Mary
S. Smith
311 Lakeview Way
Redwood City, CA 94062
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Objective
To work doing what I love most in collaboration or alone; web design, graphic design, animation or illustration.
Relevant
Skills
CSS, Dreamweaver, Excel, Final Cut Pro, Fireworks, Flash (Actionscript), Freehand illustration, FrontPage, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, PowerPoint,
Word, XHTML.
Relevant
Experience
Freelance Web / Graphic Designer
December 2000 - Present. Projects include:
Growing Up Easier - Project management, web development and design. Book design, cover design and interior manuscript formatting.
St. Matthias Catholic Community - Custom illustration and banner design. website administration.
Ambient Media - website and logo design, CD packaging design, banner ads and
marketing collateral.
Accelerated
Solutions Environment - Graphics facilitator for problem solving sessions.
Design intranet web sites, print media, powerpoint presentations, flash
intros, and video product under intense deadlines. Illustrate by hand
and digitally. Also involves environmental design and event planning.
Media confidential.
Pulsar Sound - Flash banner ad design.
Xpanse Publishing - Website design, logo, flash animations and illustrations.
Brush-n-Paint -
Website design, image capture and optimization.
Graphic
Design Coordinator / Manager
Papa Murphy's Inc. - May 1998 - November 2000
Conceptualized, designed, and preflight POP, advertisements, logos, and
illustration. Managed high volume workflow for California graphics department.
Praised by Franchisees for "saving the day.... creating great looking
ads during last minute time crunches." Implemented use of ftp servers
for file transfer resulting in lower department spending and higher productivity.
Consulted department for Mac OS support and troubleshooting. Promoted
to Graphic Design Manager. Supervised workflow through the four graphics
departments. Initiated creation and use of template ads in graphics departments
resulting in national ad consistency and more effective marketing campaigns.
Designed corporate identity packages for 1999 and 2000 conventions. Maintained
outstanding rating in annual job performance reviews.
Graphics
Production
Institution for Reading Development - January - April 1998. (Seasonal
position)
Produced direct mail marketing and fliers. Prepped for output. Adjusted
logo files. Created and maintained client file database.
Freelance
Illustrator
Create portrait, landscape, and abstract paintings and illustrations,
signs, posters, flyers, and sculptures using classical and digital mediums.
Education
East Stroudsburg University, PA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concentration
in Art.
Magna Cum Laude. Areas of study included Media Graphics and Design, Advertising
Graphics, Desktop Publishing, Drawing, Painting, Sculpting, Photography.
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