Work Experience
Web Production Artist / Designer
Mauge, Inc.
October 2005 – present
Responsibilities: Maintenence of client websites, building out designs for medium sized corporate and sales-oriented websites, designing websites. Production and design of flash ads. Managing and designing e-mail ad campaigns. Light IT work – server maintenence, user account maintenence (including email management,) hardware and software installations.
Production Operator
Kinko’s, Wrigleyville Branch - Chicago, IL
March 2004 – October 2005
Responsibilities: Preparing customer files to print, running high
volume copies and prints, using large format inkjet printers (HP DesignJet
5500), various finishing work (binding, cutting, scoring, folding, etc.),
customer service.
Graphic Design Intern
conVurge Consulting - Chicago, IL
October - December 2004
Responsibilities: Designing for the web and print, including banner
ads, buttons, forms, marketing e-mails, event signage, nametags, and informational
booklets. Evaluating and updating branding strategies.
Freelance Production Assistant
DaveDe Designs - Chicago Illinois
August - November 2004
Responsibilites: Coordinating and implementing print jobs for a primarily
web-based design company. Implementing web designs based on pre-existing
comps, updating client web sites.
Office Assistant
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Central Michigan University
August 1998 - August 2003
Responsibilities: Producing copies for the classroom, scanning photographs,
organizing mass mailings, some student scheduling, computer maintenance,
miscellaneous errands.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Arts
Major Concentration: Graphic Design
Second Major: Philosophy
Central Michigan University
Conferred August 2003
Cum Laude
Special Skills
Software Competencies
Adobe: Illustrator, Indesign, Pagemaker, Photoshop
Apple: Mac OS 9 & X
Macromedia: Dreamweaver, Flash, Fontographer
Microsoft: Office, Windows 3.1 – XP
QuarkXpress 4 & 6
Languages (computer and otherwise)
In-depth: CSS, HTML
Familiar with: Javascript, C++, PHP, Japanese
References
Available upon request