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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A recent college graduate in graphic design with four years of freelance graphic design work experience, specializing in the development and creation of illustrations, publications, and type, web, product, and package design using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Flash.

Ø Portfolio: http://www.tinyurl.com/nfortney

EDUCATION

Bachelor o f Arts (B.A.) – GPA: 3.50 Graduated May 2012 Flagler College Saint Augustine, FL

§ Major: Graphic Design / Minor: Fine Art

WORK EXPERIENCE

Free lance Graphic Designer February 2008 – Present Self – Employed Saint Augustine, FL

§ Designed an album, CD cover insert, and booklet as well as promotional flyers for a band’s five concerts. § Created website graphics using original photographs and Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. § Created business cards, CD demo covers, letterhead, a resume, and original artwork for a professional drummer. § Created sketches, a vectorized logo, color schemes, posters, and business cards for a hairdresser and makeup artist. § Created artwork, business cards, promotional flyers and web layout for a visual artist. § Designed, refined, and tailored graphics to brand requirements while consulting with clients.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Air Magazine February 2011 – April 2011 § Designed the layout of spreads for a fifty page fictional new age spirituality magazine. § Photographed and edited photos, created images, and designed the cover using Adobe Photoshop,

InDesign, and Illustrator.

IM Pei Promotional Poster and Booklet October 2010 § Created a promotional poster and booklet based on an original concept, layout of type, and color scheme. § Selected images for a poster promoting a fictional exhibit of the architect IM Pei’s work.

Work904 Print Ad Campaign worked on in Oct 2011

§ Created a series of five custom print advertisements for a fictional website using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.

HONORS

AAF-Addy Awards Silver Addy for Poster Promotional Piece Awarded February 2012 AAF-Addy Awards Silver Addy for Print Advertisement Awarded February 2012 President’s Honor Roll Awarded April 2011

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Chili’s, Server June 2007 – Present TGIF, Server April 2006 – June 2007 Hush Puppies Shoes, Manager November 2005 – April 2006

TECHNICAL SKILLS

§ Software: Adobe CS5 Suite, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Linux, Adobe Dreamweaver, Final Cut, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash