CATHERINE DIONNE

920-***-**** • 920-***-**** • acxc3x@r.postjobfree.com

**** ***** ***** • PULASKI, WI 54162

Personal information:

Objective: A position in a Marketing Department utilizing design, marketing and creative skills. Education: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College: Associate Degree, Marketing Communications. Continuing Education: Problem Solving Seminar, Pantone Seminar, The Joy of Stress Seminar, Advanced Photoshop Seminar, Mistake-Free Proofreading Seminar, N.W.T.C. 2010 Web Coding Familiar Software: Utilizing Mac OSX and Windows: Expert Level: Acrobat, Quark Xpress, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Proficient in:Word, Excel

Hobbies: Cooking/baking, Community volunteer, Creating original art pieces & furniture refurbishing, Poetry, Writing Accomplishments:

Allegra Downtown

• Create mail merge files saving cost of labels and/or ink jet time and materials.

• Create set-up for envelopes to print digitally 4-color, saving press-time and ink costs.

• Establish relationships with existing and new customers securing return business, creating billable time and materials. Dental Health Products, Inc.

• Changed format of monthly mailers, adding tag line and changing print size resulting in time saved and reduced monthly postal rates by $600.

• Generated over $200,000 in Co-op funds offsetting print costs of annual catalog.

• Back-up Graphic Designer and Adobe Illustrator expert resulting in saving out-of-house expenses, over $40,000 annually.

• Create advertising concepts and branding for dentist offices resulting in generating additional sales. Krueger International

• Implement changes in Graphics Department from 2-color to 4-color design resulting in reducing out-of-house expenses; saving over $50,000 annually.

• Work with IS department maintaining Mac’s resulting in savings with out-of-house computer technician’s.

• Extensive knowledge of postal requirements resulting in saving on postal rates.

• Cross platform between Windows and Macintosh resulting in saving additional annual salary. Experience:

G.M.S.P.: 2015 - present

Oconto, WI - 920-***-****

Responsibilities: Manage Pre-press/Graphic Designer: create and proof art, create plates and maintain all Pre-press equipment, and supplies for copy, off-set and flexography establishment servicing 4 presses, utilizing Adobe softwares & Kodak Prinergy, working closely with Management, Human Resources, Sales, iGen & Press Operators, and Customer Service.

H.C. Miller: 2014 - 2015

Green Bay, WI - 920-***-****

Responsibilities: Graphic Designer/Pre-press: create and proof art for TAB printing utilizing graphic software including Pitstop and Sierra, working closely with all areas of job flow from Sales to Shipping maintaining cross-department relationships, separate files for multi-press production, maintain chemicals for plate maker and processor, team member for e-mail blasts, cutting, plate and proofing procedures. Allegra Downtown: 2010 - Present

Green Bay, WI - 920-***-****

Responsibilities: Graphic Designer/Pre-press Operations; create original and reproduced art for print and web, including mail merge capabilities and electronic use, color separate electronic files for positive and negative film production, dark- room operations including maintaining chemicals in processors, scan multiple documents and maintain confidentially of said documents, back-up support for in-coming calls, walk-in customers and customer service.

CATHERINE DIONNE

Promotional Designs, Inc.: 2008 - 2009

Green Bay, WI - 920-***-****

Responsibilities:Senior Graphic Designer; create original and reproduced art for screen print and embroidery operation for clothing and head wear, color separate film for screen print, take digital photographs of product: digitally edit and size for web use, support IT with web design and usability of customer web sites, create usable files for out-of-house offset print pieces, create electronic promotional monthly sales fliers, work closely with marketing, sales department and support teams, and clientele.

Dental Health Products, Inc.: 2006 - 2008

New Franken, WI - 920-***-****

Responsibilities: Marketing Services Coordinator; evoke vendors for print and audio advertisements, produce monthly mailers, annual catalogs and equipment mailers working closely with Product Managers, Graphics Designers and various print shops. Generate business for potential and established dentists, support trade shows and

manage all advertising invoices.

Krueger International: 1998 - 2006

Green Bay, WI - 920-***-****

Responsibilities: Senior Desktop Publisher/Graphic Designer; design original and reproduced art for print, web and trade show use working closely with various local and international departments and vendors, maintain graphic database for price lists, support IS with Macintosh equipment and software. Smits Typo/Graphics: 1994 - 1998

Green Bay, WI - bought out

Responsibilities: 2nd Shift Supervisor; design original and reproduced art working closely with clients, produce and color correct one & four-color scans, produce positive and negative films and pmt’s utiliz- ing Linotronic 300 & 530, maintain chemicals in

processors, advise second shift employees.

Mary Morgan, Inc.: 1992 - 1994

Green Bay, WI - 920-***-****

Responsibilities: Assistant Graphics Department Manager; operator of Macintosh Quadra 950, design original and reproduced manual and electronic art for offset operation, work closely with existing and potential clientele, darkroom and paste-up operations.

Team Apparel & Trophy: 1989 - 1991

Green Bay, WI - 920-***-****

Responsibilities: Art Department Manager; create original and reproduced art manually and electronically for screen print establishment utilizing Lightening Graphics Systems 3 and darkroom operations, configure trophies and create metal informational plates utilizing sublimation process.

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