Graphic Artist Resume
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Resume:
Master of Fine Arts
-quarter hrs
Memphis Academy of Arts
Memphis, TN
Bachelor of Fine Arts
-semester hrs
WORK HISTORY:
The Mint Headquarters
Washington, DC
Visual Information Specialist, (Full-time/Temporary/Contract/Project)
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Assist the Graphic Designers and Printing Specialists produce posters, four-color marketing ads for coins and packaged coins, tracking projects and working with customers. Traffic the art projects; keep a logbook of all projects and record date in and out. Use a Macintosh G, OS X, QuarkXpress, Outlook Express and other software.
Department of the Interior--U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA
Visual Information Specialist, GS--, step
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Designing, photography, collecting photos, photo layouts and producing other graphics; interacting and coordinating activities with printers, contractors, writers, editors and others; writing instructions and other material. Creating and displaying graphics for in-house and outside publications; CDs, exhibits, articles, book covers, charts, graphs, fact sheets, presentations and maps using IBM compatible DTP equipment, Power Mac, software, cameras, color scanner and other equipment. My job was service oriented and I collaborated with supervisors, managers, photographers, printers and others to evaluate assignments and timelines. Served as a liaison between the customer, the print service and other technicians. Participated on the Geographic Information Systems Work Group. Repurposed photos for online publication. Created marketing ads, advertising banners and fact sheets for online publication.
Department of the Interior--U.S. Bureau of Mines
Washington, DC
Visual Information Specialist, GS--
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Helped with producing issues of a - -page, bimonthly magazine containing two - four feature stories, news articles, statistical charts, calendar of events and interviews of policy makers, printed with a full-color cover and two-color pages. Manually pasted up overlays for the cover, wrote specifications for the printer, reviewed blue lines and marked up proofs and camera-ready copy. Created one- and two-column marketing ads; designed a new staff box and a one-column masthead. Designed book covers for the Bureau of Mines new Statistical Compendium, the commemorative edition of the Minerals Yearbook and an annual report for the Branch of Statistics & Methods Development. Worked with vendors, providing specifications for services and products purchased, such as high-resolution typesetting, film negatives, color separations, transparencies, scanning, trapping and overprinting of colors, duotones, production of electronic files, photo processing and printing. Used PageMaker on an IBM-PC, a grayscale scanner and operated a mm camera. Provided photographs of political dignitaries, authors, public affairs activities, retirement functions, awards ceremonies and special events. Attended photo selection meetings with Editors. Maintained a log book of all purchase requisitions, returned receiving reports and worked closely with the Division of Procurement to seek the best way to purchase contracted services. Participated on the art committee and helped plan for the placement of photos and display of artwork in the Bureaus new headquarters building. Provided instruction to two stay-in-school students. One student helped me organize a photo library ( hours per week/ weeks). Provided work assignments to an art student majoring in Graphic Design at Howard University while he was employed in the Office of Minerals Today ( months). Reason for leaving, transferred to USGS, Minerals Information Team, after closure of U.S. Bureau of Mines, Jan .
Key Industries, Inc.
East Peoria, IL
Graphic Artist
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Hired temporarily to reduce backlog of specialty advertising products that occurred due to an employee union strike. Eliminated the extensive backlog and increased workflow productivity by two weeks.
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Peoria, IL
Coordinator of Media Production Services
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Over saw production of a professional staff of four, an Instructional Media Planner, a Graphic Artist, a Photographer and an Audiovisual technician. Assigned work to employees; established the daily workload for each individual; helped each employee decide their priorities for the day and set deadlines for projects. Produced charts, graphs, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, announcements, certificates, logos, exhibit design, posters and typesetting. The graphic artists also produced anatomical, biological and surgical illustrations. Designed a simple two-fold, six-panel flyer to announce a one-day symposium sponsored by the College of Medicine. Helped establish and enforce management procedures to improve the workflow. Reported to my supervisor what work was being done and the total amount of work and money brought in for the monthly reports. Under a fee-for-service program, helped improve the Divisions cost recovery for services and supplies. Helped create a computer tracking system for billing; created a requisition form; assisted with data entry on the computer tracking system; and billed work to appropriate departments. Provided information to customers about how to work better with the Division of Educational Services regarding time factors such as the amount of time needed to complete poster sessions and how to avoid doing work piecemeal. Used DTP equipment, software, Macintosh computers, mm slide image-maker, cameras and other equipment. Consulted with clients to determine objectives for their projects. Designed portable displays for conferences, completed poster sessions, redesigned the open house display, updated bulletin boards and pathology boards in the public corridors and the awards display. Participated in Academic Affairs meetings, where I was able to recommend policy and procedure changes for Media Services. Traveled to meetings held on the main campus in Chicago, IL. Maintained production equipment and ordered supplies. Helped start an archive of photographs and slides. Received letter of commendation from the School of Nursing for an award winning exhibit design I supervised. Met the goal of the Division of Educational Services, producing quality work in a timely fashion and with my assistance, D.E.S. achieved a record productivity. Reason for leaving, contract expired, budget cuts.
