Coroflot

Resume

I am a member of AIGA and have won awards for my work from the Catholic Press Association. I have an understanding of current social media outlets, and a strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite on both MAC & PC platforms. I have a solid work and team ethic, the ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines, work within budget, and strong typography and proofing skills.

Senior Graphic Designer – January 1, 2000 to present
The Monitor, Catholic Newspaper of the Diocese of Trenton
Diocesan Pastoral Center, Lawrenceville, N.J.

Manages and coordinates the production, design, layout, advertising, and website for the bi-weekly edition of the diocesan newspaper.
- Assigns work-flow to production staff and handles client and printer relations for special projects such as posters, booklets, brochures and advertising for other diocesan offices in the Pastoral Center.
- Produces, edits and updates content for the newspaper website daily.
- Handles photo editing and retouching for all website and print images.

- Proficiency in typographic terms and proofreader's marks.

- Functions under pressure and meet deadlines efficiently.

- Maintains a high level of management, accuracy, consistency, efficiency, confidentiality and proficiency in producing published products.

- Makes independent decisions based on knowledge of publishing and understanding of customer needs and project deadlines.

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Page Layout Artist – December 1998 to January 2000
Nationwide Computers & Electronics, Edison, NJ

Design and layout, production, and traditional skills for building, proofing, PDF’s and sending ads in a fast paced advertising environment for weekly circulars and newspapers.

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MBA Graphics, Edison, NJ – November 1996 to December 1999
Part-time Photographer’s Assistant, June 1998 to December 1999

Worked under the direction and supervision of the photographer on all assigned projects for Home Depot Catalogs. Duties include data entry of acquired merchandise in the photo studio, assembly, disassembly, and repackaging of all products to be photographed. Maintained and kept a clean and orderly studio, workshop, and product storage area.

Night Production Supervisor, November 1996 to June 1998

Supervised three prepress workers in all aspects of Home Depot’s catalog. Supervision of scanning, post scripting, electronic stripping and sending of files, checking color proofs (rainbows, konsensus, bluelines & match prints), and color and item corrections for the catalogs. Also handled equipment maintenance and hard drive back ups.

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Graphic Design Intern – September 1994 to May 1996
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, N.J.

Designed flyers, posters and calendars for college activities and events at Brookdale Community College.

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{Education}

May 2006
BFA, Graphic Design
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, N.J.

May 1996
Associates Degree Graphic Design
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, N.J.

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{Skills & Software}
- Mac and PC platforms
- Flash, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS and PHP
- InDesign and QuarkXPress
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Acrobat Professional
- Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Preps, Fetch and WFTP Pro
- Color correction
- Digital photography
- Drum & flatbed scanning