Graphic Designer Training

SEIFU DAGNACHEW

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QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Graphic Designer with experience in print and multimedia design. Exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills; dynamic team player with well-developed written and verbal communication abilities. Creative experience in the following:

PRINT

• Magazines and newspapers

• Books and Annual Reports

• Brochures & Newsletters

• Stationery & Business Cards

Web & MULTIMEDIA

• Web site Design

• Video Editing

• Multime dia presentations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Designer, Minneapolis, November 2011 – To Date

Graphic Designer

Designing editorial designs, ads, fliers, letterheads, business cards, newsletters and powerpoint presentations.

Best Buy Inc, Minneapolis, March 2011 – Sept 2011

Production Artist

Production of marketing collateral; brochures and fliers, create Powerpoint presentations, charts, graphs and diagrams, and update and maintain standard marketing collateral.

Freelance Designer, Minneapolis, November 2009 – Feb 2011

Graphic Designer

Designing editorial designs, ads, fliers, letterheads, business cards, newsletters and powerpoint presentations.

NFR Communications Inc., Minneapolis, March 2007 – December 2009

Graphic Designer

Managed and coordinated graphic design and multi-media projects from concept through completion; collaborated with clients to create vision, conceived designs and consistently met deadlines and requirements and man aged all aspects of the production process.

Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Minneapolis, November 2006 – March 2007

Desktop Publisher

Designed and laid out the Minnesota Spokesman–Recorder newspaper, managed and updated the paper’s website and gave software and hardware support.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nov 1999 – May 2006

Desktop Publishing Specialist

Designed annual and conference reports, books, brochures, posters, exhibition panels, CD-ROMs and multimedia presentations.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Lynda.com -- Online Software Training, Certificates of completion on Adobe CS5 Suite, Wordpress, CSS & Web design and Microsoft Office 2010 suite;

• Adobe Certified Expert, Adobe InDesign, 2003

• Training on PC repair and Troubleshooting, Peak Computer Academy, 2001

• Training on Internet Technologies, World Agriculture Information Center (WAICENT), United Nations Food & Agri culture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy, 1999

• BS. Addis Ababa University, 1998

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Platforms:

Mac OSX, Windows 7/Vista/XP

Applications:

Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Premiere, AfterEffects; QuarkXpress; Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

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