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OBJECTIVE & EDUCATION
My objective is to obtain a professional position in, or involving the graphic arts leading to career, as well as personal development. My education was completed in December 1992 with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and Graphic Design from the University of Nebraska at Kearney


WORK EXPERIENCE
iUNIVERSE, INC.
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 / October 2005 to June 2006

Design Services Associate
Duties include graphic design and layout of book covers, as well as overall quality assurance, trafficing and workflow development of the on-demand print publishing process via online protocol.

OMAHA WORLD HERALD
Omaha, NE 68123 / November 2003 to October 2005

Creative Director
Duties include liasion between Ad-Execs and team of graphic designers in day to day operations and production of spec-ads, classified and retail advertising, special sections and web-related advertising. Moderate workflow and archiving as well as scheduling.

UHLIG COMMUNICATIONS
Overland Park, KS 66213 / September 2002 to
November 2003
Art Director
Duties include graphic design and marketing for the LetterPac division. Various projects range from monthly newsletters, brochures, marketing pieces, displays, magazines and special publication layout and design.

STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Lincoln, Nebraska 68506 / October 2001 to July 2002

Artist II
Duties include graphic design and marketing on State Government level. Various projects range from monthly newsletters, brochures, annual reports, displays, marketing magazines and special publications and forms. 

iUNIVERSE.COM, INC.
Lincoln, Nebraska 68504 / February 2000 to August 2001

Graphic Designer
Duties include graphic design and layout of book covers, marketing materials, promotional posters and web banner design.

STATE DEPT. OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Lincoln, Nebraska 68506 / May 1998 to February 2000

Art Director
Duties include graphic design and marketing on State Government level. Various projects range from monthly newsletters, brochures, annual reports, state maps, marketing magazines and special publications, as well as website design and maintenance. 

BOOMER'S PRINTING COMPANY
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 / August 1996 to May 1998
Graphic Artist

Duties included graphic design and prepress preparation for clientle. Preflighted incoming projects to ready for printing, as well as conversing with, and designing around specific customer's needs. Utilized illustration skills for various projects. Accumulated vast knowledge of the printing process.

GRAND ISLAND INDEPENDENT
Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 / February 1994 to July 1996

Graphic Artist
Duties included graphic design and marketing for local newspaper. Designed spec-ads, classified and retail advertising, special sections and web-related advertising.
Also involved in the redesign procedure of the paper's layout and logo change
.

NEBRASKA TELEVISION NETWORK
Kearney, Nebraska 68849 / February 1993 to February 1994
Art Director
Duties include graphic design and commercial illustration and animation for local TV spots. Set design and backgrounding, as well as camera work and news stills creation. Off-site duties involved signage creation and banner production for remotes.


TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

OPERATING SYSTEMS
Dos 6.5, Windows 3.1/NT and 2000/9x/ME, XP and Mac OS 9-10x

SOFTWARE
QuarkXpress, Adobe Acrobat, PageMaker 7, Illustrator CS2, Photoshop CS2, and InDesign CS2, CorelDraw and PhotoPaint, Multi-Ad Creator, Freehand, Microsoft Office 2003 and FrontPage 2003, GIF Animator and Image Composer

HARDWARE
Pentium PC and Power Mac G4-5 Operating Systems
Mustek 3000CX, ScanMaker, Scitex SmartScan, HP Scanjet series, Scitex Dolev 450, PantherPro, Agfa Accuset 1000


 
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