Prepress Graphic Artist at Syracuse Label
Syracuse, New York Area
- Current
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- Prepress Graphic Artist at Syracuse Label
- Past
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- Art Director at The Oswegonian
- Computer Lab Technician at Resident Life & Housing - Scales Hall
- Freelance Graphic Design at Stacked! Magazine
- Sales Associate at Kmart
- Customer Service at Movie Brands Inc. - Video King
- Education
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- State University of New York College at Oswego
- Onondaga Community College
- Liverpool High School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Graphic Design
- Websites
Chris Blakley’s Summary
I've been focusing on my graphic design major since high school and consider it my foremost hobby.
Chris Blakley’s Specialties:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Quark Xpress, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Final Cut Express, Windows XP, Macintosh OS X
Basic HTML, Basic PHP, and File Transfer Protocols (Macintosh and Windows).
Chris Blakley’s Experience
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Prepress Graphic Artist
Syracuse Label
(Printing industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Work with flexographic and letterpress plates for 12 presses including webtron, rotoflex, rotary letterpress and a servo-driven Nilpeter. Additionally, I prepare artwork to be plated as well as several other miscellaneous tasks.
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Art Director
The Oswegonian
(Newspapers industry)
August 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Created and placed advertisements into a weekly school newspaper.
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Computer Lab Technician
Resident Life & Housing - Scales Hall
(Computer Software industry)
August 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Maintained the computer lab of both PC and Macintosh machines in my dorm hall.
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Freelance Graphic Design
Stacked! Magazine
(Design industry)
June 2007 — October 2007 (5 months)
Designed page layouts in addition to other graphics along with a cover design for the August issue of the magazine.
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Sales Associate
Kmart
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Retail industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
Re-shelving, stocking, carry-outs and miscellaneous customer assistance.
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Customer Service
Movie Brands Inc. - Video King
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)
May 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 2 months)
Typical movie rental job. Laid off when my branch was closed.
Chris Blakley’s Education
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State University of New York College at Oswego
BFA , Graphic Design , 2005 — 2008
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Onondaga Community College
Electronic Media Communications/Art 2004 — 2005
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Liverpool High School
GED , Engineering/Graphic Design , 2000 — 2004
Additional Information
Chris Blakley’s Websites:
Chris Blakley’s Interests:
Graphic Design, Photo Manipulation, Comedy, Acoustic Guitar, Photography
Chris Blakley’s Honors:
Syracuse Brigadiers show designs - 2006
Operation Photo Rescue - 2006
Published in an advanced Photoshop tutorial book - "I've Got a Human in My Throat" - 2006
Syracuse Brigadiers program cover - 2005
WIXT News Channel 9 Job Shadow - 2005
Featured in a juried show at Onondaga Community College - 2005
New Venture Gear Summer Shadow Program - 2003
Chris Blakley’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
