Mary Burney

**** ****** ******* **. *******, GA *0041

T: 770-***-**** E: acutcc@r.postjobfree.com

Portfolio: http://maryburney.foliohd.com/all

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsmaryburney

Experience

Adjunct Instructor – Design and Media Production Technology April 2016- Present

Lanier Technical College, Cumming, GA

Production Manager, Photographic Retouching and Graphic Designer May 2014 - Present

G & G Graphics, Alpharetta, GA

Graphic Designer, Photographic Retouching and Prepress Specialist February 2013 to May 2014

G & G Graphics, Alpharetta, GA

Photographic Retouching and Prepress Specialist October 2009 to February 2013

G & G Graphics, Alpharetta, GA

Education

Lanier Technical College 2010

Printing And Graphic Technology Diploma (now Design and Media Production Technology)

University of North Georgia 1990

Bachelor of Science - Craft Marketing

Skills

Production / Prepress procedures for Lithographic web and sheet fed and Digital presses are done on all documents using Flightcheck to check for PMS/Spot colors, RGB color spaces, JPG images, layered flies and Low Density Images. Complete understanding of Print margins, Bleed, GCR, UCR, overprint and knockout issues. EFI and Fiery Rip software and Ricoh printer and Epson wide format printers are used to create match print press proofs, fold samples and customer approval proofs.

Color Correction, Photo Retouching &Manipulation - I edit images and graphics for exact color match, adjust color for correct density, retouch to improve flesh tones and improved textures, edit and or extend backgrounds utilizing Adobe Photoshop with Silos, Selection masks, Curves, Levels, Layers, Filters, Brushes, Color Separations, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and other tools.

Expert Design and Layout includes print and web applications, catalogs, business cards, letterhead, brochures, inserts, postcards, posters, multipart, continuous forms, banner ads, web elements including leaderboards and skyscraper ads. Skill sets include all aspects of design layout, custom illustrations, merchandise display, art direction, file formatting and typesetting.

Extensive and Advanced use of Adobe CC - Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, Adobe Distiller, Adobe Acrobat Pro 10, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MAC OS operating systems and multiple rips, printers and scanners.

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