Mrs. Zuri A. Gardner
5098 Coles Point Road, Hague, VA 22469
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703-338-5146 •  [Send email to request phone number] 72-5456


EDUCATION:
George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
DEGREE:
B.A. of Fine Art

EXPERIENCE:
Fairfax County Public Schools/Fairfax, Va. (07-present)		               
Substitute Teacher/All Grades
  • Provide back up and assistance for the classroom teacher of many school by
helping 
     students with their daily routine
  • Guide students through school activities, homework, and classroom work.

The Employment Guide Newspaper/Woodbridge, Va. (98-99, 02-07)		Graphic Designer
  • Help clients achieve outstanding business results.
  • Work closely with other Departments to produce various jobs.
  • Thorough understanding of production cycles.
  • Great ability to coordinate multiple assignments.
  • Respond quickly to changing priorities and assignments.
  • Design layout with error free results.
  • Strive for client satisfaction before and after final proof.
  • Participate and organize Job Fairs. Design concepts include, putting
together a 32-64 page tabloid, designing posters, designing logos, advertising,
certificates, lunch tickets, brochures, scanning, retouch photos and showcase
flyers.

Broadside Student Newspaper/ Fairfax, Va. (97-98)			Graphic Designer
  • Designed client advertising, coupons for the help wanted ads.

Deck America/ Woodbridge, Va. (6 months)				Advertising Manager
  • Manage a group of women for door to door advertising.
  • Assigned neighborhood territories by checking back logs.
  • Assured work was being met.
  • Wrote schedules and recruited workers.
  • Drove company van.

Nick & Stef’s/ Washington D.C. (00-02)				                            
Hostess/Secretary
  • Provided staffing support.
  • Reported directly to GM as well as maintained close contact/communication
with employees, 
     ensuring the restaurant was on track with weekly/monthly goals.
  • Responsible for and maintained scheduling/tracking of restaurant calendar
events.
  • Answered and routed telephone calls.

Hecht’s Department Store/ Fairfax, Va. (97-99)			      Jewelry Display
Designer/Associate
  • Resolved clients concerns in a timely and effective manner.
  • Designed display jewelry cases.

Jeff Smith Karate/ Springfield, Va. (93-97)				Tae Kwon Do Instructor
  • Trained future black belts.
  • Participated and organized tournaments.
  • Resolved problems or concerns parents and students had quickly.

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE:
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Simple
Text, Fetch, Zip It, TypeStyler and Excel

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Fluency in Spanish