and proofreading services when needed. I have contributed as a writer and photographer at www.flowershopnetwork.com. In 2012 I co-founded and launched Celebrate Home Magazine, a quarterly lifestyle magazine (http://www.celebratehomemagazine. com), where I served as creative director, designer, photographer, content developer, and writer. SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE

I have solid social media skills as well. I manage and update many social media accounts daily, including two Facebook accounts, Twitter, Instagram, Google +, YouTube, LinkedIn, Flickr and Pinterest. My main blog, http://www.cindydyer.wordpress.com, currently has 1,144 subscribers and 695,268 hits. My gardening-only blog, http://www.gardenmuse.wordpress.com, has 785 subscribers and 724,728 hits.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted painting and photography workshops for my community garden club. I have also conducted garden photography lectures and workshops for local garden clubs as well as at a children’s art camp hosted by Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA. In 2017 I taught a six week, one-hour course to middle school students for PhotoMath STEM LLC (an afternoon enrichment program). OVERVIEW

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CIndy Dyer, Graphic Design / Photography • Phone: 703-***-**** (cell) • E-mail: ac7yyx@r.postjobfree.com • Twitter: cindydyerdesign Design: www.cindydyerdesign.com • Photography: www.cindydyerphotography.com / www.cindydyer.zenfolio.com / www.cindydyerportraits.com LinkedIn/FB/Instagram: cindydyer • Magazine: www.celebratehomemagazine.com USPS Stamp Artist: Ferns, 2014; Water

Lilies 2015; Kenilworth Park & Aquatic

Gardens, 2016, part of the National Parks

Service Commemorative Forever Stamps

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Graphic Design, University of Texas–Pan American, Edinburg, TX EXPERIENCE

Graphic Designer/Photographer • Dyer Design, Alexandria, VA • May 1989–Present For more than 20 years, I have operated a full-service, home-based graphic design and photography studio working primarily with associations, publishing firms and small businesses. Projects include annual reports, brochures, magazines and newsletters, book covers and interiors, posters, logo design, trade show exhibits and convention collateral. I have extensive publications experience, producing more than 70 books and more than 50 newsletters and magazines (on a monthly, bimonthly and quar- terly basis). I provide photographic services to my clients for conventions and meetings, corporate/staff portraits and assignment photography. I provide blogging, writing, editing and proofreading services. In fall 2012 I co-founded and launched Celebrate Home Magazine, a quarterly lifestyle maga- zine. The USPS has licensed my images for FOREVER stamps: Ferns (2014), Water Lilies (2015) and one of 16 images in a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Parks Service

(2016). My photography has also been featured in American Photo Magazine, Children & Families, Municipal Lawyer, Shutterbug Magazine, The Washington Post, www.nikonusa.org and other online sites. Freelance Remote Image Reviewer • Shutterstock, Inc. • Oct. 2016 Present Operate as an authority for technical standards, trademark exceptions, fraud detection, copyright and release requirements; review images for adherence to content standards and suitability for inclusion in commercial image catalog. Perform consistent image evaluations in a high volume, fast-paced, and super detail-oriented manner.

Graphic Designer • Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, VA • June 1989–May 1991 Served as part-time graphic designer for trade association. Duties include design and production of newsletters, brochures, and annual reports. Continued to freelance for WEF as Dyer Design. Graphic Designer • Reata Advertising, San Antonio, TX • Jan. 1989–May 1989 Served as a publishing consultant for agribusiness agency. Duties included design, copywriting, editing, and photography for catalogs, magazine ads, brochures, logos and direct mail pieces. Designer • Chadick & Kimball, Washington, D.C. • June 1988–Nov. 1988 Responsible for design and production of BUILDING, a monthly magazine published by Suburban Maryland Building Industry Association; NATCA News, a monthly newsletter for the National Air Traffic Controller’s Association, and CWA News, a monthly newspaper for the Communication Workers of America.

Art Director • Ecology & Environment, Arlington, VA • Jan. 1987–Nov. 1988 Responsible for implementing computer graphics system for an environmental consulting firm. Projects included four monthly newsletters, reports for the E.P.A., employee training manuals, forms, financial charts, graphs and maps. Worked on freelance basis while at Chadick & Kimball. Art Director • Nat’l. Assoc. of Prof. Insurance Agents, Alexandria, VA • Jan. 1987–Dec. 1987 Responsible for design and production of brochures, convention collateral, ads, and three monthly newsletters. Duties included design and production, and art direction of one employee. Provided photographic support for Professional Agent, the association’s monthly 4-color magazine. Graphic Designer • Giant Food, Inc., Landover, MD • Oct. 1985–Aug. 1987 Responsible for design and production of graphic projects for chain of 160 grocery stores. Duties included design, illustration, and photo direction. Projects included brochures, signage and news- paper ads. Designed WE News, a monthly magazine and newsletter for employees. Continued to produce newsletter on a freelance basis while employed by Professional Insurance Agents. Layout Artist/Copywriter • Klinck’s Dept. Store, McAllen, TX • Nov. 1984–March 1985 Designed and produced advertising for retail drug and home goods store. Duties included newspaper ad layout, fashion illustration and writing 30-second radio promo spots. Designer/Photographer • Loflin & Associates, Brownsville, TX • Oct. 1983–Nov. 1984 Designed and produced advertising for industrial, commercial, and retail accounts. Operated 35mm, 2-1/4, and 4x5 view cameras and lighting equipment. Assisted photographer in studio and on location. Designer/Illustrator/Photographer • Jones & Jones, McAllen, TX • June 1982–Sept. 1983 Served as graphic designer, fashion illustrator, and photographer for high-end department store. Résumé

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CIndy Dyer, Graphic Design / Photography • Phone: 703-***-**** (cell) • E-mail: ac7yyx@r.postjobfree.com • Twitter: cindydyerdesign Design: www.cindydyerdesign.com • Photography: www.cindydyerphotography.com / www.cindydyer.zenfolio.com / www.cindydyerportraits.com LinkedIn/FB/Instagram: cindydyer • Magazine: www.celebratehomemagazine.com Résumé

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A.K. Rice Leadership Institute

Alexandria City Public Schools

AMCODA Press

American Association of Healthcare Admin. Mgmt.

