To utilize my creative design and commercial illustration skills in an organization which
encourages productivity and offers the opportunity to gain experience in a corporate environment.
EDUCATION
SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Visual Communications
FINDLAY UNIVERSITY
Fine Art
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Efficiently, quality, creatively, computer literacy, and a problem solver,
who is able to perform and handle stressful situations with strong oral and written skills,
leadership, and a strong desire for success.
GRAPHIC SOFTWARE
Quark X-Press 4-7, Adobe Illustrator CS2,
Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Indesign CS2, Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX,
Fireworks MX, Advantage, Adobe Streamline, Freehand, Adobe Pagemaker 6.5, Preps 3.0
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
COX AUTO TRADER PUBLISHING, Dayton Oh. 05/01 - PRESENT
Front Cover Coordinator/Graphic Designer Supervisor - Russell Latham
- Design and layout covers for Cox Auto Trader Magazines - Auto Trader,
Truck Trader, Boat & RV Trader, Cycle Trader, & Auto Extra Magazine
- Design covers for different regions -
Ohio, Minnesota, South Michigan, New York, Western Pennsylvania, & Northern Kentucky
- Build the glossy pagination for all the glossy books in the above regions
- Build & design ads for different company’s that run in the magazines
PREPRINT, Atlanta Ga. 01/00 - 08/00
Graphic Designer Supervisor - Sanjeev Verma
- Designed invitations, brochures, letterheads, envelopes, and business cards
- Used a Howtek Scanmaster 4500 to scan images and photos for different task
MBA GRAPHICS, Lithia Springs Ga. 03/95 - 12/99
Production Artist Supervisor - Jerri Earwood
- Worked on catalogs for Home Depot, doing color corrections,
pricing, image adjustments, and
working with different regional coordinators
- Created a monthly schedule for different departments to meet
deadlines and predict overtime
- Output images from other departments.
Send those images through preps program so the images can go to film
- Build templates for images to be sent in magazine form
- Create a colorline or a mock-up copy of the original book for the client
to make corrections an a blueline for the printer
