PROFILE

Strong organizational skills with proven ability to produce high-end design
solutions that meet client objectives. Proven ability to execute tasks in a
fast-paced environment without jeopardizing quality and costs. Dedicated
commitment to customer service and satisfaction. Poised and competent, with a
history of multi-task performances, to assure timely compliance of deadlines.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating System: Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.6, Microsoft Windows XP Pro 
Languages: Quark XPress 7.0, Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe
Photoshop CS3, Adobe PageMaker 6.5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, HTML, Microsoft Office
2004

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

FREELANCE: Senior Computer Graphic Artist, Graphic Designer, 2007 TO PRESENT

Completed formal training in 2007 at Tech-Train Computer Training and Counseling
accomplishing HTML, and updated my skills in Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe
InDesign CS2, and Adobe Photoshop CS2. Engaging in logo designs, marketing
brochures and collateral. Developed office forms for inter-office electronic
routing. Design & layout of instructional manuals, children  's books, and
religious collateral.

Clientele includes: WoltersKluwer Health, Babyworks, Monmouth Cardiology
Associates, Bow in the Clouds Press, LAE Book Works.

PEOPLE  'S EDUCATION, INC.: Graphic Designer / Production Editor, 2003-2006

Design and layout of book interiors for the AP Division, including Math, Science
and Humanities, using Windows platform. Project management included coordinating
art & tables for production, creating templates, style sheets and libraries for
production, archiving, and acting as liaison between author and Editorial & Art
Departments. 
Experience in color matching and preflight. Experience in online data entry for
the testing of Grades K-12.

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS & FREELANCE: Senior Graphic Artist, 1997-2003

Maintained myself as a freelance Computer Graphic Artist working in Manhattan,
using Mac platform. Extensive Medical book production. Composition of large
College-level text books (1000 + pages), El-Hi work (Children  's Workbooks).
Original interior design and layout of Animal Pet books, and electronic art.
Design and layout of instructional manuals for pharmaceuticals. Engaged in
creating templates, style sheets, library items and scanning art for production.

Clientele includes: Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins, WoltersKluwer Health, TFH
Publications, Prentice-Hall, Mc Graw-Hill, Harcourt-brace, J Weston Walsh,
Siemans Hearing Instruments.

UNIVERSITY GRAPHICS, INC.: Senior Graphic Artist attaining Art Director,
1993-1997

Composition of large, technical & Medical books (1000+ pages) involving 4-6/C
work, both in film & repro. Coordinated work and schedules of both conventional
paste-up and electronic departments, as well as a team of outside free-lancers.
Tallied payroll for free-lancers. Managed projects efficiently to ensure they
fell within budget guidelines. Engaged in job trafficking within all departments,
and established quality control. Trained and supervised book interiors to
subordinates. Created original art &   tables.

Clientele included: Wiley, Saunders, McGraw-Hill, Mosby, Consumer Reports,
Kendall Hunt, Springer-Verlag, Oxford Medical, Merriam Webster, Jones & Bartlett,
Amsco/Keenan, Macmillan, Scholastic, Harcourt Brace & Co., Williams & Wilkins,
Prentice-Hall, Oxford University Press, F. A. Davis. 

J. M. POST GRAPHICS, INC.: Paste-up Artist /Department Supervisor, 1977-1993

Paste-artist, attaining Department Supervisor. Composition of 10 Medical &
College-level book titles and 11 Medical journals, generated monthly, from the
stages of raw manuscript through pre-press negatives, involving 2/C work, using
both film and repro. Management of the Paste-up Department included recruiting &
training personnel. Taught book interiors, specifically, design layout, front and
back matter, and indexing. Taught commercial interiors, specifically, design
layout using magazine format for the production of catalogs, annual reports and
journals. Management of the Camera Department included recruiting & training
personnel to all phases of camera work from halftone reproduction to final
negatives. Experience in promotional slides, brochures, business forms, booklets,
periodicals, annual reports and ads. Experience in halftone reproduction,
composite negatives, and general linework. Engaged in production troubleshooting
and client contact.

Clientele included: Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, Elsevier, Wiley, Grune &
Stratton, Grosset & Dunlap,Little Brown, Academic, Putnam, Doubleday, Harper
Collins, Cambridge, Prudential, Squibb, Warner-Lambert, Johnson & Johnson,
Parke-Davis, Rutgers University.

EDUCATION

 *  Tech-Train Computer Training and Consulting, Sayreville, NJ
 *  Desktop Design and Publishing, Inc., Freehold, NJ
 *  Eastman Kodak Company, Manhattan, NJ
 *  Texas Woman  's University, Denton, TX