Senior Designer at Metro Pulse
Knoxville, Tennessee Area
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- Senior Designer at Metro Pulse
- Freelance designer at Media South
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- Designer at Business Graphics & Services
- Coordinator, teen page at The Roanoke Times
- Designer / Editor at The Roanoke Times
- Freelance designer at Roanoke Chamber of Commerce
- Copy editor, designer at The Roanoke Times
- Intern, Landmark Scholar at The Roanoke Times
- Education
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- Hollins University
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Lindsay Durango’s Summary
I was a page designer at The Roanoke Times for several years, with experience laying out news, sports and features broadsheet pages, and entertainment tab pages.
Focus on sharing information by way of very visual, easily consumable design.
Emphasis on applying new techniques and styles for presentation.
Now I'm carrying those skills into my position as Senior Design with Metro Pulse in Knoxville, TN.
Lindsay Durango’s Specialties:
Broadsheet design; tab design; visual organization; creating unique illustrations; front-end editing; copy editing; copy writing; workflow efficiency; web production
Lindsay Durango’s Experience
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Senior Designer
Metro Pulse
(Newspapers industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
There is the "job description" part of my job: I prepare ads and design feature spreads for this weekly alternative publication in Knoxville, TN.
And there is the other part: I've had the chance at this job to explore workflow efficiency and come up with strategies to streamline processes (as an example, I have helped my co-workers in editorial learn InCopy so we take advantage of its integration with InDesign).
Metro Pulse (newly bought by The E.W. Scripps Company) has also just switched to a new CMS for its Web site, as well as completely overhauled its design; without an established Web editor on staff, I strive to fill that role.
I revel in the fluid nature of the job, as well as the chance to continue my work in print design, which stole my heart several years ago when I was on staff at The Roanoke Times in Virginia. -
Freelance designer
Media South
(Design industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
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Designer
Business Graphics & Services
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
June 2007 — February 2008 (9 months)
I designed brochures, business cards, letterhead and other materials for clients of Business Graphics. I also prepared materials for print, wrote copy as needed, edited copy and provided light entertainment throughout the workday.
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Coordinator, teen page
The Roanoke Times
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
July 2006 — March 2007 (9 months)
I was one of two coordinators for the newspaper's teen-generated weekly page, The Edge. I provided guidance to a team of thirty high school volunteers, including four student editors. During my time in the position, I helped the team restructure its deadline and workflow process in an effort to build in more review of the students' work. I also designed the page each week.
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Designer / Editor
The Roanoke Times
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 11 months)
Designed The Roanoke Times' weekly entertainment tab, Inside Out. Designed Sunday features section, Extra. Proofed features and advance sections of the newspaper. Concurrently, co-coordinator for the teen page, The Edge.
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Freelance designer
Roanoke Chamber of Commerce
(Design industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year)
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Copy editor, designer
The Roanoke Times
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 2003 — May 2005 (2 years 5 months)
Edited and wrote headlines for live copy in the news and business sections of The Roanoke Times. Advance edited features stories. Also designed main, local and business sections.
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Intern, Landmark Scholar
The Roanoke Times
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 8 months)
The Landmark Scholar program (sponsored by Landmark Communications) provided two summers' experience editing for The Roanoke Times. I was also able to work part-time at the newspaper during the academic year.
Lindsay Durango’s Education
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Hollins University
English with a concentration in Creative Writing , English, Creative Writing , 1999 — 2003
Though I haven't put my creative writing degree to practical use, I often think that learning the effect of line breaks in poetry informed my headline writing; and that the emphasis on critique for that degree has kept me open to constructive criticism in any job that I have since done.
- Activities and Societies:
- Tutor at the university's Writing Center.
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Lindsay Durango’s Interests:
Design, pop culture blogs, knitting, learning about typography, fashion/design/diy-lifestyle magazines
Lindsay Durango’s Groups:
SND
Lindsay Durango’s Honors:
Landmark Scholar
Lindsay Durango’s Contact Settings
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