Education:

Bachelor’s Degree, Business Information Systems; Indiana Wesleyan University 2019

Associates Degree, Graphic Design, at Parkland College

Associates Degree, Desktop Publishing, at Parkland College

Currently employed as a Lead Software Engineer

Pantagraph

2012-2015
Phone: 1-800-747-7323 • 301 W. Washington St. Bloomington, IL
Title: Imaging Technician/Graphic Designer
Responsibilities Include: Creating Ads and templates for publications. Pre-laying out daily, weekly, monthly and yearly publications. Designing and laying out specialty publications, such as Community Guides. Scanning in and processing photographs for news and advertising.

Software Used: Adobe: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Distiller; Microsoft Office 2010; Specialty software: Layout 8000, for dummying in the newspapers; Pongrass, laying out classified section; APT (ad booking software) Affinity (ad trafficking software).

Minuteman Press

Apr. 2011-Jan. 2012
Phone: 217-355-0500 • 805 S. Neil St., Champaign, IL
Responsibilities Include: Designing files for customers to be printed either in house or setting up the files for one of our specialty print locations, including but not limited to business cards, brochures, forms, booklets, and fixing submitted files to be ready for print. I was in charge of running the large format color laser press (Konica Minolta 8000, which used a Fiery driver).

Software Used: Adobe: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro; Microsoft Word and Excel; Coral Draw, Publisher.

Freelance

Jan. 2010-Current
Freelance: Website Design & Development, Graphic Designer, computer network install and repair, book illustrator, marketing

DeWitt County Constitution

May. 2010 – Apr. 2011
(Paper closed about 2014)
Title: Reporter/photographer/sales

Farmer City Journal

Aug. 1996 – Apr. 2010
(Office closed, owned by the Pantagraph)
Title: Production Coordinator/Graphic Designer
Responsibilities Include: three newspapers the Farmer City Journal, LeRoy Journal, and Heyworth Star: ad design using InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, page layout, creation and layout of special sections, magazines, photography, scanning, writing occasional articles and editing of stories, tech help for other offices. Creating yearly PDFs of all issues to CD for searchable archives.

Parkland College

Aug. 1997 – Dec. 1997
Phone: 217-351-2407 • 1307 N. Mattis Ave., Champaign, IL 61821
Title: Computer Lab Monitor
Responsibilities Include: Watching over the computer lab, helping students with Windows, DOS, and Macintosh programs and computers. Fixing some minor computer problems.

Prairie Gardens/PGI Warehouse

Oct. 1993 – Sept. 1997
3000 W Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL 61822

Title: Sign Maker/Display Craftsman
Responsibilities Include: Designing displays, materials purchasing, sign and template creation and fabrication (laser printer & plotter), vinyl application, creating, printing and using Coral Draw to make signs, data archiving digital sign and template files.