Experienced Professional with Graphics Background

EDUCATION:

Texas Tech University • Lubbock, Texas.

Major: Advertising (BA); Minor: Art • Grad.: May 1995

Rice University • Houston, Texas.

Major: Art & Art History; attended 1991–1992

EXPERIENCE:

SOUTHEAST MEDIA • Houston, TX.

April 2003 - Present • Graphic Designer / Tech Support / Archivist

FREELANCE • Houston, Texas.

January 2003 – April 2003 • Graphic Designer

AMERICAN COLOR GROUP • Houston, Texas.

September 2002 – January 10, 2003 • Graphic Designer

AIG/AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE • VALIC • Houston, TX.

June 1998 – June 28, 2002 • Senior Graphic Designer / LAN Administrator

ASTROCARE C.L.A.S.S. • Houston, TX.

September 1999 - November 1999, April 2000 – June 2000 • Rehabilitation Engineer

FIRST MANHATTAN CONSULTING GROUP (FMCG) • New York, NY.

May 1997 – April 1998 • Document Specialist

THE SUMMIT GROUP (Fixed Income Daily) • New York, NY.

October 1996 – March 1997 • Graphics Editor (Freelance)

THE AMERICAN BANKER/BOND BUYER • New York, NY.

December 1995 – October 1996 • Production Artist

SKILLS:

Art Direction, Design & Graphics Production Skills ~

• Create, edit, and proof 1- to 4-color forms, brochures, envelopes and other corporate materials

• Product Photography (including adjusting lighting, color correction and retouching [in Photoshop])

• Create clipping paths for graphics used in ads

• Design logos for clients

• Design new ad layouts and styles for client (art direction)

• Created 2-color/4-color direct-mail materials• Design annual report covers

• Developed color financial weekly newspaper prototype

• Layout 2-color financial course catalog

• Retouched, created clipping paths, and color corrected art in Photoshop/Illustrator

• Revise, proof, and reprint weekly edition of Transportation Unlimited for supervisor approval

• Typeset legal notices; liaison with clients and other internal/external departments

• Produced art and ads for sister publications

• Scanned camera-ready artwork and photos (including OCR)

• Develop and maintain charts, graphs and tables

• Collaborated with other departments for promotional ads

Network/Troubleshooting Skills ~

• Troubleshoot Macs and Server (hardware, software, permissions, fonts, files, etc.)

• Maintain, administer, & organize server

• Schedule daily, weekly, monthly, and offsite DVD/CD/Jaz/tape backups

• Assisted in setup of LAN and troubleshooting network issues and Pentiums

Supervisory Skills ~

• Review other employees work and returned items to employee to be revised

• Create progress reports with supervisor

• Promote guidelines for designers to create uniform look (department-wide)

• Send written & electronic communications to review company standards and server organization

• Train new employees in corporate policies, procedures, and job responsibilities

Administrative/Office Skills ~

• Knowledgeable in office machines: multi-line phone, fax, copier, bindery, typewriter (65 wpm)

• Produced report & presentation documents

• Used consistent, standard firm formats (“old” and “new”)

• Assisted in implementing firm-wide use of Excel

• Work one-on-one with clients and customers

• Present recommendations for department purchases

• Participated in maintaining fluid, accurate workflow

Miscellaneous Skills ~

• Produced instruction “manual”

• Deadline-driven environment (daily/hourly)

Hardware and Operating Systems Used ~

• Hardware: PC (Pentium II/III), Power Macintosh G3/G4/G5, iMac, Mac Mini, Power Mac G3 Server

• OS used: Mac OS 7.6 – OS X (including 10.5.x), Microsoft Windows 3.11 – XP; VAX/VMS familiarity

Software ~

• Mac Software: Adobe Creative Suite 3 [CS3]: (Indesign CS2/CS3; Illustrator 4.0-CS; Photoshop 4.0-CS; some DreamWeaver; Adobe Type Manager [ATM]; Acrobat (Exchange, Distiller, PDFWriter)); Quark Xpress 3.3-6.5; Enfocus PitStop; Toast; Suitcase; Fetch; TypeAlign; TypeStyler; AppleShare IP 6.3; Microsoft Office 98/2001/2004 (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Graph, some Access, Outlook; Exchange); Lotus Notes; cc:Mail; Norton Utilities/AntiVirus; TechTool Pro; DiskWarrior; DeltaGraph; FireFox; Safari; Internet Explorer; Netscape. (others: Canvas, MacDraw Pro, SuperPaint).

• PC Software: Quark Xpress 3.3-4.0; Adobe Illustrator 5.0-7.0; Adobe Photoshop 2.5-6.0; Adobe Acrobat (Exchange, Distiller); Microsoft Office 97/Office 2000 (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Graph, some Access); Lotus Notes 5; EFI Logic (application/web); Microsoft Internet Explorer; Microsoft Exchange; Netscape.

OTHER SKILLS/ACTIVITIES

Type 65 wpm • Typography • Page-layout • Paste-ups • Flair for color, layout, and designMy interests: Art • Architecture • Illustration • Internet • Music • Fitness • Reading • Travel.

REFERENCES

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