Lindsay Rees

Current

• Document Development Technician at CDS Global

Past

• Graphic Designer at August Home Publishing
• Graphic Designer at Pointblank Alternative News Media

Education

• Drake University

Connections

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Industry

Graphic Design

Lindsay Rees’s Summary

Lindsay Rees’s Specialties:

Typography, Publication and Ad Layout; Editing

Software (proficient on both Mac & PC platforms):
Adobe InDesign
Quark XPress
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
CorelDRAW
Microsoft Office
PrintNET
AS/400

Lindsay Rees’s Experience

• Document Development Technician

  CDS Global

  (Publishing industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Develop and maintain print applications for fulfillment materials (subscription bills, renewals, gifts, etc) in accordance with client specifications; Develop and/or alter moderately complex test data via AS/400 in order to exercise all application options; Set up and troubleshoot JCL applications; Create forms for fulfillment materials using PrintNet

• Graphic Designer

  August Home Publishing

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  July 2004 — March 2008 (3 years 9 months)

  Developed advertisements, brochures, direct mail pieces, point-of-purchase displays and other promotional materials for the company’s retail location. Designed and coordinated materials for corporate events and holiday mailings. Conceptualized and implemented layout designs for books and supplemental publications for the magazines. Assisted in and/or directed photo shoots as needed. Wrote/edited small amounts of promotional copy as needed.

• Graphic Designer

  Pointblank Alternative News Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)

  June 2003 — January 2004 (8 months)

  Coordinated an effective redesign that embraced familiarity but introduced a more youthful tone. Created weekly cover designs. Laid in and formatted copy. Created ad concepts and tag lines for local businesses and revised for client satisfaction. Photographed for stories and/or advertisements as necessary.

Lindsay Rees’s Education

• Drake University

  BA , Magazine Journalism & Graphic Design , 1999 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Magna Cume Laude Graduate, High Honors

Additional Information

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Lindsay Rees’s Contact Settings

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