SIUE--The Environmental Resources Training Center
Edwardsville, IL
Graphic Designer I
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Employed full-time to assist instructors develop creative graphics for teaching aids and student recruitment. Helped with producing audiovisual materials, storyboards for videotapes and overhead transparencies. Designed the departmental logo, book covers, two-color catalogs, brochures, posters and exhibits to advertise in-house training courses and off-campus workshops, such as the Energy Education Workshop. Created cartoon characters to illustrate, in a more humorous light, how to perform a given function or operation. Provided technical illustration; schematics; photographs and photo preparation; chart/graph production; copy fitting; type specs; proofreading; color selection; and paste up. Helped instructors organize, edit, update and print three self-study manuals each year, for six years, (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Water Works Operations.) Served as a liaison between University Graphics & Printing Service and the audiovisual department where I worked. Assisted the administrative staff plan the Open House in the fall and graduation ceremony in the spring each year. Designed graduation announcements and hand lettered certificates using calligraphy for Honors Day. Began using an Apple Lisa computer. Operated and maintained the audiovisual equipment, videotape recorders, video cameras, television monitors, VCR players, visual sync. cassette recorders, computer graphics tablets and mm cameras. Organized a small slide library. Worked part-time, ( hrs per week, /-/) and performed many of the above outlined functions for the ERTC. Reason for leaving, received MFA degree, May .
SIUE--University Graphics & Printing Service
Edwardsville, IL
Graphic Artist/Graduate Assistant
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Worked part-time, ( hrs per week), completing artwork for various departments. Additionally, I handled the artwork and graphic design for the advertising and marketing of the University to prospective students and for special programs aimed at a wider target market. Wrote type specifications for the typesetter. Designed the University Presidents Christmas card, flyers for Campus Recreation activities, student music concerts, Very Special Arts Festival, Educard flyer for the Office of Continuing Education, brochures, certificates and report covers for the School of Dental Medicine in East St. Louis, recruitment handbooks for the School of Education and the School of Fine Arts. Reason for leaving, transferred to the ERTC, Jul .
Washington University--School of Engineering
St. Louis, MO
Graphic Artist
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The Publications Department in Engineering Central Services offered design, layout, paste up, finished artwork, other production work, graphic illustrations and drafting services to engineering customers. Produced publications such as booklets, business cards and letterheads, catalogs, flyers, logos, newsletters, posters, programs, reports and student recruitment brochures. Designed the Annual Report cover; prepared mechanicals for the two-color cover; and inside two-color page layouts. Illustrated technical documents, maps, charts and posters; produced Mylar originals from pencil sketches and verbal concepts; produced overhead transparencies and pos/neg prints and slides from these originals. Began working with outside vendors and coordinated ink color and paper stock with outside printers. Helped my supervisor deal with printers and other vendors to aid in specs, bids and scheduling. Wrote type specifications for a typesetter operating a high-quality Itec photo processing system; proportioned photographs; provided paste up work; operated cameras and copy machines. Faculty and physicians I had previously worked with at the Washington University School of Medicine brought work assignments to me at the School of Engineering and paid an hourly fee for my drafting skills. For example, I completed many illustrations for the Department of Dermatology. Reason for leaving, accepted into SIUE graduate school, Sep .
Liberman Advertising, Ltd.
Clayton, MO
Freelance Graphic Artist
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Designed, illustrated and pasted up type on large posters for presentation. The posters displayed statistical information and financial reports of local advertising campaigns and business meetings for the Clayton area-advertising agency.
Washington University--School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Artist/Illustrator
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Working in the Illustration Department, I drafted charts and graphs from medical data provided to me by physicians and faculty members. Illustrated in ink new surgical operations and techniques for publication and for use as instructional aids in the classroom. Created artwork for videotapes, mm slides and line copy Photostats. Participated in producing videotape, which documented the benefits of routine exercise for kidney dialysis treated patients. Consulted with the physician to gain knowledge of the human anatomy before completing the final drawings. Reason for leaving, transferred to School of Engineering, .
