Brian H. Murphy

4976 Randlett Dr.
La Mesa, CA 91941
Home: (619) 741-6674
Cell: (619) 519-0526
[email protected]

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Creative/Graphics Manager

PROFILE

• Skilled in all aspects of production to include; correspond with client regarding preferences,
creating artwork and layouts, editing layout and Prepress quality checks
• Supervisory and Training experience with Graphic Arts and computer software
• Produce an average of seven to ten automotive advertisements a day at the
San Diego Union Tribune
• Sales Support Award, San Diego Union Tribune November 2001
• Best New Production Employee, The Daily Aztec Fall 1997

EXPERIENCE

BAKER MEDIA ADVERTISING — 5/2003 - Present
Print Coordinator

• Responsible for 1.7 Million dollar print advertising campaign and budget
• In charge of all aspects of electronic publishing from concept to print
• Create advertisements, marketing material and graphics specific for
publication demographics
• Design and edit print advertising for Bob Baker Auto Group's 9 dealerships
• Balance print budget, co-op reimbursement, scheduling and budgeting print advertising
• Create print ads, brochures, posters, logos, business cards, illustrations
and marketing material for all dealerships, San Diego Gulls and San Diego Riptide
• Work closely with the printing process, including file preparation and output,
prepress and printing
• Establish relationships with clients and vendors
• Assist advertising director with sales presentations
• Train staff on new software and programs
• Update www.bobbaker.com web site weekly
• Designing and building www.bbmotorsports.net web site
• Consistently meet weekly deadlines

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE — 6/1999 - 5/2003
Senior Advertising Artist

• Correspond with Sales Representatives to ensure customer satisfaction of advertisements
• Design and edit automotive advertisements, inserts, flyers and maps for San Diego County
• Scanning, color correction and retouching of digital photos
• Preflight/Prepress check for digital disk ads

Prepress Specialist
• Composed layout of daily newspaper for San Diego County
• Responsible for manual paste-up of newspaper flats
• Consistently met seven nightly deadlines

THE DAILY AZTEC — 7/1997 - 5/1999

Assistant Art Director

• Supervised nightly production workers of daily college newspaper
• Designed and prepared layout of daily college newspaper
• Designed and created artwork
• Responsible for manual paste-up of newspaper flats
• Consistently met nightly deadlines

Production Worker

• Responsible for layout of daily college newspaper
• Proof reading of news stories

COMPUTER SKILLS

InDesign CS
Quark Xpress 6.0
Adobe Photoshop CS
Adobe Illustrator CS
Acrobat and Acrobat Distiller
Macromedia Director 5.0
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Macromedia Flash MX
Macromedia Freehand 10
Microsoft Office
Internet efficient
Aldus Pagemaker
Publisher

* Proficient in Mac and PC platforms

EDUCATION

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Arts

Major: Art with emphasis in Graphic Design

• Design classes : Various printed media classes, electronic media, web design,
package design, interactive media
• Studio 542 (professional experience class)