Abigail KerrnGraphic Designer I have been using computers for over 15 years and I have gained anexcellent knowledge in all areas of design, computers and the internet.I am very passionate about the design eld and eager to hit the groundrunning in a graphic design career.I see one of my major strengths being my adaptability. I am able to jumpeasily from being a designer, art director, team leader, to decision maker. is adaptability can also be seen in my design work where I am ableto handle any task I’m given, being advertising, branding, or print. My duties as a dispatcher included receiving non-emergency and emergency calls. e role as a call-taker was making decisions on what grade of call was coming in,& needing to be quick to decide. I also worked police radio, which includedbeing responsible and overseeing ten or more o cers and knowing where theyare at all times. Multi-tasking with four di erent computers while gathering information and also dispatch calls to o cers as they come in. is role alsoincluded working re/ems radio and working the ling system for enteringmissing persons, stolen articles and keeping up-to-date les on o enders.Graphic Designer, Fox and Hounds day spa and salon - 2011 to presentWorked with the owner and marketing manager on logo design, business cards, and display graphics for website and for print advertising. e business gaveme a task to create a new logo and business cards, I was successful in this taskquickly and also included print layouts for ads in the Chamber of Commerceannual report. Graphic Designer, Blue Dog Technology - 2010 to present Dispatcher, Bloomington Police Department - 2008 to presentWorked with owner on several website design and logo projects formultiple businesses and organizations. Given absolute freedom to tacklethe design concept with strict deadlines I was successful in satisfying the client’s needs and concerns. I was in contact with clients frequently by phone, e-mail and in-person.Manager, Family Video - 2003 to 2007As a manager for Family Video my role was troubleshooting, with movingaround the state to other states. My responsibilities were to bring the store’s revenue up and re-sta if necessary. I net worked with local businesses for di erent promotions, produced print graphics and layouts for in store to promote specials. I was managing ten or more with responsibilities of hiringand termination. Bookkeeping and keeping an eye on the budget for the store while I made some times costly repairs to upgrade the store. Providing great customer service to each customer, and going above and beyond tomeet their needs and keep them coming back and referring friends. I was successful on turning stores around and raising the previous year’s revenue.References available upon request1514 Northbrook C2Normal IL 617*****-*** py8ruq@r.postjobfree.com

Bachelors Graphic Design2012Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL 61761Bachelors Fine Art/Broadcasting2003Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IL 61455 Fast and able to work under pressureCapable of doing a massive range of styles rather than just my ownAbility to stick to the creative brief and other guidelinesExcellent knowledge of design and typography I have extensive knowledge of many software applications. Listedare those which I use on a regular basis on both MAC and PC.Adobe Photoshop CS5.5I have been using Photoshop since 2002. I use Photoshop forcreating layouts for most of my designs as well as retouching and manipulating photos.Adobe Illustrator CS5.5I have had plenty experience creating layouts, illustrating and designing with these applications.Adobe InDesign CS5.5

is is my preferred application when it comes to laying out multiple pagedocuments.Adobe After E ects CS5.5I have created many di erent projects in this application includingvideo albums with music and video history projects which alsoincluded voice overs, motion and music. Powerpoint, Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft Works, Word and Processor / INENA LOGO - 2012Illinois National Emergency Number Association of Illinois selected mysubmitted logo for their state-wide contest for a redesign.Best Newcomer in Graphic Design - 2011Submitted work accepted by Illinois State University Galleries wasselected out of several design works.Homecoming T-shirt Design - 2003Submitted T-shirt design was selected for Western Illinois University’s residenthall Higgins to represent that hall during 2003 Homecoming.