PROFILE

GRAPHIC DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION
Developing and updating corporate identities, website design, advertising and direct mail, sales collateral for clients in manufacturing, professional and high-tech industries.

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SOFTWARE SKILLS

MAC & PC

SOFTWARE: QuarkXPress; Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver; CorelDRAW

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT

EDWARDBRITZ.COM
MINNEAPOLIS/ST.PAUL, MN
• Successfully launched freelance business specializing in fast turn-arounds, quality illustration and experienced-based, press-ready creativity that works
• Professional vector and conventional illustrations, magazine layout and art direction, direct mail, CD jackets, logos & branding, brochures & catalogs, web design

JOHNSTON TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
PHOENIX, AZ
• Responsible for art direction, design and cross-platform prepress for incoming projects using various mainstream design software
• Created overall design and layout for bi-monthly magazine entitled Infinity
• Produced or oversaw the production of a monthly 68-page publication entitled The Grand Times
• Generated full-color ads for various clients in 3 separate publications: The Sun City Grand Calendar, The Anthem Calendar, and The Sun City Grand Community Directory
• Designed or directed the design of direct mailers, logos, banners, business/post cards, flyers, newsletters, brochures, web sites and in-house marketing materials

ALAN FURST DESIGN
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Designed brochures, book covers, business logos, posters, monthly newsletters and direct mail packages

L'ARCADA CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER
BANYOLES, SPAIN
• Developed multi-media promotional materials for L'Arcada´s summer '99 camping season.

Assisted in design of large mixed-media displays for promotional booths at conventions in Barcelona, Spain; and Zuidlarren, Holland

WILDWOOD FARMS, INC.
FULTON, IL
• Launched in-house design dept. into production of brochures, wholesaler presentations, sales collateral retail packaging and in-store POP displays.
• Provided art direction and design for updated branding in all promotional material
• Initiated the development of the company’s first website

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EDUCATION

NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE
St. Paul, MN (Graduated: May 96)
Bachelor of Science: Graphic Design