Experience

OWNER/PHOTOGRAPHER

Cherish-Live-Dream Photography / 2009 – Present

• Provides complete portrait photography services with focus on themed set designs and custom digital effects.

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Freelance / January 1999 – Present

• Specializes in high-end retouching for natural, modeling, and glamour photography
• Performs graphic design services on a contractual basis including logo design, web design, CD/DVD covers, business cards, flyers, brochures, and various other services

ART DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Heritage Publishing, Inc. / January 2004 – Present

• Manages and trains graphic designers, information specialists, and proofing staff
• Produces comprehensive directories for the healthcare and legal services industries, commercial organizations, military installations, and various community associations throughout Georgia and Florida; designs including advertisements, page layout, editorial design, data entry, and cover artwork
• Establishes design standards for company brand and product identity as well as in-house print collateral
• Versed in file submission to commercial printers and PDF/X-1A formats
• Creates and maintained the company website including web-coded  PDF versions of publications

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Southern Hospitality / January 2002 – January 2004

• Supervised the creation of quality hotel publications for national chains such as Marriott, Hilton, Radisson, Hampton Inn, and Holiday Inn
• Composed hotel directories, including typesetting and individual client advertisements
• Performed manual and digital pagination/paste-up
• Experienced working with in-house press operators and operated a Xerox Splash DocuColor 40
• Built and maintained the company website to increase brand identity and exposure

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Pot of Gold Productions / January 1999 – January 2002

• Constructed on-screen color advertisements to be projected in movie theaters nationwide
• Designed corporate identity, promotional flyers, business cards, and other print collateral

SENIOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE

America Online / January 1997 – January 1999

• Administered technical support for windows users in a call center environment

GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERNSHIP

Robin Shepherd Group / Summer 1998

Skills

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Windows or Macintosh

• Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Macintosh OSX (all)

SOFTWARE

Experience Level: Advanced

• Photoshop CS4, Quark Xpress 8, Adobe Acrobat CS4

Experience Level: Intermediate

• Illustrator CS4, HTML, Dreamweaver CS4, Microsoft Word 2007

Experience Level: Basic

• JavaScript, CSS, InDesign CS4, Microsoft Excel

Education

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor's Visual Communications / 1999

• Graduated Dean's List
• 1998 & 1999 Awarded for Excellence in Visual

INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT FT. WAYNE, IN.

Associate's Commercial Art / 1996

• Graduated Dean's List