Russell Hughes: Graphic Design & Customer Service
Resume:
Russell Hughes
Loveland, CO 80537
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Summary of Qualifications
Versatile professional with extensive graphic design, customer service and workflow management experience. Adept at working directly with clients or as part of a team. Easily trained. Quick to adapt and absorb procedures and techniques. Highly transferable skills.
Experience
Production Artist
July 2007-September 2007 Ft. Worth Zoo, Ft. Worth, TX
•Designed all Zoo interpretive and event signage using Adobe Creative Suite.
•Created promotional production materials and collateral.
•Installed and replaced all Zoo signage.
•Maintained consistent company image with use of established logos and identity materials.
•Worked as a team with Marketing Department.
•Photographer for Zoo advertisements and events.
•Managed business to business and vendor relationships.
•Kept cataloged inventory of collateral.
•Negotiated purchase rates and prices with manufacturers.
Graphics Manager
July 2006-January 2007 Solutions Printing, Nacogdoches, TX
•Worked directly with customers during the creation stage of custom graphics.
•Managed graphic design and printing workflow for the business.
•Enabled storeowner to keep overhead low, only needing a single employee to run business.
•Specialized in photo restoration using Adobe Photoshop.
•Managed and maintained product inventory for store.
•Project Manager for all workflow within the business, as well as outsourced jobs.
•Maintained key client relationships that are vital to survival of small businesses.
Graphic Designer
July 2005-June 2006 Specialty Sports (T-Shirts/Sporting goods), Nacogdoches, TX
•Managed and scheduled the production of high workflow of jobs.
•Managed outsourced projects including custom hat orders and garment embroidery.
•Worked directly with customers during the creation stage of custom graphics.
•Worked as a team with other members of production crew.
•Coordinated printing schedules and procedures with Screen Printer.
•Managed business-to-business relationships.
Senior Graphic and Lab Technician
March 2000-July 2003 Izone Imaging, Temple, TX
•Designed and produced all prepress work for digital files for output on large format printers.
•Responsible for output and design for interpretive signs featured in but not limited to: Walt Disney World, The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, NASA's Hubble Telescope Project, Brookefield Zoo, LA Zoo, Chick-fil-A, UCSF Medical Center.
•Worked with customers directly to meet deadlines.
•Aided in finishing and packaging of interpretive signs.
•Worked as lab technician to perfect PMS color methods used to produce high-pressure laminate.
•Flight checked all files for fonts, graphics and proofs.
•Coordinated workflow and tasks with team members.
•Presented status reports during weekly production meetings.
•Personally ensured high quality standards of laminate signage.
Desktop Publisher
May 1998-March 2000 Temple Daily Telegram Newspaper, Temple, TX
•Designed digital files for newspaper classified and display advertisements using Adobe Photoshop and Quark Xpress.
•Prepped and scanned all photos used in newspaper.
•Key member of team that implemented new pagination system, replacing paste-up method.
•Displayed flexibility by doing whatever was necessary to ensure Composing Department met production deadlines.
Education
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Graduated May 2007
•B.A.A.S.
•Emphasis on graphic design and business
Texas State Technical College, Waco, TX
Graduated May 1998
•A.A.S., Integrated Digital Image Communications
Technology
Technical Skills
Software:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Xpress, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Office, Macromedia/Adobe Freehand, RIP Printing Software.
Equipment:
PC and Macintosh computers, HP (42”) large format printer, Xerox Piezo (36”-54”) large format printer, Novajet (60”) large format printer, six screen Vastex manual press, and Heidelberg scanner
Other Skills
Typing: 80 WPM
Awards
2nd Place, Best Spot Color Ad, Southwest Classified Advertising Managers Association (Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana)
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