• Design and layout of all printed and electronic media.
• Retouching/compositing full color photos and creating artwork for newspaper, commercial printing and the web.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite 5 & 6: Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign on a Mac platform. Experience in Word and PowerPoint.

Swardlick Marketing Group
Portland, ME
April 1996 - May 2010

Senior Graphic Designer

• Photoshop retouching, composites and color correction.
  
• Produced illustrative artwork as appropriate to a project’s defined concept and direction.
  
• Created mechanicals and designs for ads, brochures, direct mail, newspaper, web elements, email blasts, billboards, banners and fleet graphics.
  
• Prepress knowledge — file release, checking for bleeds, spot color, color modes, image resolution and applying profiles.
  
• Worked with printers and specialty vendors to ensure print quality.
  
• Mounted creative materials for presentations and contest submissions.
  
• Added color proofing station, lighting and maintained monitor calibration to bring color-correction in-house.

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram,
Portland, Maine
April 1984 - March 1996

Staff Artist

• Designed the look and style of all in-house advertising, sales materials and signage.
  
• Designed and created printed newspaper ads, inserts, special supplements, rack cards, subscriber direct mail, banners, employee newsletter, new employee orientation package, premium items and materials for sponsored events.
  
• Created artwork and illustrations for various promotional campaigns.
  
• Set the standard for computer equipment and software specifications for advertising and marketing departments.

The University of the Arts
B.F.A. Illustration, Honors
June 1978