Matt Bruns

Current

• Template Designer at MultiAd

Past

• Software Tester I at MultiAd
• Layout Artist at Marquette Group
• Photography Retoucher at Vote Photography

• Pre-Press Operator at Feldman Printing
• Graphic Design Specialist at Royal Publishing

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Education

• Bradley University

Connections

10 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• My Website

Matt Bruns’s Experience

• Template Designer

  MultiAd

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Build product advertising templates in various sizes for print or web placement
  
  Code elements within each template to correlate with the content of the product website
  
  Clients can then visit the product website and create a custom ad with their logo and contact information

• Software Tester I

  MultiAd

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2007 — December 2007 (9 months)

  Test MultiAd Creator 8 on an Intel iMac running 10.5 and a PowerPC G4 running 10.4
  
  Troubleshoot discovered bugs and those reported by clients

• Layout Artist

  Marquette Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  Collaborate with Client Service Representatives on data and specifications
  
  Construct Yellow Page ads for clients using Quark 6.5 and Adobe Illustrator CS
  
  Modify current designs into multiple sizes and formats
  
  Transmit finished files to phone book directory publishers for publication

• Photography Retoucher

  Vote Photography

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

  July 2005 — March 2006 (9 months)

  Digitally enhance and color-correct stock photography using Photoshop CS2 and Dreamsuite filters
  
  Export files for uploading to the online database

• Pre-Press Operator

  Feldman Printing

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  Printed proofs and prepared electronic files for customer proofing
  
  Sent files to the print shop in a direct-to-plate workflow, executed by Apogee software

• Graphic Design Specialist

  Royal Publishing

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

  July 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 6 months)

  Designed graphic content and layout for athletic programs
  
  Applied principles of design, type, use of color, and other graphic design techniques
  
  Achieved proficiency at multitasking projects in a deadline oriented environment
  
  Gained expertise in Velocity Oneflow software for direct-to-plate printshop workflows
  
  Utilized Panther, Quark 6.5, Adobe Indesign 2.0, Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Illustrator 10

Matt Bruns’s Education

• Bradley University

  1999 — 2001

Additional Information

Matt Bruns’s Websites:

• My Website

Matt Bruns’s Interests:

Apple Mac, college & pro basketball, mountain bicycling, Cubs, Fighting Illini

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