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Salem, Oregon

Salem, Oregon

Develop and maintain standards of design for school district publications. Meet with customers regarding design jobs. Assist customers in determining overall style and format, selecting paper/ink/typestyles. Establish reasonable time lines for projects and understand what is needed from them. Update and maintain department websites. Implement the ongoing development of the Auxiliary Services department’s website and performing maintenance of the department website so that it remains a valuable resource. Provide web design services for other customers.Perform skilled art design in the preparation of a variety of print media in support of schools, departments, and non-profit agencies. Receive rough copy for newsletters, brochures, manuals, reports, bulletins, and displays; review material to determine appropriate illustrations; plan and execute the layout for publication. Prepare customer projects in current design software to include formatting, editing, and sending file direct to press and plating system.

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Provide graphic design support for approximately 30-40 real estate agents including writing ad copy, producing a bi-weekly tabloid catalog, creating professional flyers for listings, postcards, and newspaper advertising. Maintain database of properties and their advertising schedule. Cut back on advertising cost through coordination with printer, while increasing listing exposure through a more efficient layout. Added on-line version of catalog to increase visibility and to cut back on mailing costs.Increased company exposure through use of social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace.

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Plan print advertising and trade show appearances for the year. Negotiate media buys for approved advertising.Design print advertising for specific marketing sectors to convey the company’s specialized products in fuel conditioning systems.Create marketing pieces that reflect a technologically advanced, mature company: magazine ads, data sheets, manuals, business cards, newsletter, catalog, and Web siteProvide basic in-house computer support: set up computer and e-mail for new employees, maintained internal and external password integrity, upgraded memory and software, controlled spam parameters, verified backups, and trouble shot various user computer-related issues

Albany, Oregon

SAMPLE OF CLIENTS:-Fuse Advertising Agency– provided design services for Fuse for several years after my position was outsourced. Created original logos, full stationery package, and print advertising for retirement facilities.-Fantasy Knights Game Store– Designed web site and trained owner for site maintenance, evaluated and selected interactive components and third party vendors, created logo, designed business cards and print advertising, assisted with props and make-up for television commercials.-Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde– Transitioned newspaper from PageMaker to InDesign layout software, provided graphic and technical support for the Public Information Office. Scanned photos, color corrected images, and digitally modified as necessary.NOTE: Emotive Ink closed 2007. Fantasy Knights closed 2010. Fuse Advertising closed 2010.

Salem, Oregon

Create newspaper, magazine, and yellow page ads that successfully express clients’ advertising goals. Design and implement complete corporate identity systems which include creating company logos, selecting Pantone colors, establishing font standards, and producing company stationery.Act as liaison between clients and publishers to coordinate media buys, balance budgets with advertising options, and mediate any issues.NOTE: Company closed; contact Sunwest Management for employment verification.

Portland, Oregon

(Company created software to provide virtual tours of customized automobiles. Company closed 2002.)Create custom graphics for automotive accessories software and produce optimized version for online publication.Recreate dealership logos by tracing scanned images.

Ba, Spanish

Aas, Visual Communication