Graphic Designer Office Manager

Rick Dahl

**** ******* ***. **, *********, MN ***06

**********@*****.*** • 507-***-**** • portfolio: rickdahl.crevado.com Work

Experience

Office Manager / Production Assistant

Dodge County Independent / ADvantage newspapers - Kasson, MN June 2022 to September 2023, where I:

• Designed pages

• Designed ads

• Created informational graphics

• Edited ads and stories

• Planned color positioning of pages

• Processed photos

• Wrote headlines

• Quoted prices

• Determined ad placement

• Directed page designers & printers

Television News Producer

KAAL-TV (Hubbard Broadcasting) - Rochester, MN

October 2023 to January 2024, where I was in training to:

• Choose news stories

• Stack the show rundown

• Script news stories

• Code camera commands

• Video edit

• Define sound bites

• Produce the show from the booth

Graphic Designer

Stewartville Star / Satellite newspapers - Stewartville, MN March 2019 to April 2022, where I:

• Designed ads

• Created page layouts

• Wrote headlines

• Edited ads and stories

• Processed photos

• Prepared the pages for press

Graphic Designer

Star Herald / Byron Review newspapers - Dodge Center, MN April 2013 to December 2018 where I:

• Designed pages

• Designed ads

• Drew courtroom sketches

• Informational graphics

• Processed photos

• Edited ads and stories

• Wrote headlines

• Utilized typography

• Sent the newspaper to the printer

Degree

Skills

Sr. News Graphic Artist

Post-Bulletin newspaper - Rochester, MN

November 1987 to December 2012, where I:

• Designed pages

• Created logos

• Made maps & graphs

• Created informational graphics

• Drew courtroom sketches

• Created photo illustrations

• Processed photos

Bachelor of Fine Art

Drawing Major/Printmaking Minor

Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH

• Systems: Macintosh OS

• Graphic Design

• InDesign

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• Typography

• Illustration

• Writing

• 4-Color Print Production

• GoPro camera

• Microsoft Office

• Social Media

• AP Style

• Editing

• Proofreading

• WordPress

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