Graphic Artist, Illustrator, Award-winning Fine Artist, Textile Artist
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Owner at Mesa Design House (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Fiscal Clerk III, Facilities Management Dept. at County of San Bernardino
- Clerk III, SBCERA at County of San Bernardino
- PSE/Clerk III, Dept of Probation at County of San Bernardino
- Full-Charge Bookkeeper at Loma Linda Cherrco
- A/P Clerk at World Carpet Cleaners
- Education
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- Crafton Hills College
- San Bernardino Valley College
- Cypress College
- Chaffey College
- Golden West College
- Orange Coast College
- Edison High School
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Theresa Jennings (Mesa)’s Summary
Experienced graphic designer and fine artist for over 35 years, experienced web designer for 5 years. Production artist, typesetter, indexer, proofreader/copyeditor, book design and formatting, illustrator.
Fine Arts: watercolor portraiture. Work has been in national juried art shows and has won some awards. Considering I haven't entered that many pieces, this is quite gratifying.
Theresa Jennings (Mesa)’s Specialties:
Graphic design and web design with a marketing mindset. Illustrations, logo design, letterhead systems, brochure, annual report, POP, programs, advertisements, branding and identity.
Theresa Jennings (Mesa)’s Experience
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Owner
Mesa Design House (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
September 1971 — Present (38 years 3 months)
Graphic design and illustration services
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Fiscal Clerk III, Facilities Management Dept.
County of San Bernardino
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
January 2002 — October 2002 (10 months)
Tracked and prepared blanket vendor invoices (500+ per month) for over 200 vendors throughout county to be paid by auditor/controller’s department; audited, researched and corrected information for several weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly reports utilized in the running of the department using proprietary county accounting software; audited, researched and corrected/explained charges to other county departments; helped director prepare yearly budget using proprietary county budget software in prolonged absence of a fiscal department manager; contacted vendors to correct billing situations; interfaced with facilities management supervisors and workers; helped upgrade filing system and procedures so that financial information was more readily accessible; prepared several financial documents on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis; researched contracts; prepared files for beginning of fiscal year and closed out previous year’s files
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Clerk III, SBCERA
County of San Bernardino
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
September 2001 — November 2001 (3 months)
Typed correspondence; set up disability retirement files; corrected reports from medical advisor; processed joinder and reciprocity paperwork; filed and copied; backed-up on phones and customer service; looked up information in EMACS and Filenet.
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PSE/Clerk III, Dept of Probation
County of San Bernardino
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
February 2001 — September 2001 (8 months)
Answered telephones for up to five lines; set up Probation Department applicant background investigation files and entered applicant data into Access database; set up Internal Affairs files; made medical/psychological/polygraph appointments for pre-hires; prepared and sent documents; tracked fingerprints results from Department of Justice and FBI in spreadsheet I created; ran credit reports through Experian; created various spreadsheets, forms, and other documents in Word and Excel; proctored testing on a weekly basis; maintained and compiled reports and statistics; ran queries and analyzed applicant database maintained by investigators, and corrected/completed data; interfaced with Human Resources and other units and departments; audited Experian and psychologist’s bills before sending to fiscal for processing.
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Full-Charge Bookkeeper
Loma Linda Cherrco
(Government Relations industry)
August 1996 — December 1996 (5 months)
A/P, A/R, G/L, and payroll for approximately 15-person staff using Great Plains accounting software.
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A/P Clerk
World Carpet Cleaners
(Environmental Services industry)
1992 — 1992 (less than a year)
Entered A/P data into Peachtree Accounting; cut and send checks in payment; created month-end reports utilizing accounting software; when new hire, audited and corrected approx. 15 phone company accounts which included separate and overlapping phone service and Yellow Pages advertising bills—payments had been made to the wrong accounts, duplicate payments were made, and some bills were unpaid; file and represent company in small claims court to collect on unpaid bills; collections.
Theresa Jennings (Mesa)’s Education
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Crafton Hills College
BFA , Graphic Design, Fine Art , 2004 — 2011 (expected)
I'm back to school part-time to get my degree so I can teach one day. I'm trying to pull together the disparate classes I've taken over the years and put them into the form of a BA in Art or BFA at one of our local universities. Marriage and parenthood slowed this particular train down...
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San Bernardino Valley College
Computer Graphics, Web & Multimedia Design 2003 — 2003
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Cypress College
Accounting 1990 — 1991
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Chaffey College
Art 1987 — 1988
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Golden West College
Fine Art, Graphic Design 1976 — 1980
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Orange Coast College
General Ed 1975 — 1978
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Edison High School
Art, Journalism, Choir 1973 — 1976
My maiden name, soon to be resurrected, was Theresa Jennings.
- Activities and Societies:
- A Capella choir, school newspaper editor, painting in the art room at lunch with Catherynne Jean and other equally talented artists.
Additional Information
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Theresa Jennings (Mesa)’s Interests:
Painting, quilting, embroidery, gardening, playing on my computer, reading
Theresa Jennings (Mesa)’s Groups:
American Advertising Federation - Inland Empire
Redlands Chamber of Commerce
American Marketing Association - CICAMA
International Webmasters Association
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LinkedPHPers - The Largest PHP Group -
American Advertising Federation (AAF) -
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Search Engine Watch -
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American Advertising Federation - Inland Empire -
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American Marketing Association - Inland Empire (AMA - IE)
Theresa Jennings (Mesa)’s Honors:
President, AAF-Inland Empire (American Advertising Federation), 2007-2008
Arts Council of San Bernardino, Fall (?) Art Show, 2002, Honorable Mention, "Sianna" (Watercolor)
Theresa Jennings (Mesa)’s Contact Settings
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- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
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