Graphic Designer

CYNTHIA AIKEN

** ******* ***** ***********, *** York 14225

716-***-****

************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Hands-on crafts person with experience and formal training in graphic design, customer service, logistics, material fabrication and repair. Adaptable, quick study, always eager to learn.

Core Strengths:

Scanning, Sheet Metal Fabrication, Secretarial Skills, Color Separation, Web Design & Maintenance, Painting and Illustration, Photo Manipulation, Computer Aided Drafting, Logistics & Shipping

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Hardware: MAC and IBM workstations, printers, scanners and digital cameras, vinyl cutters

Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, & InDesign, QuarkXpress, AutoCAD, Flash & HTML

Desktop: MS Word, Excel, Access; Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect; Enable

GRAPHICS EXPERIENCE

Imperial Wholesale Buffalo, NY

Graphic Designer

· Coordinated the quarterly production of 4 color product catalog and flyers

· Utilized Photoshop to size, format and convert photographs and stock photography as camera ready artwork

· Inspected, reviewed and proofread draft catalog before forwarding to printer as a PDF file

· Implemented use of Endicia and Postal Small Business program and shipped small orders

Sacramento Valley Mirror Artois, CA

Graphic Designer

· Scanned and processed photos for paste-up, typography and layout of newspaper

Morris Multimedia PhotoShopper Division Willows, CA

Harte-Hanks PennySaver Division Rancho Cordova, CA

Graphic Designer

· Created advertising layouts, illustrations and photographic manipulations, particularly autos

· Conducted preliminary proofreading, preflight, scanning and color separations

DB Graphics Rancho Cordova, CA

Graphic Designer

· Reset advertisement layouts for final output to printer

Fairyland Glass Folsom, CA

Pyrex Lampwork Fabricator

· Duties included binding catalogs

LOGISTICS AND FABRICATION EXPERIENCE

Resource Consultants, Inc. Mare Island, CA

Equipment Specialist Contractor/Technical Manual Librarian

Pacifica Services, Inc. Vallejo, CA 1992-1993

Electronics Fabricator

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE

Veteran’s Administration Medical Center Buffalo, NY

Volunteer

· Environmental support in charge of furnishings and signage installation & fabrication

United States Air Force Reserve - Retired as Technical Sergeant

Structural Maintenance Specialist

Communication/Navigation Specialist

· Fabricated and applied vinyl decals using Gerber equipment & software

United States Navy

· Served as technical manual librarian for Navy vessel communications repair shop

EDUCATION

Butte Community College Chico, CA

Courses in Flash, Color Design, Art Appreciation, and Mass Media Communications

Santa Rosa Community College Santa Rosa, CA

Photoshop and Web Design

Platt College San Francisco, CA

Graphic Design, Computer Graphic Design, Multimedia Graphic Design Certificate

Martinez Adult Center Martinez, CA

AutoDesk AutoCAD & 3D Studio

Solano Community College Suisun, CA

AutoCAD Pattern Drafting, Pattern Grading, Photography Critique and Black & White Design including bookmaking

Regional Occupation Program Fairfield, CA

Secretarial Skills, Enable, WordStar, dBase, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect

Possess Secret Security Clearance, expires 2017

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