Designer. Journalist.
San Luis Obispo, California Area
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- Design Associate at CoPress
- Graphic designer, University Housing at Cal Poly State University
- Online/mulitmedia editor, reporter at Mustang Daily
- Past
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- Intern at Center for Innovation in College Media
- Webmaster at Mayberry Broadcasting Co.
- Reporter at Southern Sierra Messenger Newspapers
- Education
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- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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Lauren Rabaino’s Summary
Graphic/layout/Web designer with substantial experience in print/online reporting and limited broadcast reporting. Highly capable of learning new technology and working with a team.
Lauren Rabaino’s Specialties:
Photography, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Dreamweaver
Lauren Rabaino’s Experience
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Design Associate
CoPress
(Information Services industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
The design associate is the go-to person for all things design, multimedia, and interactive at CoPress. This person plays a central role in design and multimedia education efforts including, but not limited to, mentoring clients on the basics of website design, preparing educational videos on the importance of web platforms, and leading webinars on different elements of design.
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Graphic designer, University Housing
Cal Poly State University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Assists professional and graduate student staff to develop online resources and print materials to support educational initiatives for on campus residents.
• Produce publications, posters, flash presentations and programming resources in print and web formats.
• Design promotions and educational resources for a variety of Department based activities such as alcohol and drug free social alternatives, staff recruitment and education presentations. -
Online/mulitmedia editor, reporter
Mustang Daily
(Newspapers industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Edit online content, create still graphics for print and interactive graphics for the Web, create multimedia content for the Web, layout pages of sports secion
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Intern
Center for Innovation in College Media
(Online Media industry)
January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)
As the CICM intern, I blogged weekly about trends in college media and wrote tutorials for student journalists to take back to their newsrooms.
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Webmaster
Mayberry Broadcasting Co.
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 11 months)
Former intern reporter for KTIP AM 1450 news radio station. Responsibilities included reporting mostly government, crime and education in the southern part of central San Joaquin Valley Calif.
After moving to attend college, currently only hold the post of Webmaster for www.ktip.com. -
Reporter
Southern Sierra Messenger Newspapers
(Newspapers industry)
May 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 4 months)
Covered local government, education, and art beats for a weekly newspaper in Sierra-Nevada foothills
Lauren Rabaino’s Education
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
2007 — 2010 (expected)
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Lauren Rabaino’s Interests:
Politics, photography, technology, new media, social media, design
Lauren Rabaino’s Groups:
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Granite Hills High School Alumni Association
Lauren Rabaino’s Honors:
• UWIRE 100, one of the nation's top 100 college journalists 2009
• Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Finalist 2009
• Mustang Daily rookie of the year award 2008
• Porterville Recorder Journalism Scholarship Recipient 2007
• Journalism Education Association National Write-Off, Superior, 2007 (individual award)
• NSPA Journalism Honor Roll 2006-07
• National Scholastic Press Association Online Pacemaker Winner 2007 (Grizzly Gazette)
• National Scholastic Press Association Online Pacemaker Finalist 2006 (Grizzly Gazette)
Lauren Rabaino’s Contact Settings
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