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RESUME

EXPERIENCE

SENIOR DESIGNER

The Portland Mercury | Portland, OR | 2007-2018

Primary visual tasks included paginating pages, designing print/web advertisements, building in-paper guides, developing promotional art/logos/websites, creating marketing material, and making social media art. Web publication tasks included prepping images for web, formatting text for a CMS import, and help managing content/navigation placement. Also, it included helping troubleshoot the CMS for aid in development. Other tasks included optimizing files for print/pre-press, photography, designing editorial art, making event signage, and maintaining archives.

 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

The Source Weekly | Bend, OR | 2006-2007

Primary tasks included designing print/web advertisements, building in-paper guides, creating marketing material and handling out of house files for production. Other tasks included photography, writing articles, and maintaining archives.


GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Central Oregon Nickel Ads | Bend, OR | 2004-2006

Primary tasks included designing advertisements and processing/managing high-capacity volumes of art. Other tasks included designing business cards and updating internet classifieds.


GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Conscious Living | Bend, OR | 2003-2004

Primary tasks included paginating the entire publication, designing news graphics, and designing advertisements. Other tasks included developing editorial sections and photography.


GRAPHIC EDITOR

The Broadside | Bend, OR | 2002-2003

Primary tasks included budgeting content for publication, paginating pages, designing advertisements and graphics, photography, and overseeing a small staff that aided with visual material. Other tasks included meeting with other editors to ensure quality and determine content. 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

The Oregon Daily Emerald | Eugene, OR | 2001-2002

Primary tasks included budgeting art and stories for select sections, paginating pages, designing news graphics, and creating entire special feature sections. Other tasks including meeting with editors to discuss publication content and story placement.


GRAPHIC DESIGNER / COPY EDITOR

The Times News | Twin Falls, ID | 1999-2001

Primary tasks included paginating select sections, designing news graphics, and writing headlines. Other tasks included editing articles, and selecting art/articles from wire services.
 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Windy City Arts | Hailey, ID

Designed and produced artwork for signs and vehicle wraps/decals. Equipment responsibilities included running large format printers, laminating and cutting machines. Other tasks included weeding and applying vinyl. Clerical tasks included aiding with estimates answering phones, and handling in-office customers. Other tasks included fabricating signs/metal, aiding in vehicle/wrap installation.  Also, received cash, card, and check payments.

 

LEAD DESIGNER

Twin Falls Signs | Twin Falls, ID

Designed artwork for signs, logo design, in-house collateral design, and outside business swag artwork creation. Equipment responsibilities included running printers, laminating and cutting machines. Other tasks included weeding and applying vinyl. Clerical tasks included creating estimates for business and road signs. Other tasks included fabricating signs, aiding in vehicle/wrap  installation and producing various swag, answering phones, and handling in-office customers. Also, received cash, card, and check payments.

 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

The Copy Center | Ketchum, ID

Designed artwork for a variety of print items. Printed documents and communicated options at the work counter for customers. Creating estimates for print jobs. Received cash, card and check payments.

 

LABORER CLERICAL

Tour Ice / DK LCC | Twin Falls, ID

Bagged ice, ice delivery, general yard labor, moved pallets of product with a forklift and pallet jack. Obtained and managed employee records, collected outstanding accounts, general office duties.

 

Complete residential remodel construction, using a variety of power tools, general construction and landscape labor. Just a little of everything

 

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Best Buy | Oregon

Retail sales, digital imaging specialist, stocking department products, setting up display merchandise. Received card payments

EDUCATION

Central Oregon Community College 2002-2004

University of Oregon 2001-2002

College of Southern Idaho 1999-2001

SOFTWARE

Adobe CS

SAi Flexi

Microsoft Office

OTHER SKILLS

Social Media platforms

Basic HTML/CSS coding

Email campaign systems

Sign Fabrication/Installation

Car Decal Installation/Wrap Aide

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