RESUME

SKILLS
Acrobat Reader
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
QuarkXpress
Excel
Word
Freehand
Corel Draw
HMTL
CSS
Flash
Dreamweaver

EDUCATION
Truman College
Chicago, IL
Web Design Continuing Education
Web Development Program
Completed classes in HTML/CSS, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, PHP/MySQL and Adobe Flash CS4
March 2010

The Illinois Institute of Art
Chicago, IL
Bachelors of Applied Science
Graphic Design
December 1999

Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Microbiology
Minor: Chemistry
May 1993

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Positive Impact Advertising Inc., Waukegan, IL April 2009 - Present
Create logos and alter existing logos for print on multiple media for this ad specialty company.

FREELANCE WEB DESIGNER
Page Arts Development and Independent Contractor, Chicago, IL August 2008 - Present
Produce website graphics, websites and update/maintain several client websites.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Centiv Services, Inc., Chicago, IL August 2007 - July 2008
Designed posters, banners, menus and table tents for the bar and restaurant industry nationwide for such clients as Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Absolut, Ketel One, Bushmills and Crown Royal. Worked closely with on-site printers and multiple sales reps to order and ensure prints were high quality and delivered on time to various accounts.

PRODUCTION ARTIST
Ambrosi, Chicago, IL April 2007 - August 2007
Produced, edited and maintained pages for the K Mart weekly sales paper distributed nationwide.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER / ART DIRECTOR
Luby Publishing, Chicago, IL January 2004 - March 2007
Developed magazine layouts, templates, magazine covers and advertisers' space ads for two monthly internationally known bowling magazines, Bowlers Journal International and Bowling Center Management. Designed tradeshow signage and advertsiements. Managed digital archives and printer relations.

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Aquent, The Smart Department and Creative Talent Source, Chicago, IL May 2003 - June 2005
Designed business cards, stationary, logos, magazine ads, illustrations, brochures, manuals, sale papers and signage for a variety of clients such as Cintas, W Hotels, Ace Hardware, Budweiser and Jewel-Osco.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Cognitive Concepts, Inc., Evanston, IL July 2000 - August 2002
Created ads, logos, direct mailers, brochures, trade show signage and website graphics. Proofread, some package design,
art directing and print production.