Tara Mcdonald Email & Phone Number

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Us

Cedar Graphics is a full-service printing company dedicated to putting the latest technology and most talented professionals to work for you. As a national leader in UV offset printing, digital printing and finishing services, our single-source approach means we can handle almost any job from start to finish. With green initiatives, online integration, printing solutions and marketing strategies, contact me to find out why Cedar Graphics is simply smarter.

•Generated new accounts•Educated clients on advertising options and increased their presence in all products, such as print directories, Yellowbook.com, Direct Mail and WebReach•Maintained high productivity standards•Met print and online deadlines•Achieved sales quotas and goals•Won the President's Club Award in 2011

• Updated and re-wrote biographies of broadcast personalities for the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting website

•Successfully organized six Magid Institutes, two-day workshops for news industry professionals, by building a 90-page workbook, creating and presenting hour-long seminars and marketing to non-clients•Demonstrated industry knowledge by critiquing clients’ newscasts weekly, providing suggestions for improvements •Created and revised PowerPoint presentations, combining research, recommendations, video, graphs, charts, pictures and text •Exhibited ability to multi-task by working on many large complex projects simultaneously

•Created the layout design of the opinion and editorial section•Wrote weekly editorials based on current campus and national issues •Conducted interviews with faculty members and students in person and by phone

•Scheduled and conducted interviews with senior class officers at 15 high schools •Exhibited time-management skills to meet deadlines for writing 20 articles•Copy edited using AP style and style unique to the newspaper• Captured photos to coordinate with articles