gatehouse media
designer | may 2008-present | downer's grove, ill
-- design tabloid magazines, broadsheet weekly lifestyle pages and special monthly pages in quarkxpress 7 for the niche department of gatehouse news service
-- act as art director and photographer, setting up and shooting cover and story images for magazines
-- use markztools software to convert pages to different versions of quarkxpress and indesign to be made available to gatehouse papers across the country
-- am responsible for finding all art for monthly and magazine pages, making all photo adjustments in photoshop cs3
-- write headline and cover text, as well as edit stories
-- assist with newspaper redesigns, creating alternative story formats, mastheads, prototypes and templates
-- design marketing materials for gatehouse products and services
certificate in illustration
school of the art institute of chicago | present | chicago, ill.
bachelor of arts in communications,
print journalism concentration
california state university, fullerton | jan 2007 | fullerton, calif
associate of arts in language communications, communications concentration
citrus college | may 2004 | glendora, calif
proficient in
adobe indesign cs3, quarkxpress 7, adobe photoshop cs3, dreamweaver, adobe golive cs2, microsoft office
familiar with
adobe illustrator cs3, flash mx 2004, final cut pro
22nd century media
page designer | dec 2006-may 2008 | orland park, ill
-- designed two 16- to 24-page weekly community newspapers for this communiter newspaper publisher in chicago's south suburbs
-- worked closely with editors and salespeople to determine space availability
-- acted as photo editor, making final photo selections and all adjustments
-- worked with printer to solve any and all printing issuescal state fullerton daily titan
production manager, staff writer | aug 2005-may 2006 | fullerton, calif
-- sole news designer during the spring 2006 semester for this daily student newspaper
-- attended daily editorial meetings
-- worked closely with news and photo editors to produce each issue
-- published an average of two assignment and beat stories per week as a staff writer during the fall 2005 semesterclaremont courier
intern | jan-may 2006 | claremont, calif
-- acted as general assignment reporter, writing news and feature stories for biweekly community newspaper
-- assisted with administrative dutiescitrus college clarion
page designer | aug 2003-may 2004 | glendora, calif
-- designed an average of four tabloid pages per month for this bimonthly student newspaper
-- worked as occassional photographer when editor requested
