cheryl heissler

630-***-**** – acyxsj@r.postjobfree.com

Over 25 years of experience as a graphic designer and production artist.

EXPERIENCE

STUDIO MANAGER: Aisle Rocket Studios (formally ARS Advertising)

Palatine, IL, 2007 – present

Promoted from Art Director to Studio Manger in 2014.

Responsible for overseeing prepress and production, graphic asset licensing and purchases.

Implement workflow procedures and employee training.

Maintain agency libraries, archiving and filing systems.

Ensure agency has the latest tools/software required for optimum production support.

Work with project managers/production staff to accomplish all internal studio work and research.

Collaborate with Account and Copywriting team to design and produce marketing and collateral materials for agency clients.

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR: Westwood College O’Hare Airport Campus

Chicago, IL, 2006 – 2007

Classroom instruction in graphic design and visual communication courses.

Advise and oversee graphic design students as Faculty Art Director on the school newspaper.

Design in-house graphics for the Chicago O’Hare campus.

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR: Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL, 1991 – 2007

Classroom instruction in graphic design and pre-press courses.

Create, develop and implement innovative lessons plans/course objectives and materials.

Worked on committees, help to make decisions and recommendations for courses, course materials and departmental policies.

PRODUCTION ARTIST: Golf Core Inc., Itasca, IL, 1996 – 2004

Design and pre-press production of scorecards, yardage books, advertising collateral, sales materials, forms, logo design.

Organized, developed archive procedure and maintained the file

backup system.

EDUCATION

BAS VISUAL COMMUNICATION: Westwood College O’Hare Airport Campus, Chicago, IL, 2004 – 2006

Activities and Societies: Alpha Beta Kappa (ABK) May 2005, GPA 4.0.

A.A., A.S., A.A.S(3): Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL, 1988 – 1992

Majored in Graphic Design and graduated with honors.

PROJECTS

BERNIE MAC FONDATION: Newsletter Graphic Designer, 2011

Design and layout of annual newsletter.

SOFTWARE

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Acrobat

PowerPoint/Word/Excel

Google Docs/Sheets/Slides

Teamwork

References available upon request.

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