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SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY & EXPERIENCE
• Macintosh OS X • QuarkXPress 7.1 • Photoshop CS2 • Illustrator CS • Acrobat 7.0
• Microsoft Word • Basic InDesign• Basic Dreamweaver • Basic HTML
EDUCATION
•Web Design & Development (3 credit hours)
Community College of Allegheny County — Spring Semester 2008 (current)
•Diploma: Digital Design (to refresh my knowledge and skills)
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online Division — Graduation June 2006
•Associates Degree: Mass Communications: Desktop Publishing/Graphic Design
Parkland College, Champaign, IL — Graduation June 1997
•Associates Degree: Mass Communications: Visual Arts
Parkland College, Champaign, IL — Graduation June 1996
•Undergraduate Courses in Fine Arts
Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL — 4 semesters
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Freelance Seamstress
Construction of 18th & 19th century uniforms, clothing & accessories — Current
•Freelance Design
Digital Illustration • Design & Layout • CD Packages • Logos • Pre-Press • Typesetting
•Target, Mt. Nebo, Pittsburgh, PA
Cashier, part time — April – July, 2007
•Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts, North Hills, Pittsburgh, PA
Fabric Cutter, Guest Assistance, part time — September 2005 – April 2007
•Mansfield News Journal, Gannett News, Inc., Mansfield, OH
Graphic Designer: Advertising & Pre-Press — January 2001 – November 2004
•PDQ Printing, Urbana, IL
Graphic Designer: Design, Typesetting & Pre-Press — May 1999 – January 2001
•Publications Services, Champaign, IL
Digital Illustrator: Publishing — May 1998 – May 1999
•U. S. Geological Survey - Urbana, IL
Graphic Designer, Assistant to Cartographer — June 1996 – October 1997
AWARDS, AFFILIATIONS & MAJOR INTERESTS
•Member of Pittsburgh AIGA — 2006 – 2007
•Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society — Lifetime
•Dean’s List/4.0 GPA — 1995–1997 & 2005–2006
•Director’s Award: Body of Work, Student Art Show — Spring 1996
•Honorable Mention: Photography, Student Art Show — Spring 1995
•Reenactor: French & Indian War • Revolutionary War • Civil War — 1996 to present
•Frequent submissions to Illustration Friday.
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