| Experience |
2005-Present
Albany Democrat-Herald and Gazette-Times
Corvallis, OR |
Graphic
Designer
* Design ads for local businesses
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1999-2004
Sanda Communications
Advertising Agency, Corvallis, OR |
Graphic
Designer
* Production management
*
Graphic Design on print and web
* Technical illustration
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1996-1999
Corvallis Blueprint, Corvallis, OR
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Graphics
Technician & Production Manager
* Large-format digital printing
* Design company's advertising and client work
* Manage production and scheduling
* Procurement
and inventory
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1998-Present
Audubon Society of Corvallis, Corvallis, OR |
Newsletter
Editor & Board Member
* Monthly newsletter 8-10 pages.
...Circulation of 800
* Manage
content, layout in PageMaker
* Illustrations
* Write articles and reports
*
Design display graphics and advertising
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1995-1996
Corvallis Web Press, Corvallis, OR |
Graphic
Designer & Pre-press
* Graphic design
* Electronic and traditional pre-press
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1991-1995
United Lithographers, Inc., Spokane, WA |
Account
Representative
* Maintained about 60 sales accounts
* Extensive work with local advertising and design agencies on pre-press
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| Education |
| 1987-1990
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA |
B.A.,
Graphic Communications
Minor in Photographic Science
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Skills |
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*
Proficient with PCs and Macintosh
* Layout: PageMaker, Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign
* Illustration: Freehand, Corel Draw, Illustrator
* Web: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Adobe Image Ready
* Photography: Photoshop
* I specialize in achieving professional looking design using MS Word,
MS Powerpoint and MS Excel. Why? Many clients use these software products
and they need good-looking, well thought out templates so they can manage
their own content. It saves them time to have a professional do the design.
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| Goals |
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I
put function before art in graphic design. That is unless "art"
is the primary function of the intended design. Clever image metaphors
and complicated imagery often distract from the intended message of a
piece. I want the audience to understand the message within seconds of
looking at it. Then artistic elements of balance, negative space, visual
weight and color may be applied to make the page sing.
I
don't tinker with computers hoping a design will look good by using numerous
software tools. Sketching design ideas is a faster and more thoughtful
process. Once the client has a picture in their mind, the design is ready
to be executed on computer.
I
encourage and embrace constructive criticism about my designs. It is far
less expensive to make corrections to a design before it is published.
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