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Photographer | Designer | Owner
Spinning Top Designs, LLC
Jul 2011 - Present (13 years 5 months)
This is a life project I have started to help project myself into the wonderful world of design and photography.
Currently services include. . .
idenity, web graphics, social media graphics, photography, announcements, invites, annual reports, newsletters, poster design.
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Freelance Production Artist
Frontgate
Jan 2012 - Oct 2013 (1 year 9 months)
Outline and retouch photography for pre press department. Layout and production work keeping a consistent and cohesive look to a home furnishing catalog.
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Freelance Web Production Artist
Frontgate
Sep 2010 - Apr 2011 (7 months)
Part of the E-Commerce and Marketing team at Cinmar Brands worked on two of their brands website, Frontgate.com and Grandinroad.com as a graphic designer • Daily tasks included, making updates and layouts for banners and kickers for both sites •
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Sales Associate
United Art and Education
Jun 2006 - Sep 2010 (4 years 3 months)
Address customer needs in a timely manner with exceptional communication skills • Utilize creativity to develope visually appealing promotional displays • Demonstrate knowledge of products through attention to detail
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Marketing, E-Commerce Co-Op
Frontgate
Jan 2010 - May 2010 (4 months)
Re-imaged and processed product photographs for the web, using Photoshop skills and Adobe Scene7 • Collaborated with marketing team to design outdoor furniture content portal, gathering data from multiple sources • Created wire frame for a portal page on level down from the home page • Utilized HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), to manage and update sites
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Photography Lab Co-op
College of Mount St. Joseph
Aug 2009 - Dec 2009 (4 months)
Organized and supervised the dark room at the College, which included mixing chemicals for development • Maintained large format printers and color authenticity with the Color Monkey program in the digital lab • Tracked and monitored the photo departments equipment used by students
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Graphic Design Intern
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
Jan 2009 - Aug 2009 (7 months)
Designed 32-page yearly booklet for the 450-plus women’s religious community• Determined font choices, edited photos, and designed page layout • Collaborated with entire staff to develop vision for the cover of several booklets • Designed communication graphics and publications • Laid out and constructed biweekly newsletters, magazine spreads • Produced them for print • Internet ads and a historical booklet
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Graphic Designer
Moonshine Screen Printing
Oct 2007 - Aug 2008 (10 months)
Designed and recreated T-shirts, banners, and signs using Photoshop skills and CorelDRAW X3 • Discuss and explored designs with customers to come to a concise decision on their design