Pro-Med Visuals, Inc.
Memphis, TN
Artist/Photographer
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Prepared artwork for the camera and for publication in journals and medical books. Much of the work included production, layout and paste up of letters and symbols on charts, graphs and diagrams. Met with medical personnel to determine their expectations and objectives before beginning a project. Completed medical illustrations from oral and written instructions. Occasionally, I would sketch a piece of equipment or an anatomical part from a live model before developing it into a final illustration. Performed mostly drafting work in ink and created illustrations and posters in b/w. About % of my time was spent operating a mm camera. I shot continuous tone prints, line copy, color prints and slides. Using high contrast negative film, I frequently made diazo slides from line art; developed b/w film and prints; made contact sheets from negatives; maintained dark room supplies. Less frequently, I developed color slide film; labeled and touched up b/w title slides; gained proficiency using dark room equipment and printing b/w photos for commercial use. Reason for leaving, relocation.
Shea Otologic Clinic
Memphis, TN
Medical Illustrator
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After graduating from the Art Academy, began working full-time for Dr. John Shea at his hospital in Memphis, TN as a Medical Illustrator. Dr. Shea was a specialist who performed almost daily otolaryngological surgery on patients of all ages. Observed and sketched surgical procedures and recorded unique or variant anatomical findings with his objectives in mind. My sketches were developed into completed illustrations using color pencils and then made into slides. Reason for leaving, accepted position at Pro-Med Visuals, Inc., .
TRAINING:
-Intro to Map Info Professional, hrs, -.
-Intermediate Excel, hrs, -.
-Advanced Adobe Illustrator, hrs, -.
-HTML and Web Page Design, Levels and , hrs, -.
-Adobe Acrobat, hrs, -.
-Multimedia Design and Web Page Creation, hrs, -.
-Create Your Own Web Page, hrs, -.
-Scanning Black and White Photos for Desktop Publishing, hrs, -.
-Intro to Windows , hrs, -.
-Intro to Macintosh and System ., hrs, -.
-Computers Made Easy, hrs, -.
-Adobe Illustrator, hrs, -.
-Intro to Printing Processes and Terminology, hrs, -.
-CorelDraw, hrs, -.
-Repair and Maintenance of Personal Computers, hrs, -.
-Instructional Methods and The Skillful Instructor, hrs, -.
-Preparation and Delivery of Instruction, hrs, -.
-Intro to MS-DOS, hrs, -.
-University of Maryland at College Park, Desktop Publishing: PageMaker for the PC, -semester hrs, - to -.
SKILLS:
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, PageMaker, PhotoShop, CorelDraw, Exhibit design/setup, Harvard Graphics, HTML/web design, Lotus --, Lotus Notes, Macintosh, MapInfo Professional, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, PC hardware/software, photography, QuarkXpress, scanning photos/image editing, WordPerfect.
ACTIVITIES & AWARDS:
-Volunteer to help the Literacy Council of Northern VA, Inc., .
-Time Off Recognition Award, -.
-Letters of Commendation from the Chief, Metals Section and the Acting Chief Scientist, Geologic Division, USGS, - and -.
-Results Achieved Performance Ratings, consistently, under the two-tier rating system at USGS, -, -, -, -, - and -.
-Performance Awards, USBM, -, - and -.
-Outstanding Performance Ratings, consistently, for my work as Art Editor for Minerals Today magazine, USBM, -, - and -.
-Special Achievement Awards, USBM, - and -.
-On-the-Spot Award for my work on the First Annual National Mineral Policy Forum publication, USBM, -.
-Promoted one grade, USBM, -.
-Letters of Appreciation from the Management Officer in the Associate Director's Office, Information & Analysis, USBM, -.
-Publication: The Automobile: A Vehicle for Content, master's thesis, .
-Auto-Biography, thesis exhibition, Wagner Art Gallery, SIUE, .
-Second Place Sculpture Award, th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, .
-Drawing Innovations and Collagraphs, exhibition, Archer Hall Gallery, Greenville, IL, .
-Participated in student art exhibitions, -. Used my leadership skills in a group situation to plan, develop and install a drawing exhibition for my drawing class in the Communications Building on the SIUE campus, .
-Awarded full tuition waiver, SIUE Graduate School, -.
-Great Expectations Gallery, Union Ave., Memphis, TN, .
-Senior exhibition, Frank T. Toby Gallery, MAA, .
-Recipient, I. L. Meyers Memorial Scholarship for academic excellence, MAA, Spring .
