[Work Experience]

Freelance Graphic & Web Designer: 2003 to present
Studio 6twenty3

• Print, Outdoor, Web, Branding

7/2005-11/2006: In-house Freelance Graphic Designer
Fluid: Muskegon, MI
Hired by Kyle Kempster • 231.737.7777

• Print - brochures, newsprint, event signage and posters, direct mail
  
• Outdoor - billboards
• Web - web development, design and maintenance using Flash, HTML, CSS; online banners and ads; client database backups
  
• Branding - brand positioning, logo tagline and identity packaging
  
• Non-print Media - video production, HTML email newsletters
  
• Other Responsibilities - project management, office IT, concept development, project archiving, production quoting, client point-person 

MACkite: Grand Haven, MI
Hired by Steve Negen • 800.622.4655 x228

• Design Work: Logo redesign, brochures, online and print ads, store branding
• Other Work: Kiteboard merchandising, sales and service, kite demos, kiteboard instruction 

 
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Gallery Sales: 2003-4/2005, part-time

Carlyn Gallery: Grand Haven, MI
Hired by Joanne Hoeksema 616.842.7744

• Design Work: brochure and web design
• Other Work: Gallery management, original art sales, customer follow-up, basic accounting, artist relations
  

 
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Assistant: 2003-12/2004, part-time

Marc Hoeksema Photography: Grand Haven, MI
Hired by Marc Hoeksema [mobile] 616.402.1064

• Digital touch-ups, photo manipulation, web maintenance

 
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Freelance Print Designer: 2003-2005, part-time
First Floor: Holland, MI
Hired by Mimi Fritz

• Redesign of First Floor’s branding system, brochure design, corporate branding

 
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Graphic Design Internship: Fall of 2002
Yamaha Corp. of America, Band & Orchestral Division: Grand Rapids, MI
Creative Services Department

• Dealer design support, image color correction, publication design, ad layout, internal poster design

[Education]

Grand Valley State University
Graduated April 2003

NASAD accredited Art and Design Program
Bachelor of Fine Art, emphasis in Graphic Design

[Software]

Mac based software includes:
Freehand 9, Flash 8, Dreamweaver 8, Fireworks 4, Acrobat Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe CS2 - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
 

[Programming]

Web based
CSS, HTML, Basic understanding of PHP and Flash Actionscript
 

[Awards]

2003 Student addy: 2 Silvers and Student Judges Osborn Award (Honorary Award for outstanding work)
    -Typography Poster design
    -Type Specimen Booklet 

2008 Addy: 2 Silver
    -My Auto Import Center: TV Spot Video Production
    -Ottawa County Health Dept, Granny Kit: Flash Game Multi-media CD