Wendy Prince

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Summary

Award winning Graphic Designer/Art Director with 30 years experience. Proficient in InDesign, QuarkXpress, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Other software experience includes Flash, NewsEdit Pro, PMP, and OpenX. Served as Graphics Manager/Art Director for two newspaper groups for a combined total of 22 years. Professional Experience

Graphic Designer/Pre-Press Paper Planning Specialist(2018 - 2023)

• Gannett USA Today Network

• Design tab covers, special publications, print and delivery pieces.

• Produced quality ads and pages for Kent Record Courier and the Dix Communication's

Publications

• Plan page layouts for newspaper products and magazines.

• Schedule and order print products.

• Design and schedule web advertising.

Graphics Manager (2004 - 2018)

• Dix Communication — The Alliance Review, Record Publishing

• Managed graphic staff of 5 employees.

• Won awards from the Associated Press for best informational graphics.

• Enabled staff to consistently meet deadlines.

• Responsible for staff scheduling.

• Cross trained staff to insure smoother operation of the department.

• Redesigned the entire newspaper.

• Design tab covers, special publications, print and delivery pieces.

• Logo creation for clients and the Review.

• Implemented placing ad numbers within the ads and file paths on flyers for easy access.

• Managed and maintained the Review web advertising creation, tracking and website uploads.

Graphic designer (2002-2003)

• The Hoover Company, the leading floor care manufacturer located in North Canton, Ohio.

• Responsible for internal photography including portraits and product shots.

• Illustration for instruction books.

• Media kit designs and production.

• Design internal promotional pieces as well as advertising and flyers for the sales department.

• Design and produce Hoover Historical promotional pieces as well as Historical Center Newsletter.

Art Director (1996 - 2002)

• The Sun Journal, a group of three weekly newspapers located in North Canton, Ohio

• Managed full time graphic staff of 5 employees

• Won several state and one national award for Advertising Design, Newspaper Page Design and Special Supplement Tab Covers.

• Implemented a more efficient file system that decreased error rate and increased productivity.

• Set up a permanent archiving system for the Sun Journal Newspaper.

• Organized and implemented deadlines and proofing system.

• Enabled staff to consistently meet deadlines.

• Cross trained staff to insure smoother operation of the Graphics Department

• Redesigned the entire newspaper.

• Designed a successful ad campaign for the Arthritis Foundation Phantom Gourmet fund raising event, based on a regular dining feature of the Sun Journal called The Phantom Gourmet.

• Responsible for the creation of the Phantom Gourmet dining feature. Ad Designer, (1993 - 1996)

• CNS ThisWeek Newspapers (a division of The Columbus Dispatch), a group of 22 weekly newspapers located in Columbus, Ohio.

• Produced quality ads and pages as well as dummy and paste up of 22 weekly newspapers for CNS. Newspapers were distributed throughout the greater Columbus area.

Fine Artist

Featured in jury art shows throughout the state of Ohio.

• Art is Alive, Canton Ohio

• The All Ohio Juried Art Exhibit, Mansfield Ohio

• A Celebration of Women Artist Exhibit, Youngstown Ohio

• The Morality Exhibit, Cleveland Ohio

Education

The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Associate of Applied Business in Commercial Art

Awards

The Associated Press Society of Ohio. Two Second place awards for Best Informational Graphics 2007 and 2009, and one Honorable Mention for Best Informational Graphics 2008.

The Ohio Newspaper Association 2000 Osmon C. Hooper Awards. Three first place awards: Advertising, Sports (included page design and graphics), Use of Color. One second place award: Design. And one third place award: Original Art and Graphics.

The inland Daily Press Association “Best in the Nation” Non-Daily second place award 2000.

The Ohio Newspaper Association 2001 Osmon C. Hooper Awards. Three first place awards: Design, Advertising, Original Art and Graphics. Tow second place awards: Sports (included page design and graphics), Use of Color and the General Excellence Award.

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