Graphic Design Resume Sample

Objective: Graphic Designer
Summary • Experienced with design concepts for packaging and advertising. • Photographer with skills in evaluating prints for reproduction. • Familiar with print preparation and production. • Understanding of video shooting and editing for television. • Experience in Photoshop, QuarkXpress, Persuasion, FreeHandFile, PageMaker, Illustrator, Maker Pro, and MS Word.
Experience
GRAPHIC DESIGN • Created consumer packaging using PMS and four-color processing; prepared designs for photo shoots. • Produced ad campaign strategies for a variety of products and services. - Designed thumbnails, roughs, and final comps for print advertising. - Wrote copy for television and print media. • Communicated corporate identity through design of logo and collateral. • Created mechanicals; proofed blue lines and color keys. • Used a wide range of typography to appeal to specific audiences.
PHOTOGRAPHY • Photographed fashion and food compositions in studio settings. • Developed portfolio of color landscape prints from across the U.S. • Exhibited photos in two Bay Area locations. • Won award in black and white community photo contest. • Black and white darkroom and other technical experience.
Relevant Work History (Concurrent with Education) 2000-pres. Freelance Computer Graphic Designer, San Francisco 1998-00 Marketing & Graphics Assistant, Smith & Co., San Francisco
Education B.F.A., Graphic Design & Marketing, anticipated Spring 2002 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Marketing Program, summer 2000 Emory University, Atlanta, GA — Portfolio Available —