Professional Experience: |
Strang Communictions, Lake Mary, FL July 2007-Present
Title: Production Artist
Coordinating magazines with ad traffic controllers, writers, internet, clients, printers and editors. Light prepress involved. Job entailed page design, proofing and uploading to the printer on deadline.
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Designers' Press, Inc Orlando, FL July 2006-February 2007
Title: Mac Operator
Graphic design and prepared electronic files for prepress. Included much troubleshooting such as color matching, color replacing and fixing corrupt and low resolution images. Job title also includes operation of the Xerox Docucolor 8000 and the Xerox Igen in which certification is held.
Graphic Services, Inc-Manassas, VA August 2005-March 2006
Title: Graphic Artist
Created maps, builder's site plans sign design & line art. Responsible for restoration of photos, prints, maps, layouts & plans. Included much printer knowledge on HP 5500. Software commonly used include Photoshop, Illu
strator, & QuarkXpress.
Life Long Coatings of America -Orlando, FL & AAPCO -Richmond, VA -1999-July 2005
Title: Graphic Artist
Design brochures, advertisements, coupons, sale ads, employee notices & wrote & designed monthly business letters. Photography completed for certain ad projects. Some admin responsibilities included interviewing & hiring new recruits for special location projects. Involved training new employees, light traveling & maintaining communications.
Software used; QuarkXpress, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
For Rent Magazine/Para Rentar -Rockville, MD -2004
For Kid's Sake Magazine -Richmond, VA -1995
Title: Graphic Designer
Successfully created full page and half page ads, re-writing, re-sizing and re-arranging previous designs and pages. Created new designs for customer approval. Translated into Spanish ads for Para Rentar, a "For Rent" magazine in the Spanish language. Software used; QuarkXpress, Photoshop.
Kings Dominion Theme Park, Doswell, VA-1996
Title: Caricature Artist
Created cartoon-like portraits for park visitors. Involved on the spot freehand drawing and sketching at high volume. Materials used; paper & pen.
JRL Creations, Richmond, VA 1992
Title: Graphic Artist
Consulted with clients to determine marketing objectives and design requirements. Design work included magazine layouts, tee shirt design, four color process silk screening, logo design, local book cover design to include basic drawing, sketching, illustration and desk top publishing.
Freelance Artist/Designer -1999-Present
Developed customer marketing collateral for corporate clients' marketing campaigns. Projects included posters, advertisements for small businesses, menu design, sale coupons in local papers, photography projects, customer presentations and designs as well as many fine art projects. |
Other Work Experience: |
Customer Service -Richmond, VA 1992-2003
Included institutions such as Signet Bank, First Union Bank, Wachovia Bank, and various private restaurants and bar establishments. (TGIF, Marriott Hotel, Holiday Inn, Joe's Inn,)
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Education |
Virginia Commonwealth University -Richmond, VA Graduate May 1996
Bachelor's Degree in Communication, Art and Design with emphasis in Illustration & Typography. Currently seeking to attain a masters degree. Estimated graduation date: May 2008.
Northern Virginia Community College -Alexandria, VA
First attendance studied Communication, Art and Design, completed transfer credits in1986
Second attendance studied Web Design Management -completed transfer credits certificate 2005
University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Master's Degree in Interactive Entertainment- under construction
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