Sean R. MattingLY
Graphic Designer
954-867-6765
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to review my employment information.
I have experience in the following:
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Proficient in the field of Publications & Advertisements (creating ads & publication layout – from start to finish), newspapers, magazines, books, catalogs, and newsletters.
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Proficient in creating business cards, stationary, flyers, brochures, banners, menus, greeting cards, postcards, EDDM Retail, charts, carbonless forms, logos, door hangers, etc.
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Very Organized, creative and meet deadlines
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PC or Mac
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CMYK & RGB
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PDF's, TIFFs, JPEGs, EPS document
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Experience in the field of Marketing, Promoting and Advertising
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When to use 300dpi and 72dpi images and photos
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Worked in prepress, and know how to preflight and package a file to go to print or a vendor
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Edit and adjust photos in Photoshop
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Proficient in InDesign & Photoshop, and some experience in Illustrator and Quark Xpress. CS1, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5
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QR codes
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Art Director & Managed a team of graphic artist and interns. Also managed production of publications.
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MicroSoft Office – MicroSoft Word, MicroSoft Excel (data entry), MicroSoft Publisher, MicroSoft Out Look, and some MicroSoft PowerPoint
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Customer Service
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Ripping, Plates, Proofing Plates. Also, print shop and copy center experience and ran digital copiers
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Paper weights & styles of printing, CS stock, UV and not UV (Matt-Dull), Flat, Thermo, Off Set, Process, etc.
Please call me for an interview and/or meeting.
Thank you very much for your time. Sean R. Mattingly 954-867-6765
RESUME
Publications and/or Projects I’ve worked on Present and Past:
Present Publications:
10/2021 to Present – Alpha Publishing – A-Rated Digest, Boca Raton, FL
Layout of Ads
Utilizing CC, Photoshop on a PC.
Past Publications and or one time Projects:
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The Luxury Design Group Publication, Boca Raton, FL, Layout of Ads
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The Members Magazine, Deerfield Beach, FL, Layout of Ads
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Pizza Ambassador, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Creative Art Director, Layout of Ads and Menus
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Menu King, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Creative Art Director, Layout of Ads and Menus
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HolisticPublication, Sunrise, FL, Creative Art Director, Layout of Newspaper and Ads
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Broward Lifestyles Magazine, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Creative Art Director, Layout of Ads
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Menu Mart, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Layout of Ads & Restaurant Menus
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Southeast Publications, Plantation, FL: Layout of Ads & RV Guest Guide & Website
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Great Bargains STL Coupon Book, St. Louis, MO: Layout of Ads & Coupon Book
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Sunrise Adult Center NewsGram, Greenacres, FL: Layout of Newsletter
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Wassat US Magazine, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Layout of Ads & Magazine
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Observer Newspaper, Deerfield Beach, FL: Layout of publication and Ads
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Beauty Sensation Cosmetics Catalog, Miramar, FL: Design and Layout of catalog
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Our Town News Magazine, Pompano Beach, FL: Art Director, Layout of publication and Ads
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The Parklander Magazine, Coral Springs, FL: Art Director, Layout of publication and Ads
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Cooking At Home by Chef Daniel Griffin, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Layout and Design of cookbook
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Car & Truck Buyer’s Guide, Sunrise, FL: Layout of Ads
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Broward Chamber Of Commerce Directory, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Layout of Ads
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Key West Citizen Newspaper, Key West, FL: Layout of Ads and Weather
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Celebrate Newspaper, Key West, FL: Layout of Ads
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Poker Run, Tabloid, Key West, FL: Layout of publication and Ads
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CouponMail, Tabloid, West Hartford, CT: Asst. Art Director, Layout of publication and Ads
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Our Town Newspaper, Bloomfield, CT: Art Director, Layout of publication and Ads
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The Homesteader Newspaper, Simsbury, CT: Layout of Ads
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Self Health Network Newspaper, Hartford, CT: Layout of Ads
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Bargain Book, Bloomfield, CT: Layout of publication and Ads
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Frugal Shopper, West Hartford, CT: Layout of publication and Ads
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Open Door, Hartford, CT: 2 Books, Layout and Design
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University of Hartford Student Coupon Book, Hartford, CT: Layout of publication and Ads
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Hole-In-The-Wall Theater, New Britain, CT: Layout of ads, programs, and posters
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~~~~ Cosmopolitan Magazine, published an ad I created for a client published in one issue—I did not work here
OTHER EMPLOYMENT –
please note that above positions were perform between or during gaps listed in years below.
