Web/Graphic Artist, Art Director, Marketing Communications, Digital Print Specialist/Prepress
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- Graphic/Web design/Art Director/Digital Printing at Westaff
- Web/Graphic Artist at The Creative Group
- Web/Graphic Design/Marketing Communications at Digital People
- Mac Production Artist at Vertis Corporation
- Musician, Graphic Artist, Band Booking/Management at Life After Dark/No Man's Land
- Prepress Production Artist at Meyers Printing
- Education
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- St.Paul College, TrainingCenter, Easel, Lynda.com
- Hennipen Technical College
- Metropolitan State University
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Cynthia Fletcher-Dustin’s Summary
TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERTISE
Graphic Programs
Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
Golive/LiveMotion
InDesign/QuarkXpress
PageMaker/Freehand
Acrobat Distiller/Exchange
Streamline
Web/Multimedia Programs
Macromedia Studio MX Flash/Director
Dreamweaver/Fireworks
Quicktime Pro
Imovie/Iphoto
Soundedit
Audioshop/Videoshop
AutoCAD Lite
Office Programs
Microsoft Office
(Excel, Word, Publisher
Outlook, Entourage)
PowerPoint Presentations
Multimedia CD/DVD
Digital Photography
Video/Sound
Basic Skill/Web Content:
HTML/DHTML
XHTML/CSS
JavaScript
ColdFusion MX
AppleScripting
Learning:
XML/ASP/CGI/Perl/PHP
Flash ActionScripting
ColdFusion MX
Visual.net/Basic
Java/Python
Database Design
and Maintenance
MS Access/Filemaker Pro
Learning:
MySQL/SQL
Past Experience:
FoxPro/Paradox
Flightcheck/Pitstop
Creo Plate Server
Imposition/Preps
RIP Processes
ftp protocols
TCP/IP
Appletalk
System Utilities/Backups
Small Networks SetUp
Windows to XP/NT
Mac to OXS 10.4
Apache Server
Unix Server
PORTFOLIO
Websites
Marketing/Advertising
Newspaper/Magazine
Radio/Cable Advertising
Business Ad pieces
Logo Design
Brochures/Flyers
Book Layouts
Billboards
News Bulletins
Catalog pieces
ROP
Banners/Signs
CD Covers
Corporate Staging
PowerPoint Presentations Multimedia CD/DVDs
Digital Photography
Sound/Video Production
Clients/Companies:
Cub/Supervalu, Vertis, Dairy Queen, Meyers Printing, American Express, Target, 3M, Xerox, Hazelden
Cynthia Fletcher-Dustin’s Specialties:
AREAS OF EFFECTIVENESS:
Creative Layout and Design
Professional Graphic Design
Professional Web Site Design
Art/Creative Director
Mac Operator
Content/Project Management
Prepress Production Specialist
Multimedia/Computer Specialist
Web Site Planning & Renovation
Computer Production Artist
Professional Sound Production
Digital Xerox Printing Press Operation
Simple Web Programming – ecommerce/database
Cynthia Fletcher-Dustin’s Experience
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Graphic/Web design/Art Director/Digital Printing
Westaff
(Public Company; WSTF; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
May 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Creative various advertising pieces for print and the web. Xerox digital printing specialist.
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Web/Graphic Artist
The Creative Group
(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Creative layout and design on various advertising and web pieces.
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Web/Graphic Design/Marketing Communications
Digital People
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year )
Creative layout and design on various web and graphic advertising pieces. Marketing communications.
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Mac Production Artist
Vertis Corporation
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Printing industry)
June 1999 — March 2006 (6 years 10 months)
•Digital page assembly using Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop and other software for PDF workflow
•Create and maintain 100 page Intranet site for department policies and procedures
•Assist customers and project managers in the design of aesthetically pleasing and functional advertising pieces meeting client and corporate standards and directions
•Creation of graphic images, designs and logos that support the clients advertising ideas
•Photoshop image manipulation, optimization, conversion and color correction
•Image scanning, cleanup, digital and manual proofing
•Create customer proofs and mockups per company branding, standards and specs
•Work with text style sheets, printer marks, color separations, templates and master pages
•Basic web programming and maintenance using HTML and other languages-hand coding
•Incorporate 4 color printing processes for PDF workflow and file transfer
•Digital prepress, preflight and customer disk and file preparation for print and the web -
Musician, Graphic Artist, Band Booking/Management
Life After Dark/No Man's Land
(Music industry)
1989 — 2000 (11 years )
Wrote, recorded and played original music, organized radio/TV interviews, booked gigs, arranged photo shoots, designed promotional materials.
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Prepress Production Artist
Meyers Printing
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Printing industry)
March 1997 — May 1999 (2 years 3 months)
Digital Prepress, preflight and work with customer disks preparing them for print. Digitally impose files in the Preps application program, similar to Imposition and Presswise.
Design & Layout. Computer graphic design, editing, layout, typography and trapping in various software applications. Creative layout and design from customer input and specifications. (QuarkXpress, Illustrator, PageMaker, Freehand and Photoshop, Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
Typesetting, scanning, and paste-up of various logos and designs for promotional material. Photo scanning, color correcting and cleanup, manipulation and placement into various layouts. Preflight with Flightcheck. Send files to Creo Server direct to plate system, film and make Creo plates. Prepare files in PDF format for Preps imposition program, file transfer, and web usage.
Cynthia Fletcher-Dustin’s Education
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St.Paul College, TrainingCenter, Easel, Lynda.com
Web, Graphic Design - Update skills 2006 — 2007
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Hennipen Technical College
AA , Web, Graphic Design, Prepress , 1999 — 2003
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Metropolitan State University
BA , General, Computers, Business, Art , 1989 — 1998
Additional Information
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Cynthia Fletcher-Dustin’s Interests:
Music, new technology, watching a good movie, relaxing at the lake or beach, networking
Cynthia Fletcher-Dustin’s Groups:
Colderfusion User Group MN and Flash User Group MN
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Metropolitan State University Alumni and Graduates -
Online Media Jobs -- Work in Internet Marketing, E-business, Web Analytics, etc. -
Job Openings, Job Leads and Job Connections! -
Marketing and Sales: Networking, Forum and Jobs
Cynthia Fletcher-Dustin’s Honors:
Phi Theta Kappa member with 4.0 GPA
Cynthia Fletcher-Dustin’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
- expertise requests
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