EXPERIENCE

KENTUCKY PET GAZETTE May 2003 - Dec 2004

Positions: Art Director/Layout Artist/Cartoonist/Webmaster
As art director, I decide how the content is to be laid out, suggesting type faces, colors, etc. I am also responsible for creating original illustrations and cartoons that go along with some clip art to be interspersed throughout the paper. I create the drawings for the Rudytoons and write and draw the Nuthouse comic strip. I have also created some of the puzzles found on the comics page.
As the webmaster I have designed the look and feel of the Web site as well as created the graphics and composed the HTML. I also create and assign email addresses for the staff and take care of web maintenance and troubleshooting.

Specific duties include:
Designing look and feel of the paper and Web site, organizing content for both.

FedEx Office Oct. 2003 - Present

Position: Sign and Banner
Produce Signs and Banners of various materials. Work with Quite Imposing to manipulate .pdf files for oversize printing.

Specific duties include:
Creating Vinyl Banners, Corrugated Plastic Signs, Vehicle Magnets, Posters

KINKO's Feb. 2002 - Oct. 2003

Position: Computer Services Specialist
Document Creation for customer and in-house promotional materials. Create fliers, brochures, calendars, oversize posters, business cards, letterhead, invitations, etc. for customers. Create banners and signs for in-house promotions. Updated software on the self-service computers.

Specific duties include:
Creating documents for customers and in-house work.
Helping customers with problems on computers and teaching them how to use certain types of software

STATIONPOINT.COM/ABCPOINT.COM Sept. 1999 - July 2001

Position: Web Designer/Art Director
Site designer and coding specialist. Took designers' work and formatted it into HTML for sites such as Highland Cleaners, Alton Webb Real Estate, and Armada Powerboats. Created animated banner ads for Stationpoint.com. Created Flash animation for use in sales. Designed look and feel for Manning Truck Equipment's ecommerce Internet site. Participated in a webcast for LASIK eye surgery on NASCAR driver Jeff Green.
Worked on many designs for different versions of ABCpoint.com's Web site as well as the Kentuckiana ABC Chapter's site. Maintained creative look and feel on all new services added to ABCpoint.com. Worked on integration of look and feel of ABC.org's site with ABCpoint.com's site. Created promotional materials (one-sheets, CD packaging, advertisements) for marketing dept.

Specific duties included:
Designing and maintaining Web sites
Formatting designs into Web sites
Creating artwork for Web site and promotional materials
Research of web-related technologies

KINETIC CORPORATION July 1988 - Sept. 1999

Position: Computer Graphic Artist
Lead Interactive artist and HTML programmer. Played a major role in most of Kinetic's Internet Web sites. The Lead application developer of the IBM Supercomputing Intranet, and Internet sites for Lynn's Paradise Cafe, the Historic Homes Foundation (Thomas Edison Butchertown House), Louisville Free Public Library (Western Branch), Providian, Diversified Financial Products, Inc. Greenbaum, Doll and McDonald PLLC, Middleton & Reutlinger PLLC, and Guthrie/Mayes Internet projects.

Specific duties included:
Creating, and editing slide/overhead/on-screen presentations
Designing and maintaining web sites
Assisting in the design and production of multimedia projects
Meeting with clients for input and approval of work

EDUCATION

Jefferson Community College 1988
Associates Degree of Applied Science in Commercial Art
GPA - 3.67

University of Louisville 1984-1986
Fine Arts Major

Moore High School 1983
GPA 3.5

FREELANCE WORK

ACTORS THEATRE - Cover for the Dream Auction Catalog
ELVENSONG - Created animation for a video production company
LOUISVILLE PET PALS.COM - Designed Web Site
PATTCO - Designed Web Site for Venture Capital Company
PINNACLE SOLUTIONS - Created Graphics for email based promotions
PRESBYTERIANS U.S.A. - Book cover - Journey to the Spring at Crystal Mountain, Spot illustrations for children's books, Spot illustrations for educational magazines
SOUTHERN STAR - Designed Graphics for intranet site
UPS - Color ads for Recruitment Center

SOFTWARE/APPLICATION KNOWLEDGE

The following is a partial list of graphic software applications that I have worked with

Acrobat
Arachnophilia
Dreamweaver
Gerber Omega
Flash
HTML Programming
Illustrator
Pagemaker
Photoshop
PowerPoint
Quark