SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Advertising Graphic Design Production- Art Direction - Ads- Imaging/photo retouching- Consulting- Brochures- C ...more SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Advertising Graphic Design Production- Art Direction - Ads- Imaging/photo retouching- Consulting- Brochures- Color proofs, output- Photography- Catalogs- Large format printing- Identity/logo development- Printing- Packaging- Project coordination- Signage- Image scanning- Paginating PROFICIENT IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: Adobe InDesign CS5.5, QuarkXPress 6.0, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Acrobat 5.0,CorelDRAW 8, Hewlett Packard DeskScan, Microsoft Word PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1989 - PRESENT: Chagrin Valley Publishing Company, Chagrin Falls Ohio. Graphic Designer for the following publications: The Chagrin Valley Times, The Solon Times, and The Geauga Courier and Currents. Responsible for the advertising and the promotional items from concept thru toarchiving for weekly and monthly newspapers. By using my expertise and knowledge of design and space utilization my responsibilities include:- Designing of Advertising Layouts- Designing of all in house flyers, brochures, business cards, and point of purchase items- Designing/paginating of all promotional tabloids FREE LANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Hilton Garden Inns - The Thomas Brick Co. - Paysage Interiors - Landerwood Plaza - K2 Enterprises hide