Graphic Designer Quality Improvement
Resume:
Joy Creating LLC
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Contract Designer
August 2012 - Current • Detroit Lakes, MN
• 90% of my contract work involves: brochures, flyers, logo design, business cards, photo editing, book illustration, posters, illustrations for magazine publication, digital art pieces, and other similar projects.
• I have created hundreds of illustrations for a variety of one-off as well as repeat clients including Critical Read; an online publication, whom I designed the cover for an article titled, “Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico”. I also have steady clients among the Hollywood acting community.
• Red Dog Squadron; a theater company co-owned by the actors James Roday Rodriguez and Brad Raider, has commissioned promotional materials, including a
“movie style” poster for their production, “Cal in Calo”.
• Tim Cummings, hired me to illustrate a cover image for his online essay, “You Have Changed Me Forever; Remembering The Normal Heart”’.
• About 10% of my work includes occasional photo editing for clients like Brad Raider, who has commissioned me for an ongoing project to edit head shots from his various photo shoots.
Precision Printing of MN
Graphic Designer
2021 - 2022 • Detroit Lakes, MN
• 75% of my work was as a graphic designer. Projects included: ads, business cards, brochures, bookmarks, books, calendars, postcards, mailers, stickers, labels, banners, signs, and more. I worked with Adobe software and printed physical items via wide format printers.
• The other 25% of my work involved customer interaction for individual projects and printing jobs.
Arctic Circle Enterprises LLC
Illustrator
2009 - 2012 • Anchorage, AK
• I created all of my designs with Adobe software: Photoshop, lnDesign, Illustrator.
• Projects included; screen print designs, toy design, 3D sculpture digital mock-ups, magnets, key-chains, and other gift items, and packaging for various products. DATEM Systems Int.
Marketing Director
2007 - 2009 • Anchorage, AK
• All work was was created with Adobe Photoshop and printed on a wide format printer offsite.
• My job was divided into several roles. About 50% of what I did was graphic design: creating banners, brochures, magazirne ads, press releases, newsletters, and writing articles that were posted in the company newsletter.
• The other 50% was split between coordinating with sales staff to prepare for numerous conferences and communicating with various entities, including embassies, to streamline VISA procurement and shipping of conference materials. Graphic Design
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Computer Illustration
• Photo Editing
• Creative Writing
• Manage an Etsy shop selling clip art
• Fandom Illustration
• Cooking
Traditional Arts
• Painting with acrylics and watercolor
• Sculpting/carving
• Scratch art
• Photography
• Collage
WORK EXPERIENCE
CAREER OBJECTIVE
EDUCATION
SKILLS
HOBBIES
I want to advance my career as a graphic
designer. I would love to become in-demand as
a logo designer and illustrator.
Tanya J Ramsey
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College of Visual Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Illustration
1997 - 2002
St Paul, MN
Illustration courses, Painting I and II
Art History, 3D Sculpture, Printmaking II,
Photography, Theater, Bookmaking
Brown Institute
Associate of Arts
Ad Design
1992 - 1994
Minneapolis, MN
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