Resume
 
About
Intelligent, friendly creative professional seeking freelance work or full-time position as a print and/or web designer.
 
Has a great attitude, communication skills, and is very easy to work with. Shows excellent attention to detail and quality, and stays patient while working quickly and efficiently. Is extremely calm under pressure and easily adapts to changes that occur in a fast paced environment.
 
Career
Merrill Corporation (2003-2007)
Desktop Publishing Specialist
 
Worked with Account Managers, Production Managers, Sales, Clients, and the Senior Graphic Designer to design and prepare high quality print and production ready files.
 
Created promotional flyers, direct mail, brochures, booklets, and corporate marketing materials for top real estate firms, including Coldwell Banker, Prudential, and First Team. Designed custom pieces for top real estate agents with an emphasis on fast turnaround, and flexible template layouts and accompanying web graphics for a web-to-print system.
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe InDesign
Quark X Press
Mac and Windows operating systems
HTML
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
 
Education & Background
Introduced to computer graphics applications and became interested in graphic design over 10 years ago, and started doing freelance design jobs in 1998. Did a digital photo restoration project in high school, and restored several old, damaged photographs using Photoshop. Went on to take Art, Computer Graphics, and Web Design courses at Fullerton College.
 
Interests
Have been playing guitar in local Orange County area bands since 2000. Handled many of the promotion, marketing, booking, recruiting, recording, and sound duties.