A Lone Leaning Tree
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  1. Employment     Back to top
    • The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pennsylvania
      Advertising Web Administrator and Graphic Designer. Develop marketing initiatives to promote Internet products and reach revenue goals. Assist with efforts to improve the quality of all internet products. Monitor and communicate with Webmaster and advertising director on potential quality issues, audience growth and revenue opportunities. Monitor Web site traffic-reporting system. Provide accurate monthly billing information to the business office for all internet products. Maintain relationships with vendors of online technology. Monitor the fulfillment of all advertising on Internet products. Create advertising and modify existing advertisements for the print edition of The Daily Item newspaper.
      January 2008 - Present
    • U.S.A. Direct Incorporated (presently Vertis Communications), York, Pennsylvania
      Electronic Prepress Technician and Designer. Responsible for setting trap, color correction, imposition, design and layout of match mail pieces, preparation of art for press and facilitating jobs with outside vendors. Maintained and operated Linotype-Hell 300 and Agfa Select Set Avantra 25S image setters and on line processor, Scitex Lotem 800v plate setter, Scitex Brisque 4 Impose, Power Macintosh 8600, 9600, G-3 and G-4, G-5, Screen Cézanne flat bed scanner, Iris 43 Wide Improof, Kodak DS9500 digital color proofer and Fuji Final Proof.
      August 1996-May 2006
    • Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts, York, Pennsylvania
      Responsible for creating course syllabus, lesson plans and for teaching Production I to second semester Electronic Prepress students.
      March 1999-June 1999
    • GEC-Marconi Dynamics Incorporated, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
      Product Support Technician, Desktop publishing of operational and maintenance manuals, typesetting, assisted with computer aided training course and facilitating projects with outside vendors.
      January 1996-June 1996

    Internships     Back to top
    • The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pennsylvania
      Responsibilities include creating advertisements and modifying
      existing advertisements for newspaper. Creating print advertisements
      for Web site products as well as creating Web site advertisements.
      June 18, 2007 - January 23, 2008
    • WPMT FOX 43 (a FOX network affiliate), York, Pennsylvania
      Outline of duties included layout of a brochure for their internship program, layout of posters and program advertisements, painting of set props, and facilitating projects with outside venders.
      February 3-March 20 1995

  2. Freelance     Back to top
    • Susquehanna Valley Preschool, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
      Design and layout of community 5k race posters.
      April 2008 - Present
    • St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
      Successfully designed and layed out church directory cover and activity pages. Also responsible for creating promotional collateral such as posters, brochures and other graphic needs.
      June 2007 - Present
    • AdNet-PA, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
      Independent contractor. Successfully design and layout advertising for local businesses to be displayed in regional restaurants.
      June 2007 - January 2008
    • First Capital Velo, York, Pennsylvania
      Designed logo, uniforms and wearables for locally based cycling team. Facilitated printing needs with outside vendors.
      March 2001 - February 2007
    • Starburst Publishers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
      Completed hand drawn pen and ink illustrations for a series of books.
      December, 1998 - 2001

  3. Education     Back to top
  4. Skills     Back to top
    • Computer. Proficient in using the latest versions of QuarkXpress, Adobe Creative Suite including DreamWeaver and Flash, Adobe PageMaker, Macromedia Freehand, PitStop Professional and various font handling applications. Also experienced in color and black and white flat bed scanning and color correction. Knowledgable about (X)HTML, CSS, ActionScript, PHP, and MySQL.
    • Design. Able to effectively work out design problems traditionally or on computer from thumbnail stage to complete layout using color, typography, design, positive and negative space and Gestalt principles.
    • Production. Proficient knowledge in Pantone Matching System, four color process, electronic pre-press, and printing process. Experience with ScenicSoft Preps imposition software. Familiar with continuous and sheet fed printing processes.
    • Illustration. Skilled in illustration techniques such as pen and ink, air brush, marker, gouache, and water color. Able to create both graphic and realistic images that enable the clients to best communicate their product or materials.


  5. Personal     Back to top
    • I enjoy bicycling, disc golf, outdoor activities, and volunteering for and participating in local running and bicycling events.

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