Present, Recent, Past & Temporary Contracted Work - See Publications Section Above
Connecticut & Florida
7/16-7/17, Tommie B. Butts, Jr. Enterprise, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Temp Position - Office Manager & Graphic Designer: Utilizing CS5 and Microsoft Word. Managed day to day office operations, scheduling company’s projects, managed marketing, graphic design projects and advertising for company.
2/16-3/16, Minuteman Press of Coral Springs. Coral Springs, FL
Temp Position - Graphic Designer: Utilizing CS6. Production in day to day prepress documents, creating customer’s projects such as business cards, postcards, advertisements, booklets, prescription pads, programs, banners, signs, catalogs and stationary.
6/05 - 7/09, Business Cards Tomorrow (now Think Print), Pompano Beach, FL
Pre-Press Operator
Utilizing CS1, InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator on a PC. Responsible for typesetting all incoming orders ensuring customers receive only the highest quality of service. Scan artwork and modify. Conversions from other software provided by customer’s disks or emails: Quark Xpress, Coral Draw, MicroSoft Publisher, PDF and EPS files.
11/06 – 9/08, Peer Print, Oakland Park, FL
Graphic Designer & Customer Service Rep.
Taking and filling request from customers. Utilizing Microsoft Publisher for layout & design on a PC. Collating, bulk mailings, folding, color copier, faxing.
2/01 - 6/03, Sir Speedy- Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Art Director
In charge of daily production: Utilizing PageMaker, Quark Xpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, on a Macintosh.
1/90 - 3/91, Kinko's, Hartford, CT
DTP Services Center Supervisor, and Trainer
In charge of the supervision of staff, production, and customers job. Increased department’s monthly revenue by 90% in six months. Designed and layout customer’s jobs. Utilizing Pagemaker, Freehand on a Macintosh.
2/87 - 2/90, U-Design, Hartford, CT
Assistant Manager, Teacher, Designer and Trainer
Layout and designed customer's jobs, taught computer classes, and did on-site corporate training. Utilizing Ready-Set-Go, Pagemaker, MacWrite, MacDraw, MacPaint on a Macintosh.
EDUCATION
2009, PC Professor, Boca Raton, FL
Certification in Multi-Media Web Design, Development, and Optimization: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash,
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO. Also, certified in Illustrator and InDesign.
Certificate
2009, Art Institute Of Pittsburgh, Online
CPU101_S: MicroSoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
Certificate
GCFLearnFree.Org, Online
2008 Microsoft PowerPoint & Microsoft Word
Certificate
2007 Microsoft Publisher
Certificate
5/1991, Computer Knowledge, Boston, MA
Certification Courses on operational utilizing PC and Mac.
Certificate
3/1987, CMC-University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Seminars: Connecticut Macintosh Connection.
1987, U-Design Center, Hartford, CT
Certification in computer design and layout.
Certificate
3/1986, Morse School of Business, Hartford, CT
Graphics Arts and Business.
Certificate
VOLUNTEER
1/2016- Present, T's 4 Hope, Fort Lauderdale, FL
9/1999 - 1/2000, Center One, Fort Lauderdale, FL
5/1998 - 8/1999, Lions Club Key West, Key West, FL
1/1977 - 1/1984, Hole In The Wall Theater, New Britain, CT