Freelance Graphic Designer at Marketing Support Inc.
Greater Chicago Area
Freelance Graphic Designer at Marketing Support Inc.
Greater Chicago Area
Graphic design experience ranges from corporate, individual and contract.
Design support in Adobe Creative Suites 1-3, Microsoft Offices for PC and Mac, Quark XPress
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
New Business Development in the form of creating and animating Presentations, developing and designing printed media; along with other graphic design projects: web design, printed media and presentations for MSI clients and internal projects.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Worked fulltime until July 2007, became contract thereafter.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)
Freelance on packaging, presentations and various printed marketing collateral
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)
July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)
Support ranged for the Chicago, Minneapolis, (former) St. Louis and (occasionally) New York offices.
On Design: Assisting designers, art directors and creative directors with problem solving strategies for realizing design initiatives for (primarily) the Adobe Creative Suite (and oftentimes the Microsoft Office Suite)
On IT: Supporting all staff with any number of IT related requests including repair, troubleshooting and acted as the primary training staffer for the department.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2003 — May 2003 (5 months)
A one semester position. I started in January and graduated in May. Short run. Worked in both web and print.
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years)
BPhil , Digital Graphic Design, Spanish Philology & Culture , 1999 — 2003
BPhil , Graphic Design / Spanish , 1999 — 2003
Certificate of Fluency , Spanish / English Translation , 2001 — 2002
Year of Study Abroad
SB140 , Spanish , 1998 — 1999
This was a post-secondary option, meaning while as a high school student, I took classes at YSU in order to receive both high school and university credit when I graduated high school. Using the credits I earned at YSU, I was able to take more advanced classes at my chosen university, Miami University of Ohio & The Western College Program in my first (freshman) year.
InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop, QuarkXPress, Spanish
IDUG, Youngstown, Advocates for Youth, WCP, BBYO, The Pazol Family, Avanti Staffing, Creative Circle, Creative Group, AlphaGraphics