SKILLS:

Over 10 years of ad design & advertising layout experience

Proficient in QuarkXpress
- Single and multi-page documents
- Black & White, Four Color and Spot Color

Knowledgeable in Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign

Building banner and big box ads in Flash

Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel

Layout and design of magazines and Tab sections - from concept to printer

Designing covers for special sections

Works well with Editorial/Photography and Sales departments on daily basis

Experience in scanning line-art, grayscale & color art

Adaptive & responsive to learning new skills and programs quickly

Can work independently, in a group or lead a group of employees

Troubleshooting & working with customer provided files

Capable of pre-flighting documents for outsourcing

Good problem solving skills and workflow management

Comfortable working with a deadline

Experience and success in customer service/telephone relations

Strong design skills/knowledge of typography

Proofreading/production experience

Success in designing and maintaining websites created in Dreamweaver

Creating logos/web buttons/web banners and animated gifs for websites

Creating “interactive” PDF documents for office or internet use

Design/Concept of Press Kits/Flyers/Promotions and Print Logos

Writing Instruction manuals for work procedures/Teaching programs

Visualization and design of workflow procedures

 

AWARDS:

CNPA Award Winner (California Newspaper Press)

Won several NCPA and other North Carolina advertising awards,
including best online revenue producer and 1st place ad design.

EXPERIENCE:

2005-present: Graphic/Flash Designer
The Salisbury Post
131 W. Innes St, Salisbury, NC

2002-present: Freelance Graphic Design
With clients such as Ocean Trails Golf Club,
Cornerstone Windows & Doors, Anderson Publishing Company and others.

2000-2005: Shift Supervisor/Production Assistant Manager
Copley Press (formerly National Media Inc.)
500 Silver Spur, Suite 300, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
Clients include: The Beach Reporter and PV Peninsula News
plus several Chamber Directories

1994-1999: Mac Operator/Mac Artist
Applied Graphics Technologies: Newspaper Ad Management Division
Meadowlands Division - 463 Barell Ave., Carlstadt, NJ 07072
Clients included: The New York Daily News, New Jersey Star Ledger

EDUCATION:

1992-1994 Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
Associate Degree: Commercial Art/Computer Graphics

Have taken continuing education classes in Flash & Dreamweaver