Coroflot

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QUALIFICATIONS
Design tools: • Photoshop • Dreamweaver • Flash • Fireworks • Illustrator • InDesign • Quark XPress • Pagemaker • Framemaker • Freehand • GoLive

Programming: • HTML • XHTML (strict and transitional) • CSS

CMS: • Wordpress • Drupal • Joomla

EXPERIENCE
7/2008–present Web Designer/Freelance Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA
Designed ad banners, html emails and websites for various clients, including Yesmail, McClenahan Bruer Communications, Guess? Clothing, So-Me Clothing, and Robin Chell Design.

6/2006–7/2008 Web Designer/Connexus Corporation El Segundo, CA
Designed ad banners, html emails and mini-sites for performance-based advertising company. Designed template for zip code .us domains. on a variety of brands, including: Vonage, Target, Kmart, PBS, DirecTV and MSN.

9/2005–6/2006 Web and Print Designer/Freelance Los Angeles, CA
Design web front-end and print materials for various client-maintained web sites, ranging from simple brochure sites for bands, to lengthy contract work for larger clients, including Squidoo, The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Pacificare Health Systems, O’Reilly Media, Beauty Fiend Clothing, and 10th Degree.

9/2002–9/2005 Production Artist/Marshall & Swift Los Angeles, CA
Responsible for leading conversion of Quark documents utilizing a plugin called LinkUp for automation of data updates.

11/2001–9/2002 Web and Print Designer/Freelance Los Angeles, CA
Designed web sites, print materials, and provided creative direction for various clients. Clients included: Latham & Watkins, William H. Mercer, Digital Film Tree, and FreshlySqueezedTV.

3/1998–11/2001 Compositor/Pearson Education Indianapolis, IN
Design/Layout computer books in a variety of applications, including Quark Xpress, Adobe FrameMaker. Responsible for archiving, shipping, preflight, and PDFing books. Created marketing materials and files for web distribution. Attended shows to distribute marketing materials and spread brand awareness. Sole production person responsible for publishing catalog with annual revenue over $30 million.

AWARDS/HIGHLIGHTS
American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design:usa Magazine (Flash 4 Magic, New Riders Publishing); Served as a consultant for hillmancurtis.com, one of the premier web design studios in the country. Technical Editor, Photoshop 6.0 Web Magic, from New Riders Publishing. Writer for Comedy.com

EDUCATION
1992 — 1994 Ball State University Muncie, IN
Majors: Graphic Design and Communication Graphics

12/1997 Indiana University Bloomington, IN
Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing