Food, wine, travel, entertainment website focusing on the Paleo/Primal lifestyle and exercise.

Freelance graphic design, social media, copywriting, editing, and web design services. Over 20 years of experience.

Graphic design, copywriting, color correction, imposition for copying and printing, fixing files for correct printing.

Greeted customers, took orders, estimated costs and deliverytime, contacted outside vendors. Also worked as a graphic designer: Prepared customer files as needed, as well as designed files if no customer file was provided. Work ranged from custom auto vinyl to large format banners and signage.

Formatted documents and proposals, and made edits to existing designs for billboards, and magazines.

Marketing and graphic design, as well as copy writing, and any pre-press work such as color correction and typesetting. Also managed direct email marketing and email databases.

Design logos, garments, and apparel according to customer specifications. Update website and encourage online sales. Developed email blasts and maintained customer databases.

I handled all graphic projects printed and web for Placer County.

Plan and prepare events in the tasting room for guests ranging in party size from 4 to 400 people. Contract review and facilitating communication before, during and post event with pertinent staff to ensure a high level of service. Assisted in hosting site inspections as needed, participate and/or lead event meetings and other staff meetings.

Experience and Skills Obtained while at Senior Magazine:Marketing/Sales:• Design media kit and magazine information and distribute via email.• Maintain and develop marketing materials for myself and two other salespeople.• Write advertising campaign letters and create effective marketing solutions for the magazine and clients such as Carlton Plaza Senior Living and Malabar Restaurant.• Attract potential advertisers and sell advertising in the publication.Assistant Editor/Art Director:• Meetings with staff and columnists to decide monthly theme• Schedule monthly deadlines for columnists• Request quotes from printers for various projects• Sketch out idea/layout for covers and attend photo shoot with outside photography resource.• Cast talent for photo shoots (cover and advertiser’s ads)Graphic Designer:• Make sure ads and articles fit within page count specifications• Download columnist articles and place them on appropriate pages• Decide and find related filler articles if needed• Schedule monthly deadlines for advertisers• Design ads and make changes to client specifications• Download PDF files from advertiser’s (Inside graphics or advertising agencies) and make changes• Creation and delivery via ftp of print ready files on monthly basis.Photographer:• Shoot photos for events, columnists and advertisersDistribution:• Control and calculate the distribution of the Senior Magazine (Over 800 locations)• Take phone calls from readers that want to know where they can pick up Senior Magazine

Art director and story consultant/content editor of two direct mail homeowner magazines, Inside & Out and House to Home. I designed all advertisements not provided by the advertiser, and all layouts of the magazines. I oversaw the magazines from the screen to the press. I was involved with daily contact with the clients as well as our printers.

in the production department as a Composer Level II. Responsibilities included composing and designing advertisements for a weekly newsprint direct mailer. Was also responsible for correct pickup and date changes of coupons with the mailer. Used database management system to track all files within the publication.

in the graphics department as a graphic artist. Responsibilities included designing the standard layout for children's textbook publishers, as well as text and picture placement according to client and state specifications.