Freelance Consulting Projects
2000 to present
Graphic Artist
• Manage daily operation of business utilizing trusted management techniques, attention to detail, customer service, troubleshooting, and general administration.
• Creative design of 4/c or BW pages for client magazines, periodicals and newspapers, from organizing articles, locating artwork, and creating advertisements.
• Edit articles for accuracy and consistency and manipulate artwork and photos to meet clients needs.
• Perform color correcting and image editing.
• Act as liaison with printers to ensure submitted files are press quality and print ready.
• Clients include Woodall's Campground Management, Suburban Focus, Village Publications and John Swift Printing.
LTD Commodities
Bannockburn, IL 2001 to 2002
Graphic Artist
• Responsible for the creative design of 4/c catalog pages and covers.
• Troubleshoot and correct files, created digital press-ready files and finalized pages for production release.
• Collaborate with internal sales staff to identify key selling features and to determine the best way to communicate these to the customer through callouts and graphics and maintaining visual integrity.
• Work with outside photographers to design effect photo layouts.
• Utilize workflow and time management skills in order to meet deadlines.
• Ensure informational and legal accuracy of all advertisements.
• Perform various management and administrative duties to accomplish goals and objectives.
Des Plaines Publishing
Des Plaines, IL 2000 to 2001
Graphic Artist
• Work directly with customers to design creative publications.
• Typeset and edit customer articles.
• Utilize digital color management and image editing.
• Edit files and prepare them for press.
• Perform final page approval.
• Continuously met fast paced press department deadlines.
Woodall Publications
Lake Forest, IL 1994 to 2000
Advertising Services Management 1999 to 2000
• Supervise department including day-to-day administration, workflow, proofing and scheduling.
• Perform production work including design, typesetting, page flatting and paste up.
• Responsible for all internal and external customer service.
Graphic Artist 1994 to 1999
• Perform creative design of newspapers, pages and advertisements.
• Edit files and prepared them for press.
• Ensure color correction and edited digital images.
• Responsible for meeting department press deadlines.
• Instrumental in ushering the company from camera ready pages to digital files supplied to printer.