SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
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Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustratop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Flash
Adobe Dreamweaver
Quark XPress
Microsoft Office

DESIGN EXPERIENCE
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Freelance Graphic Designer
_____August 2001 - Present
_____Create logos for seminars and training programs
_____Create letterhead and business card designs
_____Create advertisements
_____Create html-based websites
_____Clients include(d):
__________The Stinking Rose • San Francisco, California
__________Full Plate Restaurant Consulting • San Francisco, California
__________Shira Shore, LMFT • San Francisco, California
__________BP America Programs • Cleveland, Ohio

Litigation Graphic Artist — The Focal Point
_____July 2007 - Present
_____Create bold, persuasive graphics to be used in legal proceedings
_____Design illustrations, charts, graphs, timelines and other informational graphic materials
_____Create animated tutorials for use in the courtroom

Graphic Designer / Webmaster — J. Weekly
_____September 2005 - July 2007
_____Created editorial layouts, including preparing artwork for pre-press
_____Designed new ads for J. Weekly as well as outside publications and the internet
_____Maintained content of jweekly.com, including news updates and edits to archives

Production Artist — The Athens NEWS
_____October 2004 - June 2005
_____Created and edited ads for The Athens NEWS newspaper
_____Worked with ad reps to design ads to create name recognition and branding
_____Collaborated with the graphics editor to layout the twice-weekly alternative newspaper

Marketing Internship — Recovery Resources
_____June 2004 - August 2004
_____Redesigned company web site -- recovery-resources.org
_____Created brochures and templates for future applications
_____Designed ads for local publications
_____Created invitation for the Annual Bronze Key Award Dinner

EDUCATION
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Ohio University — Athens, Ohio
_____September 2000 - March 2005
_____Bachelor of Science in Visual Communications
__________Focus in Informational Graphics and Page Design
_____Minor in Fine Art
_____Graduated Cum Laude, March 2005
_____Dean’s List
_____Cumulative GPA: 3.5/4.0