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Our Services:- LOGO Design
- Posters
- Business Cards
- Marketing Material
- Fountains
- Web Graphics Design
- Non Profit Services
- Freeware
- Direct Mail
Sean A. Patton
300 Fairwood Ave. #23
Clearwater, Florida 33759
(813) 669-6961
Objective:
A full time position in an environment in which I can advance according to my talent and performance.
Skills:
Extensive knowledge of IBM hardware (setup and operation) and the following software applications:
Corel 3-8 Draw & Photo-Paint, Canvas, Quark, PhotoShop, Illustrator, PageMaker, PowerPoint, MS Word, WordPerfect, Corel Web Designer, Front Page, Hot Metal Web Designer, MS Access, ELIXIR/Xerox forms and font designer.
15 years experience in freehand illustration (pencil. Ink)
10 years of experience in the various forms of print from Silk Screen to Digital. (Pre and post production work such as conception, layout, cost analysis, proofing, bindery etc.)
2 years experience technical writing.
2 years experience sales, customer service, inventory control and personnel management.
7 years experience marketing, promotion and public relations.
4 years experience Macintosh.
1 year Unix operating system.
2 years basic word programming as related to variable mail merge projects.
Education:
1989 - 1991 Sate University of New York at Morrisville
Degree: AAS. Journalism (Graduated with honors GPA 3.3)
1991 - 1994 State University of New York at New Paltz
Degree: BS Visual Arts\Graphic Design (Graduated with Honors GPA 3.3)
Work History:
Nov. 1997 - Present
Mega-Marketing Inc. (Oldsmar Florida)
Senior Graphic Artist - Duties include layout of static forms, postcards, tickets, etc. for mass mailing. Responsible for the conversion of all customer provided media to a readable/programmable format. Mail merge through MS Word including creation of the data files for import (mostly MS Access). Responsible for interacting with Customer Service and printer from the onset through the completion of a job. Providing camera-ready artwork for production of pre-print. Operation of every operating system from 3.11 to Win 98 and the Xerox UNIX based Sun Station system. Operation of Xerox High Output printers (color and black & white).
Nov. 1996 - Nov. 1997:
Midway Services Inc. (Clearwater Florida)
Marketing Assistant - Graphic Designer - Duties included design and production of all promotional, technical and office related printed material. Assisting the Vice President in choosing avenues of promotion. Creating a marketing department that would eliminate the need and expense of an advertising agency.
January 1990 - Present:
Freelance Graphic Artist - Involved in every step of production of everything from Corporate Identity to the production and sale of T-shirt for charity events.
December 1995 - September 1996
Sir Speedy Inc. (Charlotte North Carolina)
Graphic Designer/Color Production - Design, print, bindery with strict deadlines and exacting standards. Hardware experience includes the Kodak 1500, Cannon 700/800 series and Halon Imagemaker.
June 1994 - November 1995
Babbages Software (Pineville North Carolina)
Assistant Manager - Management of a small business including sales, customer service, personnel management and visual marketing. Full knowledge of PC environment and current software.
References and portfolio immediately available upon request.
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