Allison Urschel
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901.568.1051
Objective
To gain a position within a dynamic company or creative group, which provides the opportunity to fully utilize and grow my artistic, organizational and interpersonal skill sets
Education
Summa Cum Laude
B.A., The University of Memphis, Dec. 2002
Journalism, with an emphasis in Advertising
Minor in Graphic Design
Work Experience
January 2004 - Present
Youth Villages
Graphic Designer
Main duties include: designing internal an external communications, i.e. newsletters, company fundraising, company conference materials, special event materials, recruiting materials, various program materials; photographing all major company events and helping to publicize them; filming company events and annual internal fundraising video
March 2003 - January 2004
Julia D. Azar Designs
Typesetter
Main duties included: placing type according to customer specifications on card stock using QuarkXpress and Photoshop, logging orders, faxing proofs
October 1998 - December 2002
The Daily Helmsman, campus newspaper
News Editor & Ad Production
Main duties included: (News Editor) daily design of news pages, headline copywriting, some copy editing and pasting the pages onto flats; (Ad Production) daily design of ads using QuarkXpress and Photoshop, classified production and pasting ads onto flats
Other Experience
The University of Memphis Theatre, season materials for 2000-2008
Designed unique posters for each show presented by The University of Memphis theatre
Skills
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Adobe InDesign CS3
• Adobe Acrobat CS3
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe PageMaker 6.0 – 7.0
• QuarkXpress 5.0 – 6.0
• Microsoft Office 2003
• Nikon D70 series, Sony DV videocamera
Portfolio
Available upon request
References
Deanna Blackledge
Public Relations Director, Youth Villages
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Connie Mills
Public Relations Manager, Youth Villages
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Cliff Reyle
Chief Human Resources and Information Officer, Youth Villages
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Alice Berry
Publicity Chair, The University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance
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