American Cochlear Implant Alliance

American Horticultural Society

American Mobile Telecommunications Association

American Nursery and Landscape Association

American Occupational Therapy Certification Board

American Public Gardens Association

American Society of Association Executives

American Society for Training & Development

American Trucking Association

American Women in Mathematics

Ault Real Estate Group

Beard Books, Inc.

Billington CyberSecurity

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

Butterfly Woman Publishing

Center for the Arts /George Mason University

ColburnHouse Creative

Communities In Schools, Inc.

Cross SA

Defense Credit Union Council

D.C. Caregivers Institute

Gallaudet University Press

Goodrich Aerospace

Hearing Loss Association of America

Home Care Partners

Institute of Navigation

Int’l. Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions Int’l. Business and Economic Research Corp.

Int’l. Leadership Association, Inc.

Int’l. Municipal Lawyers Association

Int’l. Sign Association

Int’l. Wireless Telecommunications Association

Life Underwriter Training Council, Inc.

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

National Biosolids Partnership

National Center for Nonprofit Boards

National Federation of Independent Businesses

National Head Start Association

National Landscape Association

National Science Foundation

STAT Marketing, Inc.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

United States Postal Service

Visiting Nurse Association of Northern Virginia

Washington Performing Arts Society

Water Environment Federation

Wolf Trap Associates

World Jurist Association

• 1991 Best Association Newsletter Award, December 1991, from Association Trends for design of Open Channels newsletter, published by the American Mobile Telecommunications Association

• 1992 American Photo Magazine, November/December 1992 (2nd Contest Issue) Two photos published in Nature and Glamour categories; 147 photo were chosen from 27,000 entries.

• 1994 American Photo Magazine, November/December 1994 (3rd Contest Issue) Interview and photographs in the In Camera “Catching Up With Past Winners” section

• 1995 Printing and Graphics Communications Association Judges Award for 4-color press kit for the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions; entered by IPI Graphics, Inc.

• 1995 SNAP 1995 Bronze Excel Award for American Mobile Telecommunications Association’s 1995 Membership Directory Guide (Best in category)

• 1996 Self-published 12 different polaroid transfer notecards/envelopes in handcrafted packaging. Project originated as a self-promotion; sold online as well as to Polaroid for their headquarters gallery

• 2003 Designed and produced Every Day With Tea, a page-per-day calendar for Tea Memories, Inc.; debuted in U.S. bookstores in fall 2003. The calendar was revised and reissued for 2004.

• 2008 Winner of the Adult Category in Oticon’s annual “Focus on People” awards for my design and photography work for Hearing Loss Magazine, published by the Hearing Loss Association of America

• 2011 Hermes Creative Awards: Integrated Marketing Materials (Platinum) for 2010 HLAA Annual Convention in Milwaukee marketing; Integrated Marketing Campaign (Gold) for Walk4Hearing pro- motional materials; Publications/Magazine (Gold) for Sept/Oct 2010 issue of Hearing Loss Magazine; and Design/Overall Publication (Honorable Mention) for Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Hearing Loss Magazine

• 2011 Interviewed and profiled by Nikon for their Learn & Explore online photography series. See “How to Grow Your Garden Photography Skills” at www.nikonusa.com

• 2011 Co-founded and launched Celebrate Home Magazine, a free digital lifestyle magazine. Provide design, layout, soliciting/writing articles, and all photography. www.celebratehomemagazine.com.

• 2012 Garden Muse: A Botanical Portfolio, solo photography exhibit (February 28–April 30) at the horticulture center at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA. www.gardenmuseshow.com

• 2012–2013 Published in Relix magazine, www.relix.com, www.americansongwriter.com and www.countryweekly.com

• 2013 Garden Muse: A Botanical Portfolio, photo exhibit at The Frame Factory in Vienna, VA

• 2014 Five fern photographs licensed and released as series of 49 cent stamps by USPS on January 27. Stamps re-issued on March 6, 2014 as FOREVER stamps.

• 2014 Juried participant (five photographs selected) for “100 Wonders of the World,” an interna- tional photography festival at Art-Center in St. Petersburg, Russia (January 2014)

• 2014 Eye of the Beholder exhibit, Jan/Feb at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

• 2014 Interview in Dig It! Magazine. www.dig-itmag.com/columns/goodies_story/599/_0_18_0_M/

• 2014 Fern stamps profiled in “Talking Pictures,” July 2014 issue of Shutterbug Magazine

• 2015 Series of four water lily photographs debuted as FOREVER stamps on March 20 at the Garfield-Perry March Party stamp show in Cleveland, OH

• 2015 Garden Muse: A Botanical Portfolio, solo photography exhibit at Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. (May 11–June 26)

• 2015 Water lilies FOREVER stamps unveiled in a special dedication ceremony at Kenilworth Park

& Aquatic Gardens at the annual Waterlily and Lotus Blossom Festival on July 11

• 2016 Single image announced in series of 16 FOREVER stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service; unveiled on June 2, 2016 in NYC at the World Stamp Show

• 2018 Permanent collection of botanical images at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. AWARDS

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