Job Objective Position providing potential for career growth utilizing background interest, experience, and education
Education BFA in Fine Art, 1983 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Western Kentucky University
3.77 GPA based on 4.0
Experience
November 2010 - April /2012 - Retail Enrollment Coordiantor for Windsor Health Plan, Greer, South Carolina
Customer service, answer phone, greet walk-ins. Outreach consisting of assigning leads to salesmen and assisting them when necessary, and developing and maintaining Excel spreadsheets and training materials to assist sales leaders.
August 2009 - November 2010 - Sales Representative • Ink4 Printing, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Duties include sales and service to Clemson University and advising and helping clients with troubleshooting files and graphic design consultation.
1988 - 1999 Tour Director for the Mammoth Cave Bicycle Tour
Founded and coordinated a bicycle tour catering to over 300 cyclists from all over the United States. This tour has raised over $3000 a year for various charitable organizations. Currently in cooperation with the Bowling Green League of Cyclists.
March 1987 August 2009 - Self employed & owner of Creative Marketing Concepts, Bowling Green, Kentucky
present Own and operate a design studio. Create logos, newspaper and magazine ads, brochures, technical and instructional manuals, newsletters, web pages, etc. All work supplied to printer on disk for film output. All work created on a Macintosh using Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe GoLive, and Adobe Photoshop.
July 1990- April 1997 - Technical Illustrator and Writer, DESA International, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Duties include writing and illustrating owner’s manuals and creating product decals.
February 1985-March 1987 - Production Manager and Art Director for Thurman & Thurman Publications, Bowling Green, KY
Duties included layout, typesetting, operation of Macintosh Plus, air brush, illustration, price quotes, design, process camera operation, supervising one full-time and two part-time persons, and w orking with and advising clients.
August 1983-February 1985 - Production Manager for Wilkins Advertising, Inc., Bowling Green, Kentucky
Duties included supervising and training two students for work in an ad agency, layout, design, price quotes, process camera operation, and working with clients.
1982/83 Artist in Residence, Bowling Green - Warren County Arts Commission
Duties included planning and teaching art in various schools for grades K through 8.
September 1979-June 1977 - Editor of Back Home in Kentucky Magazine, Cockrel Corporation, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Duties included magazine layout, design, art, feature writing, and photography.
July 1977- September 1979 - Layout Artist for Gerald Printing Service, Scottsville, Kentucky
Duties included layout, paste-up, masking and stripping negatives, and process camera operation.
May 1977 - August 1977 - Advertising Salesman for The Panolian, Batesville, Mississippi
Duties included newspaper advertising sales, ad and page design, layout, and feature writing.
August 1977- April 1977 - Typesetter for The Cheraw Chronicle, Cheraw, South Carolina
Duties included operation of Compugraphic typesetter and process camera, and handling circulation.
Hobbies Cycling, running, swimming, needlework
References Furnished upon request.
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