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Employment
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 version of The Daily Item newspaper.
January 2008 - Present
U.S.A. Direct Incorporated (presently Vertis Communications),
York, Pennsylvania
Electronic Prepress Technician, 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 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
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
Freelance
Susquehanna Valley Preschool, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Design and layout of community 5k race posters.
April 2008 - Present
Independent contractor. Successfully design and layout advertising for local businesses to be displayed in regional restaurants.
June 2007 - January 2008
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
First Capital Velo, York, Pennsylvania
Designed logo, uniforms and wearables for locally based cycling team.
Facilitate printing needs with outside vendors.
March 2001 - Present
Education
The Arts Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Successfully completed the Web Design Diploma program.
GPA 4.0, April 2007 - June 2008.
American Graphics Institute, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Successfully completed courses for Adobe PhotoShop II,
October 2002 and Adobe InDesign II, March 2003.
Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Successfully completed course for Intermediate Photoshop,
GPA 4.0, December 1997
Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts, York, Pennsylvania
Associate Degree in Specialized Technology, May 1995
Major: Graphic Design
Skills
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. Knowledgeable
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.
Personal
I enjoy bicycling, outdoor activities, and volunteering for and participating in local running and bicycling events.
References available upon request.
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