Hello, Thank you for taking the time to review my employment information.

 I have experience in the following:

• Proficient in the field of Publications & Advertisements (creating ads & publication layout – from start to finish), newspapers, magazines, books, catalogs, and newsletters. 

• Proficient in creating business cards, stationery, flyers, brochures, banners, menus, greeting cards, postcards, EDDM Retail, charts/carbonless forms, logos, door hangers, posters, labels, etc., etc.

• Helping where needed, shipping, answering phones, digital printing, filing, what ever that is needed to be done.

• Very Organized, creative and meet deadlines

• PC or Mac

• CMYK & RGB

• PDF's, TIFFs, JPEGs, EPS document

• Experience in the field of Marketing, Promoting and Advertising

• When to use 300dpi and 72dpi images and photos

• Worked in prepress, and know how to preflight and package a file to go to print or a vendor

• Edit and adjust photos in Photoshop

• I am proficient in Adobe CC: InDesign & Photoshop, and some experience in Illustrator.

• QR codes

• Art Director & Managed a team of graphic artist and interns.  Also managed production of publications.

• MicroSoft Office – MicroSoft Word, MicroSoft Excel, MicroSoft Publisher.

• Customer Service

• Ripping, Plates, Proofing Plates.  Also, print shop and copy center experience and ran digital copiers

• Paper weights & styles of printing, CS stock, UV and not UV (Matt-Dull), Flat, Thermo, Off Set, Process, etc.​

 

Publications: 

• 9/2025 to Present ­–Remote - Indian River Media Group– Fort Pierce, FL: Graphic Designer, Layout of Ads and Articles.  Utilizing Adobe CC: Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat / Microsoft 365 Office: Word and Excel on a PC.

 

• 10/2021 to Present ­–Remote - Alpha Publishing – A-Rated Digest, Boca Raton, FL: Graphic Designer, Layout of Ads.   Utilizing Adobe CC: Photoshop and Acrobat / Microsoft 365 Office: Word and Excel on a PC.

 

Past Publications and/or One Time Projects:

• The Members Magazine, Deerfield Beach, FL: Graphic Designer Layout of Ads

• The Luxury Design Group Magazine, Boca Raton, FL: Layout of Ads

• Newspaper, Sunrise, FL: Creative Art Director, Layout of Newspaper and Ads

• Broward Lifestyles Magazine, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Creative Art Director, Layout of Ads

• Menu King, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Art Director, Layout of Ads and Menus

• Pizza Ambassador, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Art Director, Layout of Ads and Menus

• Menu Mart, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Layout of Ads & Restaurant Menus

• Southeast Publications, Plantation, FL: Layout of Ads & RV Guest Guide & Website

• Great Bargains STL Coupon Book, St. Louis, MO: Layout of Ads & Coupon Book

• Sunrise Adult Center NewsGram, Greenacres, FL: Layout of Newsletter

• Wassat US Magazine, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Layout of Ads & Magazine

• Observer Newspaper, Deerfield Beach, FL: Layout of publication and Ads

• Beauty Sensation Cosmetics Catalog, Miramar, FL: Design and Layout of catalog

• Our Town News Magazine, Pompano Beach, FL: Art Director, Layout of publication and Ads

• The Parklander Magazine, Coral Springs, FL: Art Director, Layout of publication and Ads

• Cooking At Home by Chef Daniel Griffin, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Layout and Design of cookbook

• Car & Truck Buyer’s Guide, Sunrise, FL: Layout of Ads, utilizing Variable Data

• Broward Chamber of Commerce Directory, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Layout of Ads

• Key West Citizen Newspaper, Key West, FL: Layout of Ads and Weather

• Celebrate Newspaper, Key West, FL: Layout of Ads and Layout

• Poker Run, Tabloid, Key West, FL: Layout of publication and Ads

• Coupon Mail, Tabloid, West Hartford, CT: Asst. Art Director, Layout of publication and Ads

• Our Town Newspaper, Bloomfield, CT: Art Director, Layout of publication and Ads

• The Homesteader Simsbury, CT: Layout of Ads

• Self-Health Network Hartford, CT: Layout of Ads

• Bargain Book, Bloomfield, CT: Layout of publication and Ads

• Frugal Shopper, West Hartford, CT: Layout of publication and Ads

• Open Door, Hartford, CT: 2 Books, Layout and Design

• University of Hartford Student Coupon Book, Hartford, CT: Layout of publication and Ads

• Cosmopolitan Magazine had an ad I created for a client published in one issue—I did not work for this publication

• Hole In The Wall Theatre, New Britain, CT: Programs (Playbills), ads, posters, brochures, postcards, signs and tickets

 

OTHER EMPLOYMENT – please note that above positions were perform between or during gaps listed in years below.

7/16 - 3/20, Tommie B. Butts, Jr. Enterprise, Lauderdale Lakes, FL

Office Manager & Graphic Designer: Utilizing CS5 and Microsoft Word.  Managed day to day office operations, scheduling company’s projects, managed marketing and advertising for company.

 

2/16 - 4/16, 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, and 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

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3/1987, CMC-University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Seminars: Connecticut Macintosh Connection.

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1987, U-Design Center, Hartford, CT
Certification in computer design and layout., Certificate

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3/1986, Morse School of Business, Hartford, CT
Graphics Arts and Business., Certificate

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VOLUNTEER
3/2016 - 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