Professional Photographer Resume
Watertown, CT
SUMMARY
Noted as a high producer in a team environment. Customer driven, deadline oriented, with strict attention to detail. Design background in a MAC/PC environment. Knowledge of electronic publishing software. Organized, work well independently, abilty to multi-task.
Core Skills- Art Background
- Microsoft Excel
- Desktop Publishing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Word
- Quark
- PageMaker
- Multi-Ad Creator 7.0
- Adobe Acrobat
Professional Experience
Confidential,Waterbury, CT 2003-2008
Designed automotive & real estate ads, spec ads, promotional flyers & special section covers for Classified Display Advertising team. Produced & archived ads using Multi-Ad Creator 7.0 on Macintosh OSX platform in Miles33 Production Tracking system. Scanned & toned images using Adobe Photoshop. Worked with salespeople, other team artist, & customers. Extensive client contact regarding design of ad, proofs & corrections. Emailed or faxed proofs to customers. Emailed pdfs of ads to other newspapers if requested by customer.
Confidential,Waterbury, CT 2000-2003Created retail & classified ads, promotional flyers, banner pages & special section covers for Advertising Resource Center team consisting of Creative Manager & graphic artists. Worked together to support Advertising department & classified & retail display advertising teams. Pre-flighted advertising agency ads & distributed emails & attachments to appropriate teams. Faxed proofs of ads & printed color proofs for delivery to customers. Assisted in training interns.
Confidential,, Danbury, CT 1998-2000Produced five real estate monthly magazines utilizing electronic pre-press systems. Acted as liaison between marketing directors, Harmon marketing coordinators & customer's administrative staff. Input photos into customer database, made changes to database, ran production reports & output finished black & white pages to the Linotronic. Created custom ads using PageMaker, Quark Express & Adobe Photoshop. Cut, pasted & boarded custom & camera ready artwork.
Confidential,Woodbury, CT 1995-1998Designed discussion guides, three-fold mailers, brochures, sample reports & slides for industry conferences using Microsoft Excel & PageMaker. Published quarterly industry newsletter, The 401(k) Update & coordinated its mailing. Produced weekly summary report of insurance reports for publication in Barron's. Oversaw maintenance of FCM's total assets & contract maturity database. Trained support staff in Microsoft Word, Excel, PageMaker & color printing.
Education
Completed courses in Graphic Design & PageMaker
MA. Bachelor of Fine Arts. Concentration in Photography