January 2006 – Present
Senior Digital Artist
Rodgers Townsend
St. Louis, MO
- Composed mechanicals for print designs using Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
- Maintained brand standards system for major clients
- Created hi-resolution print files for vendors and publications
- Developed RT Nooners, an in-house training program for creative and production services; taught courses on InDesign CS3 and font management
February 2002 – December 2005
Lead Studio Artist
Momentum Worldwide
St. Louis, MO
- Led team of five studio artists, producing final art for promotional advertising pieces
- Managed a high volume of promotions projects through pre-press production
- Generated original art and ideas
for print designs using Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and QuarkXPress
July 2001 – August 2002
Production Artist
Hire Knowledge
St. Louis, MO
Key Assignments:
- Momentum Worldwide – St. Louis, MO
- Prepared keylines and hi-resolution final pieces from art directed composites for print point-of-sale materials
- Compiled and delivered files to service bureaus
- JWT Specialized Communications – St. Louis, MO
- Produced and delivered newspaper display advertisements
- U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs – St. Louis, MO
- Designed newsletters and packaging for in-house printing press
- St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission – St. Louis, MO
- Updated webpages for site redesign
- Compiled database for website relaunch
November 1997 – July 2001
Electronic Pre-Press Second Shift Supervisor
O’Dell Publishing
Liberty, MO
- Designed advertisements, brochures,
newsletters, catalogs and other pieces for offset web printing
- Administered and maintained
database of 8,000 fonts using Font Reserve
- Trained and supervised three
employees on second shift of electronic pre-press service bureau
- Generated original art and ideas
for print designs using QuarkXPress, Illustrator and Photoshop
- Imposed documents for web press
at service bureau to oversized film imagesetter
- Ran preflight tests of documents;
used troubleshooting skills to solve Postscript and other errors
- Utilized OPI Raid server and
WAM!NET, a widearea network, to work with a variety of graphic
documents
November 1996 – November
1997
Managing Editor
Current News – circulation 8000
Kansas City, MO
- Designed news pages and advertisements
for weekly community newsmagazine
- Initiated complete redesign
of publication
- Co-ordinated deadlines, edited
columns and news items from over 20 contributors weekly
- Designed and maintained on-line
version of publication
- Scanned photographs and used
desktop publishing and illustration programs on Windows OS
- Performed general office duties
June 1996 – November 1996
Associate Editor
Kearney Courier – circulation 3500
Kearney, MO
- Wrote and photographed news
and feature stories for publication in weekly community newspaper
- Designed broadsheet–sized
news pages using Quark XPress and Photoshop
- Redesigned publication for subscription
campaign
- Scanned photographs and created
information graphics using Macintosh computers
- Maintained community calendar
and local people columns
- Performed general office duties
January 1995 – January 1996
Reporter
Daily Journal – circulation 26000
Park Hills, MO
- Wrote and photographed news
and feature stories in three cities for publication in daily
newspaper
- Designed information graphics
and scanned photographs using IBM compatible computers
- Maintained community calendar
and local people columns
August 1991 – December 1994
Editor
The Capaha Arrow – circulation 8000
Cape Girardeau, MO
- Led staff of 40 writers, photographers
and designers to produce weekly campus newspaper
- Designed news pages, photo pages,
display advertising and information graphics using Quark XPress
and Photoshop on Macintosh computers
- Developed computerized pagination
system
- Copy edited and proofread stories
for grammar, libel and Associated Press style
- Wrote news and features stories,
columns and editorials
May 1992 – July 1992
Editorial Assistant Intern
Missouri Football – circulation 8000
Cape Girardeau, MO
- Produced magazine pages following
templates using Macintosh computers
- Designed information graphics
- Typeset and proofread sports
stories
