dwpoore graphic design

About Me

I am currently completing a certificate program in graphic arts technology at Austin Community College. I maintain a 4.0 GPA and have been asked to join the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.

I am skilled in the Adobe CS4 Design Suite (Mac and PC) including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Acrobat. I also have HTML, CSS, Flash and PHP experience.

See my portfolio which contains samples of work I have done and projects I have completed for classwork. I have experience designing magazine articles, logos, books, ads, flyers, websites, menus, brochures, newsletters, stationary, business forms and packaging.

• Macintosh & PC knowledge
• Advanced understanding of InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator
• Skilled in typography, proper layout design, color theory & photo retouching
• Knowledge of Flash, HTML, CSS, Javascript & PHP.

If you look at my resume, you will see that I have acquired a lot of business and design experience. Before returning to school, I operated an apparel printing business where I learned a lot about designing for customers, meeting deadlines and paying attention to detail.

Feel free to contact me for more information.

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COMPUTER SKILLS

Macintosh, PC, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP

 

PROGRAMS

InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Office

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Design / Layout Skills

• Composed layouts for articles, ads, menus and promo items.
• Skilled in color correcting, retouching, formatting and placing images.
• Compiled and researched images for designs.

Typography / InDesign Skills

• Utilized master pages and style sheets for documents.
• Skilled in creating, editing, spell checking and placing copy.
• Set up baseline grids, tabs, tables and layers.

Administrative Skills

• Provided admin support for upper management.
• Scheduled and participated in brainstorming meetings.
• Designed and sold printed products to clients.

 

EDUCATION

Austin Community College, Austin, TX – Pursuing a degree in Graphic Arts Technology

Chubb Computer Training, Branchburg, NJ - Computer Programming Certification

Polk College, Lakeland, FL – Completed 3 semester towards a B.S. in Business

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

5/10 - Present - Austin Woman Magazine - Austin, TX - Graphic Design Intern

9/08 – Present - Westlake Medical Center – Austin, TX – Nutrition

7/06 – 5/09 - Our Rock Printing – Flemington, NJ - Designer

9/05 - 9/07 - D.E. Restaurants - Melbourne, FL - Systems Manager

9/99 – 8/05 - Chubb Insurance – Warren, NJ - Computer Programmer