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Teri Lyon Graphic Artist (760) 788-0665 tvlyon@cwnet.com>
OBJECTIVE A full time position as a Graphic Artist utilizing 15 years of experience in graphic arts, advertising design and layout, packaging design and layout, product development, and desktop publishing. QUALIFICATIONS - Fifteen years experience in a wide range of graphic art applications inclusive of hand drawn art to computer graphics, layout and paste-up to desktop publishing, color separations, and photo scanning and digitizing. - Experienced in: > Creation of advertising, brochures, and direct-mail fliers > Creation of and/or re-design of business logos > Creation of clothing monogram and T-shirt designs > Creation of stationery, business cards, and packaging (box designs, header cards, blister cards, tags, etc.) > Creation of designed product concepts for pet toys and products. Experience includes working with top corporate accounts such as Warner Bros. and Big Dog - Packaging production includes toys for Vo-Toys Inc., Family Dollar Stores, Petland, Equine America, Petco, Family Dollar Stores, and Sampler Enterprises. - Product production includes pet toys for Vo-Toys (including Warner Bros. Line) and Big Dogs. > Scanning and altering of photos and artwork - Creation of web pages including the conception, layout and implementation of custom web art and animated 'gifs." Examples may be viewed on personal Art Gallery on the web. http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/6450/artgllry1st.htm - Experienced with both IBM compatible and Macintosh computer operations including crossing platforms and converting files for clients' needs. - Available for freelance production having personal IBM compatible Pentium III computer with Corel Draw 8, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Visual Cafe and html programs, publishing programs, a scanner, and a modem. ,SKILLS - Experience includes extensive use of: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop CorelDraw 4 - 8 and Corel Photopaint Adobe Pagemaker Adobe InDesign Microsoft Word Quark Xpress 4.0 Microsoft Works (Word-processing and Database) Visual Cafe Microsoft Publisher html writing programs Bar Code Maker - Excellent language skills (i.e. spelling and grammar) WORK HISTORY > Freelance Graphic Artist since 1985: Wide range of projects including logos, business cards, fliers, portraits, packaging, and ads. > Graphic Artist / Desktop Publisher, Copymat, Escondido, CA (current position) Responsibilities include layout and design of a variety of documents including business cards, fliers, brochures and newsletters, color correction and separations, preparing documents for print both for outside offset printing and in-house copy machines. Help customers and answer phones as necessary > Graphic Artist: Image First, Inc., El Cajon, California. Responsibilities include participation in product development and packaging for pet products. Accomplishments include creating new ideas for packaging and pet products, preparing the package concepts and designs for printing (including color separations when necessary), converting files to other programs when needed, and databasing and filing the information for future reference. > Production Manager and Graphic Artist-Screen Printing Production: Signature Ink and Graphics, Ramona, CA. Responsible for complete production of screen printing shirts, caps, labels and signs including developing art, doing color separations, typesetting, camera work, burning and preparing screens, screening, and recapturing screens. > Advertising Salesperson and Graphic Artist: Simmons Printery, Ramona, CA Responsibilities included selling advertising, layout and paste-up of ads, camera work and typesetting. EDUCATION Various art classes from the age of 3 up. Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of North Carolina-Greensboro Graduate work, University of Toledo Certificate earned, ROP program, Desktop Publishing and Word Processing
Art samples of specific types of projects can be requested and sent either via e-mail or in hard copy. References available upon request.
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