Mary Reed

• Designed unique frame and mat combination using high-quality, archival materials
• Used art and design knowledge to match and accentuate colors and textures in customer’s artwork
• Mounted artwork, cut mats precisely, and built frames to preserve customer’s art
• Used Michaels program Framer’s Point to keep up-to-date paperwork, including project schedule,
relevant customer information, and inventory
• Communicated with customers to interpret individual style and make design suggestions
• Organized and cleaned frame shop to promote smooth workflow

• Designed and illustrated characters and environments for comic book series at Tall Tail Comics
• Penciled and inked comic pages for Tall Tail Comics, then used Adobe Photoshop to clean up
• Collaborated with a Sr. Graphic Designer to create logo for Sweet bakery, which was hand-drawn, then converted to a vector file with Adobe Illustrator; logo appeared on banner and business cards
• Illustrated characters and scenes for upcoming children’s book, The Adventures of Gol; hand-drawn, then cleared up and colored in Abode Photoshop

• Designed graphics for apparel, such as t-shirts, pants, hats, and face masks, using Adobe Illustrator
• Decorated garments through screen printing, heat press, and direct to garment printing
• Prepared artwork to be cut out of vinyl using FlexiSIGN 8.5
• Cut heat transfer vinyl using a Roland Camm 1 CX-24 plotter
• Printed t-shirts using an Epson F2100 Direct to Garment printer
• Cut banners to size and added grommets
• Sorted and organized apparel to be decorated

• Designed graphics with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to be screen printed onto apparel and promotional products
• Researched target audience and created t-shirt designs tailored to their preferences
• Communicated with clients to refine and complete designs for logos and graphics
• Produced vector element in Adobe Illustrator to be used in designs and layouts for t-shirts, decals, signs, and banners

• Monitored 700 accounts daily to identify high risk transactions and fraudulent financial activity
• Put suspicious transactions on hold, then contacted banks and clients to reduce loss
• Interviewed merchants to determine whether the transaction was fraudulent or legitimate

• Assisted in use of automatic screen printing press to print large orders of graphic t-shirts
• Applied emulsion to silk screens; cleaned and removed emulsion from used screens
• Sorted, folded, and packaged dried graphic t-shirts