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Colleen R. Hamlin | Royal Oak, MI 48067 | leibshein@aol.com
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February 2003 to November 2008
Masco Corporation | Taylor, MI
Position: Graphic Designer
Responsible for conceptualizing, designing and producing a variety of print pieces relating to programs, events/conferences and departments of the company. Work includes creating brochures, logos, signage, annual reports, invitations, advertisements, direct mail, and other corporate collateral, photo-retouching, attending photoshoots, assisting the stylist with propping shots, and press-checks.


January 2002 to February 2003
Aquent Partners | Beverly Hills, MI
Position: Freelance Graphic Designer at Masco
Provided design and production services to a variety of marketing and advertising agencies in the Metro Detroit area on a freelance basis.


August 1999 to January 2002
Premier Communications Group | Royal Oak, MI
Position: Graphic Designer
Position focused primarily on design and production of printed materials such as brochures, mailers, advertisements, logo design and newsletters. Also involved in web-related projects, such as web page and banner ad designs. Work also included extensive photo-retouching and press-checking.


January 1999 to August 1999
Zen Design Group | Berkley, MI
Position: Graphic Designer
Work consisted of design and production of packaging for clients such as Homedics and Rayovac. Duties included bringing existing packaging up to date, conceptualizing designs and layouts for new products, sketching and illustrating ideas and packaging. Work also included collateral and some web design as well as extensive photo-retouching.


February 1997 to September 1998
Compuware Corporation | Farmington Hills, MI
Position: Production Artist
Position focused primarily on production of corporate collateral. This included formatting and updating existing files such as: product brochures; technical documentation covers; direct mail pieces; binder covers and other marketing materials; and creating new documents based on corporate specifications and using established templates.

Responsibilities also included direct involvement with various clients/departments to conceptualize, design and execute projects such as: direct mail pieces; brochures; invitations; flyers, t-shirt designs and other promotional materials; signage, stand-ups and banners for in-house promotions, as well as conferences and corporate events booths.


June 1996 to January 1997
Recruiter Publications | Farmington Hills, MI
Position: Art Director/Designer
Responsible for the creation of ads, layout and design of a 40+ page weekly employment newspaper. Duties included: working directly with sales to produce ads for clients under tight deadlines; creating promotional flyers and office memos; making a weekly dummy of book; keylining boards and indicating color. Macintosh environment.


September 1994 to June 1996
Ameritech | Troy, MI
Position: Ad Compositor
Position involved preparing annual yellow pages ads for final production of directories. This included: cleaning up artwork/logos; making final adjustments such as: dropping in hi-res photos; proofreading; checking color separations; and bringing all ads up to meet corporate specifications.


EDUCATION
January 2007 to December 2007
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Continuing Education Classes in InDesign, Flash and Dreamweaver

September 1991 to December 1995
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Graphic Design

September 1989 to May 1991
Macomb Community College, Warren, MI
Worked towards Associates Degree, Graphic Art
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All work performed on Mac system using the following programs: QuarkXpress, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat.