Ashley Buel
Graphic Designer
Creative Experience
Freelance work:
Creating invitations, Shirt logo, Sticker lay out, Business logo, Commissioned paintings.
Academic work:
Creating original artwork using Adobe products. Original art created with Adobe products and displayed in the Student Art Shows. Re-creating tangible artwork into a digital format. Website design. Flyers for events made with InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator during my internship. Conceptualizing and creating marketing ideas during my internship.
Education
Southern New Hampshire University
2014-2018
Bachelors in Graphic Design and Media with a Minor in Marketing
Lewis and Clark Community College
2008-2012
Associates in Graphic Design
Orchard Farm High School
2004
High School Diploma
Work Experience
Macy's
2017 to present
Backstage Team Floor Lead September 2017 to October 2018
Macy's Team Floor Lead - October 2018 to present
Managing day to day floor operations including opening and closing the store, retrieving and interpreting sales reports, handling cash deposits and adding to registers, customer reconcilliation, handling employee issues, redirecting employees based upon business needs and/or employee needs or behaviors, customer service issues, product sales.
Freelance Graphic Designer
2012 to present
Taking on small job freelance work for customers, which has ranged from printed work to hand painted art.
Sears, Alton, IL.
08/2008-06/2012
Merchandise and Customer Assistant
Meeting customer needs such as help finding merchandise and ringing customers out. Present merchandise in a fashionable and creative way according to corporate standards.
Personal Touch Home Care, Clayton, MO.
05/30/2007-01/30/2008
Administrative Assistant
Answer all phone calls and direct them to the appropriate person. Make 10 different kinds of Case Opening packets for nurses which include OASIS forms. Order medical supplies for office and patient use, marketing supplies, OASIS and medical paperwork, and all office supplies. Sort incoming and outgoing mail, packages and faxes. Check in paperwork for payroll and assist with entering payroll into the AS400 system. Assemble Accounts Payable to be sent to the corporate office. Assist other employees with their duties if needed. Perform jobs needed done by the corporate office which include pulling past employee payroll records for seven to ten nurses covering a 3 year period. Hand out applications. Greet visitors and applicants. Hand out payroll checks on a weekly basis. Make documents using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word when needed. Keep the office clean and organized. Updating Doctor information including addresses, licensing verification, and NPI numbers.
Arby’s Corporation, Florissant, MO.
06/2006-01/2007
Assistant Manager
Manage all shifts, cash reconciliation, manage up to 20 people per shift, customer service, customer reconciliation, food preparation, inventory, paper work.
McDonalds, Bethalto, IL.
08/2001–04/2005
Shift Manager
Manage all shifts, cash reconciliation, manage up to 30 people per shift, customer service, customer reconciliation, food preparation.
Skills
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Excel, Basic Knowledge of Web Design including XHTML and CSS, Javascript and PHP, and Bootstrap, Fine Art Skills such as drawing and painting.
References available upon request.
