
Production / Graphics / Typeset at Boss & Hughes Printing & Office Solutions
Houston, Texas Area

Production / Graphics / Typeset at Boss & Hughes Printing & Office Solutions
Houston, Texas Area
Seeking a graphics/publications position utilizing the following experience:
Overseeing the entire production of two magazines for the Houston Bay Area and the creation of ads for an entertainment magazine targeting Downtown Houston.
Creating up to 85% of ads and 100% of layout, pagination, logo design, editorial style sheets, rate cards and media kits for the Bay Area publications.
Copy edited and proofed layouts, built ads and other marketing material for America’s #1 travel magazine with an 1.2 million circulation in 120 markets.
Designed advertisements, built pages according to style sheets, gathered weekly entertainment information and created the media kit for third largest weekly news magazine in Louisiana.
Was the editor of two college newspapers (Blinn College & Houston Community College) where I learned the fundamentals of journalism, pagination, layout, design and the print industry.
I was a reporter and graphic designer for the Daily University Star at Texas State University where I participated in the many Texas Intercollegiate Press Association and Texas Community College Journalism Association functions and contest.
Responsible for creating of many publication’s websites like: www.sportseditionmag.com, www.homeeditionmag.com, www.forumnews.com and non‐publication websites like www.stellarxmetroplex.com.
Trouble shot customer problems with connectivity, e‐mail, and web based online applications. Troubleshooting Cable Modems, TCP/IP, Winsock, NIC devices, e‐mail clients (Outlook, Netscape), web browsers, and line ‐ signal issues.
(Printing industry)
September 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Design art for commercial clients such as logo design, forms, documents, menus & advertisements. Also aid in imposition to create plates and digital printing.
(Publishing industry)
July 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Overseeing the entire production of two magazines for the Houston Bay Area and the creation of ads for an entertainment magazine targeting Downtown Houston. Creating up to 85% of ads and 100% of layout, pagination, logo design, editorial style sheets, rate cards and media kits for the Bay Area publications.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Copy edited and proofed layouts, built ads and other marketing material for America’s #1 travel magazine with an 1.2 million circulation in 120 markets.
(Publishing industry)
May 2005 — December 2005 (8 months)
Designed advertisements, built pages according to style sheets, gathered weekly entertainment information and created the media kit for third largest weekly news magazine in Louisiana.
(Government Administration industry)
September 2002 — July 2004 (1 year 11 months)
Worked as a federal employee with government contractors Innolog / Lockheed-Martin in the Strategic Airport Screener Rollout (SASR) Program. I transferred the new screener, training, and administrative duties from the contractors to the local U.S. Department of Homeland Security . Set up computer database of all employed screeners at the seventh largest airport in the United States. Also installed telephone and communication lines in our field office.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Telecommunications industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
Trouble shot customer problems with connectivity, e-mail, and web based online applications. Troubleshooting Cable Modems, TCP/IP, Winsock, NIC devices, e-mail clients (Outlook, Netscape), web browsers, and line - signal issues.
(Real Estate industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year )
Mass Communications / Journalism 1998 — 2000
I was a graphic designer / layout artist for the Daily Unversity Star. I also did some journalistic reporting and the daily weather infographics.
Journalism 1995 — 1998
I started as Lifestyles Editor of the college newspaper then by the summer I was Editor.
Grad. , High School , 1992 — 1995
Geneology, Texas History
I was a Kiwanis and member of Circle K in College.
Won something once way back in the day at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.