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Art Director
BNP Media
Troy, MI
Aug 2017 - Present (7 years 2 months)
Design SDM Magazine; Find and hire freelance photographers for cover shoots; Work with photographers to art direct cover shoots remotely; Create web ready files from finalized print edition; Create sales sheets, print and web ads and email communications for marketing
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Senior Graphic Designer
Catholic Order of Foresters
Naperville, IL
Apr 2014 - Jan 2017 (2 years 9 months)
Design quarterly magazine Catholic Forester; Create corporate advertising and marketing collateral, including direct mail letters, fliers, postcards, wall and standalone banners, email blasts, forms, logos, etc.; Photo editing
Achievements: Redesign member magazine including creating templates, style sheets and implementing a phot archiving system using Adobe Bridge; Member of Agent Care/Member Focused committee providing training sessions to employees; Member of Activities Committee creating employee social events
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Special Sections Designer
GateHouse Media
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Feb 2013 - Apr 2014 (1 year 2 months)
Design tabloid, broadsheet and magazine sections for members of Gatehouse Media; Design content pages for More Content Now news service; Convert and upload InDesign and Quark documents to More Content Now news service website; Export final pages to news sites; Create graphics and/or illustrations for More Content Now news service; Create ads and prototype websites for the Gatehouse online division
Achievements: Create prototype and style for Rockford Parent magazine and A la Carte, a weekly shopping wraparound section
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Assistant Design Editor
The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, IN
May 2010 - Oct 2012 (2 years 5 months)
Delegate projects and daily work to design staff; Maintain publication style; Help train staff on current or new technology; Design section fronts, special sections and inside pages; Photo editing: including photo selection from local and wire news services, color correction, illustration; Research and create information graphics; Create marketing materials such as advertisements or static web banners to promote various special sections, unique content and the publication
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Designer/Graphic Artist
The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, IN
Sep 2001 - May 2010 (8 years 8 months)
Design section fronts, special sections and inside pages; Photo editing: including photo selection from local and wire news services, color correction, illustration; Research and create information graphics
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Graphic Artist Intern
The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, IN
May 2001 - Sep 2001 (4 months)
Create information graphics, layout color for composing paste up