Karyn Peiser
608-***-**** ************@*****.***
OVERVIEW Artistic and creative Graphic Designer with over 15 years experience in print
advertising / Motivated team player with strong leadership and interpersonal skills
EXPERIENCE
Dec. 2012 – Present Evans Printing Sparta, WI
Lead Graphic Artist
• Design marketing material for area businesses utilizing InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop.
• Work one on one with customers to design new layouts and logos for their business.
• Output jobs on a Xerox digital color press.
• Package and mail shipments via UPS, Spee Dee, Post Office, FedEx
Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2012 Xerox La Crosse, WI
Print Production
• Print Trane literature with a DocuTech printer.
• Finishing, Packaging, Inventory.
• Utilize a Xerox computer program to build books digitally.
Aug. 2009 – Jan. 2012 Green Flower Soap Sparta, WI
Retail Store Manager / Owner
• Operate a retail store.
• Maintain wholesale and retail accounts.
• Design and print marketing material.
April 2007 – Dec. 2008 Evans Printing Sparta, WI
Office Manager / Graphic Designer
• Assist walk in customers with their printing needs.
• Output jobs on a Xerox digital color press.
• Design advertising material for area businesses utilizing QuarkXPress.
• Maintain an arranged file room / sort material in accordance with filing system.
Feb. 2002 – Sept. 2004 La Crosse Tribune La Crosse, WI
Paginator / Digital Output
• Paginate classifieds.
• Output negatives for production.
• Design newspaper advertisements utilizing Quark X Press.
• Tone / Crop scanned photos.
Dec. 1999 – June 2001 Datagraphic Printers Valparaiso, IN
Graphic Designer
• Create and design marketing/advertising material utilizing Quark X Press.
• Suggest / Design new signage to increase sales within the company.
• Interact with clients, staff and public.
EDUCATION
May 1995 SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE South Holland, IL
• A.A., Visual Communications
May 2000 SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY Chicago, IL
• B.A., Graphic Design
SKILLS
Computer Graphics Software
Quark X Press / Photoshop CC / Illustrator CC / Adobe Acrobat XI Pro /
In Design CC / Microsoft Word
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
Scanner / Fax Machine/ Xerox Digital Color Press
BINDERY EQUIPMENT
3 hole drill press / offline tape machine / coil and comb bind /
folding machine / shrink wrap machine
KNOWLEDGE
Printing Industry
Designing vector artwork / 4 color process / spot color / layout / proofreading / paper
select / Impostion / sending files to RIP Software