Freelance Graphic Designer; Assistant Director of Communications at School of Pharmacy, UNC-Chapel Hill
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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- Assistant Director of Communications at School of Pharmacy, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Past
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- Graphic Designer/Production Artist at Koroberi, Inc.
- Graphic Designer at DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Program
- Sports Designer/Copy Editor at The Herald-Sun
- Sports Designer/Copy Editor at The State
- Sports Designer/Copy Editor at The Herald-Sun
- Sports Correspondent at The Herald-Sun
- Education
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- sessions.edu
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Jordan High
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John Zhu’s Summary
I am currently the assistant director of communications for the School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Outside of my full-time job, I’m a freelance graphic/web designer, copy editor, and writer based in Durham, North Carolina. I began my career as a writer and then moved into graphic design, and I have been heavily involved in both throughout my career. I have worked in a wide variety of fields, including advertising, publishing, academia, and nonprofits.
John Zhu’s Specialties:
* Publication design
* Collateral design (brochures, flyers, postcards, etc.)
* Ad design
* Digital illustrations
* Web site design (front end)
* Interactive (Flash) graphics and presentations
* Copy editing
* Writing (with a specialty in journalistic-style news reporting and feature writing)
John Zhu’s Experience
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Assistant Director of Communications
School of Pharmacy, UNC-Chapel Hill
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Overseeing the School of Pharmacy's Web site; revamping the site's appearance and content; writing and editing content for the site, including faculty profile stories, news releases, and information about the School; maintaining the site to ensure that all information is correct and current.
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Graphic Designer/Production Artist
Koroberi, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2006 — March 2007 (7 months)
Worked in the production studio of the agency; produced, designed, and conducted preflight checks on ads, posters, product packaging, brochures, and other advertising materials; handled front-end Web site design for clients.
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Graphic Designer
DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Program
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)
January 2006 — August 2006 (8 months)
Handled all the graphic design needs for the nonprofit program; primary duty was developing graphics and layouts for high school science curriculum modules; also created flyers, event programs, maps, posters, and other promotional materials for DESTINY and its sister programs; maintained DESTINY's Web site; handled some proofreading as the need arose.
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Sports Designer/Copy Editor
The Herald-Sun
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Served as the lead designer for the sports department; designed pages, created graphics, and edited stories for the sports section, as well as special sections; developed weekly sports feature pages; mentored other designers.
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Sports Designer/Copy Editor
The State
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
November 2003 — May 2004 (7 months)
Designed pages, created graphics, and edited stories for the sports section, including the sports front two to three times a week; designed several special sections; redesigned the sports section's weekly NASCAR page.
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Sports Designer/Copy Editor
The Herald-Sun
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
July 2000 — October 2003 (3 years 4 months)
Designed pages, created graphics, and edited stories for the sports section, including the sports front two to three times a week; assisted lead designer on special sections; occasionally covered games and wrote sports features.
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Sports Correspondent
The Herald-Sun
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 1997 — July 2000 (3 years)
Covered local high school, college and professional sports events; also composed the sports agate page and covered the 1999 Special Olympics.
John Zhu’s Education
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sessions.edu
Graphi Design Certification Program, Graphic Design, 2002 — 2004
Completed graphic design certification program through sessions.edu, an accredited online school of design and new media.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, Journalism and Mass Communication, 1997 — 2001
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Jordan High
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