Resume

Education

The Art Institute of Houston, Houston, TX
Associate of Applied Science, Graphic Design
1999-2001

- Honor Graduate
- Dean's List 2nd, 4th and 7th quarters

Experience

Automotive Ad Designer
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, TX
June 2006 - Current

Responsible for: Designing retail, classified and tabloid ads for automotive dealers and more; scanning and touching up photos; paginating weekend classified sections; classified software set-up; back-up for layout coordinator and other classified paginators.

Graphic Designer
Beeville Publishing Company, Beeville, TX
August 2005 - June 2006

Responsible for: Prepress printing and developing pages on film; maintenance of imagesetters and film processors; designing retail, classified and tabloid ads, front covers of promotional tabloids and sections; scanning and touching up photos; creating custom graphics for newsprint and websites.

Senior Graphic Designer
Granite Publications, Taylor, TX
March 2004 - June 2005

Responsible for: Designing retail, classified and tabloid ads, front covers of promotional tabloids and sections, flyers, rate cards, and sales kits; touching up photos; creating custom graphics for newsprint and websites; and updating ads on websites for 11 small-town newspapers in Texas.

Creative Director/Graphic Designer
The Sealy News, Sealy, TX
July 2001 - February 2004

Responsible for: Designing all retail, classified and special section ads; building classified pages; designing front covers of promotional tabloids and sections; distilling and sending pages through FTP to printing press; scanning and touching up photos; creating custom graphics and photo manipulations; designing and maintaining company website; also answering phones, taking subscriptions, and typesetting in the newsroom.

Skills

Computer software knowledge (PC & Macintosh OS 9 and OS X):
QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe GoLive, Multi-Ad Creator, MediaPlus Layout, HTML/CSS

Summary of skills:
Spot color and full color print production; document setup and layout; digital graphics and logos; photo touch-ups, image rendering; simple animations for interactive presentations and websites; newspaper layout and ad design; web graphics; prepress operation.