Graphic Designer

KATHY PRITCHARD/Graphic Designer

WORK EXPERIENCE

August 1995 - Present

Self employed, home office. Freelance computer graphic design

and desktop publishing.

January 2000 - February 2012

I was the sole graphic designer for American Ad Management,

a national yellow page advertising firm located in Temecula, CA.

This company was licenced by many major phone companies such

as Verizon, AT&T and Yellow Book to handle high volume national

advertising accounts.

• Worked with five customer service representatives to create and maintain ads for their clients.

• Responsible for knowing all the various ad specifications for many different

publishers and work within a strict deadline schedule.

• Consulted and maintained hardware and software updates.

• Managed and archived all art files.

• Handled all in-house graphics needs such as, brochures, mailings, trade show

booth design, stationery package, and worked with vendors for final output.

February 1997 - Sept 1999

Aurora Xynthesis - Fallbrook, CA

Research and development of large format printing.Responsible for operating and

maintaining two Encad NovaJet Plotters using Cactus Rip Software. Testing inks and substrates

for best results and testing various transfer technologies. Part-time while building a client base

for Best Impression Graphics.

January 1990 - May 1995

Fallbrook Printing Corporation - Fallbrook, CA

Paste-up, layout and design for offset printing.

TRAINING & EDUCATION

Palomar College Graphics Communications - San Marcos, CA

Studied graphic design software programs at Palomar College.

Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark & Acrobat

Online Studies

Study new software and current version updates through online studies.

My work experience began with working for offset printing companies.

I had extensive on-the-job training in customer service, sales, print

estimating and production, graphic design and working with outside vendors.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Strength in maintaining hardware and troubleshooting within the

“Mac” platform. Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite. I strive to keep

up-to-date with new software versions and current trends. At this time

I am studying website creation and design including animation graphics

and SEM.

References available upon request

PLEASE VISIT MY PORTFOLIO SITE AT:

www.bestimpressiongraphics.com

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