Related Skills

• Fluent in the uses and application of Adobe Creative Suite

• Advanced use of Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop

• Professional use of commercial photography and lighting

• Ability to learn and apply newer design methods

Experience

Freelance 2012-Present–Ivory Eight Graphics

• Offering creative services to businesses and individuals for web and print deliverables.

• Educating clients on tools available to them to deliver the content to their customer base

• Providing commercial photography to support said creative services. Creative Director Staff Photographer 2003-2012– GTM Sportswear

• Responsible for print layouts for direct mail as well as collateral materials.

• Develop practices that raised efficiency and productivity. Doing so reduced production time by months. This raised revenue growth exponentially within one year.

• Collaborate between marketing and to achieve goals set by both.

• Conceptualize and execute all photography with specific goals

• Managed all action photo shoots for all markets for the marketing department.

• Research and develop practices and for the developed brand.. Digital Output Specialist 2000-2003–McCall Pattern Company

• Responsible for outputting projects to film to be used for platemaking.

• Troubleshooting for potential printing errors and practices.

• Made sure project materials were ready to meet deadlines determined. Intern 1994-1995, Graphic Designer 1998-2000–S&N Design (Ad Agency)

• Responsible for producing collateral pieces for clients.

• Mocking up advertisements for print use.

• Illustration upon request.

Education

Kansas State University

Bachelor of Fine Arts; Graphic Design, Class of 1998 tim

colston

graphic

designer

address:

109 N 17th Street

Apt. #4

Manhattan, KS 66502

phone:

785-***-****

e.mail:

adln9v@r.postjobfree.com

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