I am interested in securing longtime employment as a graphic designer for a major motocross apparel or graphics company. Designing graphicsfor print, multimedia ,web page design, and catalog layout/design ThereI can use my degree in graphic design in combination with the knowledgeof a sport I have loved my entire life.

Education

Lenoir Community College­ A.A.S. Graphic Arts and Imaging awarded May 1999.

Graduated with High honors and a 3.85 GPA in major.

Recipient of 1999 Eastern Carolina In house Printers Association scholarship

Skills/Experience

Proficient in use of Apple Power Mac system, outputting to film utilizing a

imagesetter, scanning photos, objects and slides, preparing proper file

formats for output. Production from design to print.

 

Macromedia Director 6, To include Quicktime video capture using Adobe Premier 5.1.

 

Utilized Adobe Photoshop 5.5 for image manipulation, design

layout, image capture using scanners and digital cameras, also

in applying special effects to digitized photographs.

 

Desktop publishing and multipage layout utilizing QuarkXpress 3.32

and Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 .

 

Proficient in creating design and graphics using Freehand 9.0.

 

Created designs and graphics utilizing Adobe Illustrator 8.0.

 

Proficient in 35mm photography, both in print quality and composition.

 

Proficient in both design concept, problem solving and production of the actual product or package.

 

Produced both single and multicolored documents on both the AB Dick 360 and AB Dick 9810 duplicators. From setup to delivery.

 

Proficient in producing multicolored screen printed designs to include halftones.

 

Proficient in web page design utilizing Adobe pagemill 2.0, Flash 4.0 and Fireworks and PageSpinner, comfortable with the HTML involved in design and function

Employment

Boone Action Cycle
(Salesman/Suspension Tech) May1999

Responsibilities: Customer relations, Credit advisor Dream Maker, Inventory control.

Carolina Motorsports

(Parts Manager/Suspension Tech) March 1997-May 1999

Responsibilities: Inventory control, Supervisor, Customer relations, Point of purchase display, only certified suspension Tech within fifty mile radius. Instrumental in setting up new dealer inventories.

Britt Motorsports

(Sales Representative) October 1996 - March 1997

Responsibilities: Customer relations, Credit advisor Dream Maker, Inventory control.

National Motorsports/Cars Inc. Motorsports

(Parts Manager/Sales Representative/Suspension Tech) February 1995-October 1996

Responsibilities: Inventory control, Customer relations, Suspension tech, Point of purchase display, Motorcycle advisor to new owner, Advising both Parts and Sales on new inventories.

Link Cycle Service

(Sales Representative, Parts Counter person) June 1993-February 1995

Responsibilities: Financing expert, Inventory control, Customer relations, General motorcycle

maintenance Recruited new customers

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