"Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity."

Christopher Zeeman

Résumé

Objective

• Seeking to continue a career in graphic and web design.

Relevant Skills

• Website design, construction, updating, and maintenance with HTML and CSS
• Print design
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver
• Apple Final Cut Pro
• Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, Publisher
• Troubleshooting and debugging code; testing for cross-browser compatibility
• Attention to detail; clean, adaptable code, taking into consideration future use and alterations
• Familiar with commercial and fine art printing standards and practices
• Use of FTP/SFTP and version control systems
• Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Ubuntu Linux
• Adapting designs between print and electronic media
• Customer relations experience

Work Experience

The Lones Group, Inc., June 2009 - Present

Design Support

• Assist in designing and building branded marketing materials for real estate agents
• Primary role in the design and construction of client websites, based on their marketing design
• Customer interactions via telephone and email
• Group and individual projects
• Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign; Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and Publisher

Amberfly Studio, June 2008 - June 2009

Owner, Web Designer

• Meet with clients for the purpose of building business relationships
• Design, build, and maintain Web sites for clients’ personal or business use

Whatcom Community College, October 2007 - June 2009

Graphics Lab Tech/Assistant

• Maintain and troubleshoot lab computers running Mac OS X
• Attend to needs of students with computer and software problems

Education

Associate in Arts in Visual Communications, (June 2009)

Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA

• Graphic Design
• Web / Interactive Media

References available upon request.