2001 • Teleflora, Inc. • Oklahoma City, OK
Art Director

• Layout and design for major floral industry publication Professional Floral Designer Magazine.
  
• Managed conversion of magazine from “film-to-press” to “computer-to-plate” printing process.
  
• Graphic/Web Design for Teleflora’s web site, myteleflora.com.
  
• Maintained/Managed Macintosh Server.

1986-2001 • American Floral Services, Inc. • Oklahoma City, OK
Sr. Graphic Artist

• ADDY award winning designs, various media.
  
• Responsible for projects from conception to final printed piece.
  
• Extensive experience with print management including pre-press film output and press proofing on web and offset press.
  
• Experienced with photography. Some of my responsibilities included
  still, portrait and special event photography.

1981-1986 • American Floral Services, Inc. • Oklahoma City, OK
Production/Paste-up Artist

• Layout and design of yellow page advertisements.
  
• Gained extensive knowledge with traditional paste-up.
  
• Responsible for typesetting and camera stats.

I have an ironclad work ethic, tremendous computer speed in most programs, and am confident my skills would lend opportunity and growth to any work environment. I am a very fast learner. I have had the opportunity to teach others in most of the software I use. I am eager to learn new software titles and skills in this industry and feel confident that I will learn them quickly. I have proficiency on both Macintosh and PC based software: Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Freehand, Streamline, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, SwishMax.