Graphic artist and Illustrator

Tim Summers

Detroit, MI

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About

Illustration, graphic design, scenic artist, set design, mural artist, corporate indentity design, sailor,
Education
- BFA Illustration
  
  Kendal College of Art & Design
  
  1985 - 1988
Experience
- Owner
  
  Summers GFX
  
  MI
  
  Dec 2016 - Present (7 years 11 months)
  
  Graphic Artist and illustrator
- Graphics Editor
  
  The Detroit News
  
  Mar 1995 - Dec 2016 (21 years 9 months)
  
  As Graphics Editor at The Detroit News, my team and I are responsible for providing informational graphics, charts, maps, logos and illustrations to accompany stories in print as well as online. Detroit is a great news town and it keeps us hopping. Deadlines are omnipresent, so I am often required to work fast.
- The Times of Northwest Indiana
  
  The Times of Northwest Indiana
  
  1990 - 1995 (5 years)
- One-year resident
  
  Chicago Tribune
  
  Jan 1993 - Mar 1993 (2 months)
  
  Graphics Grunt
Awards

Society of Professional Journalists

Society of News Design: Portfolio, special news, breaking news,;

Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors: First, use of graphics

Hoosier State Press Association

Gannet Well Done award

Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Affiliations

Society of News Design
Industries
- Publishing
Skills
Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot

@timssail, member since 2008
- Following 10
- Followers 4

Director and Associate/Full Professor, Myron E. Ullman Jr. School of Design, College of DAAP