About Me: Personal Summary: Motivated and detail oriented, disciplined and dedicated, educated and skillful, creative and resourceful worker seeking to further professional career. Ability to work on multiple projects under tight deadlines either in a group or solitary environment. Strong desire to help others and learn along the way. Education: Graduated in May of 2007 with a Bachelor's of Science in the Arts (Concentrated in Graphic Design) from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in Madison, WI. Graduated in May of 2003 with a High School Diploma from Baraboo Senior High School in Baraboo, WI. Software skills and expertise level: Adobe CS, CS2, CS3-Intermediate to advanced, Adobe Framemaker 7 & 8 - Intermediate to advanced, Flash - Basic, Dreamweaver - Basic to Intermediate, Quark 6 & 7 - Intermediate, Corel Ventura - Intermediate, Interleaf(Quicksilver) - Basic, Word - Advanced, Excel - Intermediate, PowerPoint - Advanced, Vegas Video - Basic, I movie - Intermediate, Font Suitcase - advanced, Mac OS - Advanced, PC Platform - Advanced Freelance/personal Work: Final Touch Sod - Sauk City, May 2005 - Designed Logo and applied it to large format signage. Fabricated outdoor sign as well. DVD project - Madison, WI June 2006 -Transfer of analog footage to digital format, editing and production of video, design of video graphics and menus, designed and printed jewel case inserts, and designed and printed labels for DVD. Pedi cab Business - October 2004 -Designed and illustrated logo for operator. Volunteer Work: Engineering Projects in Community Service (ePiCS) - UW-Madison - Madison, WI - Team Graphic Designer - January 2005 - December 2005. Worked as designer for clients that were local and nationally known non-profit organizations (Chris Farley Foundation and The Morgridge Center for Public Service). Responsible for learning all required software while learning skills of client interaction and communication and team interaction. Became very good at ideation and finding out clients - unknown needs. Prototype creative material design and creation was a constant. Self-taught CS2 programs and learned how to do printing quotes. Work Experience: The Geo Group Corporation - Madison, WI Desktop Publisher July 2007 - Present Worked on projects for global clients. Functioned primarily as a foreign language typographer and layout specialist. Acquired new design software skills and honed previous skills. Increased skill level of identifying characters and typefaces while learning the characters of new languages. Excelled at font and document troubleshooting. Day to day use of communication and problem solving skills as well as time management skills. ASM StudentPrint - UW Madison - Madison, WI Graphic Web/Designer June 2006 - May of 2007 Primarily functioned as client-based Graphic Designer with internal design responsibilities which included promotional/advertisement material, company literature, data organization and management, as well as website maintenance and web page creation. Produced logos, brochures, posters, etc. for clients and internal needs. Refined client interaction and communication skills while honing art of finding out clients' unknown needs. Successfully and efficiently reorganized client and project data base while performing daily duties. Gained production experience in the forms of laser printing, scanning, document set up, measuring, folding, stitching, and the use of the electronic paper-guillotine. Became comfortable working in very tight quarters with many multi-disciplinary team members. Learned parts of hiring process of application review, interviewing, and decision making. State Historical Museum - Madison, WI Exhibit Preparator/Graphic Designer Assistant October 2004 - September 2006 Primarily maintained exhibits which included cleaning, setting up/ breaking down displays, preparing and painting all exhibit materials, and some light fabrication. Excelled at refinishing and painting pedestals. Helped make designer's job more efficient by assisting in the layout and hanging of exhibit graphics following mounting them on needed backings. Gained and honed time management and communications skills as well as organizational skills. Additional Info: Sold artist on Etsy.com Exhibited in 1st Annual Juried Student Art Show at State Street Gallery, Madison Wi 2006 Selected to be a Ideator for Sandbox International, Inc - a consumer product and marketing innovation company 2008

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