PROFILE
Experienced communications professional with an “eye” for good design, whose graphics design, art direction, writing, editing, photography, and printing experience will certainly add value to the brand and smoothness to operations. An inventive and innovative creator of strategies and campaigns; able to provide customer satisfaction by producing top-quality materials that are finished on time and produced within budget.
EXPERIENCE
Missouri Baptist Convention, Jefferson City, Missouri (Aug 1988 to present)
Graphic Designer (Jan 1999 to present)
- Designed and coordinated printing of up to 200 projects per year, including promotion packets, logos, postcards, posters, brochures, mailing packages, offering envelopes, bulletin inserts, books, a quarterly magazine, ads for print and digital media, newsletters, trade show exhibits, banners, and signs.
- Produced a 500+ page annual report book in print and PDF format.
- Coordinated and purchased outside printing of up to $250,000 per year.
- Designed and prepared graphics for the websites and social media outlets.
- Designed, created, and maintained the Missouri Missions Offering website blog; wrote content.
- Maintained a network of freelance designers, illustrators, service providers, and printers.
- Coordinated an annual meeting exhibit area of up to 60 exhibits and a book store.
- Prepared and contracted annual meeting overnight onsite printing in a different city each year.
- Researched, purchased, and maintained publishing workstations and provided training.
- Provided technical and design consultation to the in-house newspaper staff.
- Taught seminars about graphics design, print design, marketing, and printing.
- Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
- Used both Macintosh and PC computers.
Graphic Services Manager (Nov 1997 to Jan 1999), Graphic Arts Coordinator (Aug 1988 to Nov 1997)
- Supervised designers, production assistant, mail room, student interns, and freelance designers.
- Designed and coordinated preparation and printing of over 250 projects per year.
- Coordinated and purchased outside printing of up to $500,000 per year.
- Created job schedules and obtained printing estimates.
- Maintained a network of freelance designers, service bureaus, and printers.
- Researched and purchased workstations and provided training.
- Assisted in the sale of in-house printing services: reorganized production practices and workflow.
Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Missouri–Columbia (Nov 1987 to Aug 1988)
Graphics Designer/Exhibits Preparator
- Designed print publications and exhibits; fabricated exhibits and signs; maintained art galleries.
- Supervised production assistant and volunteers.
EDUCATION
Strategos International, Warrensburg and Hallsville, Missouri (April 2014 to present)
Attended tactical pistol and security training. Annual requalification.
National Association of Photoshop Professionals, various cities. (2000 to 2007)
Attended the “Photoshop World” annual training conference seven times.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Missouri–Columbia (May 1987)
Emphasis in drawing, anatomical drawing, and graphic design.
Bachelor of Science: Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Missouri–Columbia (May 1985)
Emphasis in fisheries management.
Drawing Classes, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri (Aug 1980 to May 1981)
Two semesters of advanced drawing training.