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Graphic Design Resume for Holley Bakich
Skills
  • Design and art direct a variety of printed pieces, including, but not limited to: brochures, flyers, posters, banners, ads, t-shirts, exhibit signage, and stationery.
  • Conversant in many software programs, including Photoshop, QuarkXPress, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Freehand, PageMaker, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access. I use both Mac and PC platforms.
  • Knowledge of HTML coding and the creation of websites as well as their upkeep and updating. Use HTML code to produce stand-alone CDs, design web page graphics and make them net ready as gifs, jpegs, etc. Have also worked with Flash animations for websites and CDs.
  • Work closely with vendors, such as print shops, to produce the best possible quality.
  • Work with a variety of clients from corporate presidents to museum personnel, to produce desired results.
  • Supervise photo shoots.
  • Illustration abilities in a variety of media, such as scratchboard, wood, collage, mixed media, paint, and oil pastel.
  • Writing and editing.
  • Strong working knowledge of a variety of tools, such as table saw, router, drill press, and band saw.

Experience
Desktop Publisher/Designer    ImagePlus Printing    July 2003 — Present
Prepare digital files for print, checking all graphics, fonts, etc for quality-control standards on press. Output digital match print proofs for client review. Output and check film for printing. Also produce original graphic designed pieces for customers when needed. Have designed logos and a wide variety of printed pieces, including most of the design work for the Charles Allis Art Museum and Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum.

Freelance Designer    Holley Bakich Design    Sept. 1998 — Present
Using my 14 years of experience in graphic design, produce work for a variety of clients from my home. Have designed brochures, posters, postcards, websites, logos, illustrations, PowerPoint presentations, television commercial storyboards and many other projects. Can work on a tight deadline.

Graphics/Webmistress    Lore Corporation    May 1999
Sept. 2002
Designed, created and produced a catalog on CD-ROM of companies providing goods and services to the maquiladora industry. Also designed, created and produced two editions of the catalog as a 100+ page book/magazine before going digital. Produced graphic design work for a variety of projects. Maintained www.focusmexico.com and www.msgcd.com for the company. Worked with the ad agency, Advertising Ink to produce a variety of pieces.

Art Director    Kansas City Museum    Aug. 1993 — July 1998
Created a cohesive overall Museum design for name recognition through my work in the marketing department. Produced promotional pieces, exhibit signage, and banners. Also provided brainstorming and origination of thematic ideas for printed pieces and exhibits. Wrote some press releases and attended press events. Worked on exhibit installation and painting of signage and murals. Worked with vendors to produce high quality work within budget constraints. Produced artwork and layout design for the Museum’s web site.

Graphic Designer    Russell Stover Candies    Feb. 1992 — Aug. 1993
Designed packaging for a variety of boxed chocolates and candy bars. Produced nutritional labels. Pitched design ideas to the corporate president. Worked in a variety of printing processes including gravure, lithographic, flexographic and screenprinting.


Websites
The following is a list of websites I have designed and/or maintained:
www.geocities.com/holleybak
www.msgcd.com (this is also essentially what is on the CD directory I created for Lore Corporation)
www.toto.net/kcfilms

Freelance & Commission Clients
Cambridge University Press, Teresa Montoya Communications, ASI Food Safety Consultants, Region 19, El Paso Museum of Art, Ysleta School District, Congregation B’nai Zion, Insights El Paso Science Museum, Lara Robertson Advertising, The Laster Group, Mindy Marcus, Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Felicia Rubin, The El Paso Astronomy Club

References available on request.

Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Missouri, Columbia    3.95 grade average, Summa Cum Laude

Computer training courses in QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, Pagemaker and internet design

Interests
Have taught aerobics and yoga, produce sculptures mainly using woodworking tools and beadwork (I have shown locally and nationally), astronomy (my husband is an astronomer).
 

Contact me at [email protected] with any questions, comments, or praise.  :)
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