Resume
Larkin E. Ferguson
Madison WI 53703
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Objective:
To become a part of the dynamic team with my unique abilities.
Relevant Experience:
4/89 – 5/30/13
Paradise Printing Company
206 E, Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
Dean Oschmann, Owner/General Manager
Graphic Artist: typesetting for newsletters, booklets, catalogs, brochures, flyers, business cards, single-
and multi-part forms; posters, etc; design logos and layout for above; actual cut and paste for some design
boards; utilize vertical stat camera for pmt's and half-tones when not done with computer.
Bindery/Finishing: cut and/or trim per design; paper drilling; folding of letter documents and newsletters;
scoring greeting cards perf'ing cards for tear-outs; booklet stitching; padding for note-pads and carbonless
forms; comb binding booklets; shrinkwrapping.
Other duties: meet and talk with customers and clients to determine design needs or desired finished
product; answering the phone and calling customers and clients to alert them of job-related issues or to
inform them of a completed job; some billing; letter writing; maintaining customer and client files.
Skills: graphic design, pc-based computers, CorelDraw v. 4-15, the use of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe
InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Express and Microsoft Word to edit and manipulate customer-provided
art. Use of bindery machines such as a paper drill, air-feed folder and hand-fed folder; lever style and
electric Challenge cutter; shrink-wrap machine; paper banding machine; vertical stat camera; cash register
and calculator.
5/82 – 8/88
Tony's Instant Litho Printing Company
2233 N. Sherman Avenue
Madison, WI 53704
Joe Guastella, General Manager
Graphic Artist: logo design; typesetting for newsletters, brochures, single- and multi-part forms; cut and
paste lay-out; hand-drawn illustrations.
Skills: typesetting with Compugraphic EditWriter and MCS 5 machines, horizontal stat camera for pmt's and
halftones; some customer service.