Objectives
Solving communication problems, conceptualizing, exploring and experimenting. Involving the application of art and communication skills to the needs of business and industry. These applications include: marketing and selling products and services; creating visual identities for institutions, products, companies; environmental graphics/ signage; information design; and visually enhancing messages in publications.

Applied Experience – 13 years
Employed at Media One (Newspaper Agency Corp.) as a Senior Graphic Designer from 12/2005 until 08/2010. Duties included magazine layout and design, ad design. Production Manager for Hometown Values Magazine a monthly publication that is recieved in 185,000 households throughout the state of Utah. IT for the writer’s and designer’s Macs and network.
Freelance Graphic Designer.
Temporary Graphic Designer at CB Richard Ellis.
Graphic Designer at HealthInsight. Built and maintained corporate website and made brochures, newsletters, etc.
Graphic Designer at JP Realty, Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah until it’s acquisition by G.G.P. Inc. Designed posters and ads for our 18 malls in AZ, CA, ID, NM, OR, UT, WA and WY. Designed pop up windows for our 18 mall web sites. Designed, built and maintained the JP Realty corporate web site.
Pre-press supervisor and Graphic Designer at Watkins Printing in Logan, Utah and
AlphaGraphics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
I have an understanding of Agfa Apogee workflow and DTP printing processes.

Advanced Knowledge
Corporate Identity, Packaging, Advertising, Typography, Web Site / Page Design, Layout Design, Production design, Photography

Education
Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah …………………………………… 1994-1996
Utah State University, Logan, Utah ………………………………………………………. 1996-2000

Personal Clients
Yorkshire Village, Sorenson Vision, Artist Frank Thomas, Bridgernet, Pioneer Telecom, White Rock Inc., HavitAll, ToyShare International, Salties Designs. Other references are available upon request.

Hardware
Proficient at Scratch Pad, Pencil, Pen, Paint, Wacom Pad.

Software
Knowledge of Macintosh and PC operating systems and programs. Proficient in all Adobe CS5 programs. FileMaker Pro, Quark, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher.