My Résumé

OBJECTIVE
Seeking temporary and freelance assignments in any of my areas of expertise: graphic design for print, basic website design, digital photography, and much more. (See menu of services on my HOME PAGE for details).

EDUCATION
Tampa Technical Institute - Tampa, Florida
October 1999 to April 2001 / Associate of Science Degree in Digital Graphic Arts / GPA: 4.0 / Graduated with Honors

• Learned design for print, prepress issues, website design, advertising principals
• Introduced to photography (digital and traditional)
• Studied traditional art forms, art history, human relations, business law for artists and designers

Florida Department of Education / Vocational Classroom - Zephyrhills, FL
August 1996 to September 1997 / Vocational Certificate: Printing / Minor: Graphic Communications / GPA: 4.0

• Received overview of graphics industry and related processes
• Introduced to operation of graphics camera, printing press, binding equipment
• Introduced to electronic pre-press on Macintosh using QuarkXPress

Brannell Institute of Tennessee / Satellite Classroom - Zephyrhills, Florida
February 1992 to October 1992 / Diploma: Data Entry Minor: Business Communications / GPA: 3.78

• Accurately entered data using word processor and database
• Designed business communications: business letters, FAX covers, memos, etc.
• Studied business etiquette and business communications

EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Computer literate in both Macintosh and Windows/PC platforms.

Program knowledge: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, CorelDraw, MS Word, Macromedia Dreamweaver.

Knowledge of photographic principles and digital photography.