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In-house through direct hire and contract through consultant and personnel agencies. For freelance/self-employment experience please use link on the left.

I would be delighted to discuss salary information once a mutual interest has been established.


Key Personnel
Located in downtown Cincinnati, I had a contract position to finish creating an instruction manual for building Starbuck kiosks in Krogers.
Graphic Designer (02/22-2/27/2008)
  • Manipulated graphics, graphic layout and corrections
  • Proofread context
  • Moved pages as required, changes to page organization
  • Created mock-up

Go ZapIT
Go ZapIT is a small IT/Web Consultant Company located in northern Hamilton County.
Associate Web Developer (03/26-3/10/2007)
  • Maintain client web sites
  • Develop new web pages for new and existing clients
  • Email maintenance
  • Create images from high-grade print to use for web usage
  • Research and development for new strategies for their company website

Premium Personnel
3-Month Contract with CIP International (09/08-12/04/2006)
CIP International is an interior design one-stop-shop for retail establishments.
Production Artist
  • Re-produced rendered artwork for restaurants and grocery stores.
  • Color corrected imagery to match approved customer artwork rendering
  • Generated entire computer file for assigned projects
  • Managed projects and performed efficiently in a deadline driven environment

OfficeTeam
4-6 week contract with TP Mechanical. TP Mechanical Contractors is a full-service, one-stop-shop, plumbing and mechanical contractor.
Marketing Assistant (05/24-06/30/2006)
  • Organized marketing materials by creating relevant folders for similar excel databases, condensing repeated material into one document, with several worksheets separating into various databases for easier search requests

PrintProd, Inc.
PrintProd is a manufacturer of quality custom printed tags since 1982.
Web Designer (07/27-10/05/2005)
  • Suggested URL name: www.printprodinc.com. Registered name, created original layout, pages, graphics, and necessary prose for site.
  • Created and updated graphics for camera-ready images to produce industrial tags
  • Generated entire computer file for assigned projects
  • Managed projects and performed efficiently in a deadline driven environment
  • Tracked status of each project and ensured projects went to print error-free and met client specifications
  • Assisted customer service with quoting, tag processing, filing, and preparing samples to send to perspective new and current clients.

OfficeTeam
6 month contract with St. Elizabeth Medical Center (01/07-06/24/2005)
St. Elizabeth Medical Center has been serving the health care needs of Northern Kentucky since 1861.
Desktop Publisher 
  • Applied barcodes to pre-existing forms (MAC-based).
  • Re-created 1000+ forms using Design Studio for OptioServer. (PC-based)
  • Assisted medical records by scanning documents into digital filing system, new scan system testing and update electronic literature. 

Crown Services
Contract – lasted 6 months with ProScan Imaging (5/26-11/19/2004)
ProScan Imaging, LLC, is a world leader in medical imaging and MRI education.
Assistant Media Designer 
  • Replaced background on PowerPoint presentations with newly created background imagery.
  • Proofread educational text for misspellings and sentence structure errors.
  • Created new interactive educational products utilizing Macromedia Dreamweaver, hand-coding HTML and JavaScript. (Shoulder, Hand and Wrist, Knee, Abdomen and Pelvis [2004] (Educational Lessons on CD-ROM)
  • Created MRI Total Body Atlas Volume III book on CD-ROM
  • Reduced previous version size by fixing coding and scripting errors plus ridding of unused code within each volumes and reducing image sizing. This provided a smaller document on CD-ROM, which enabled the program to load faster than the previous editions. (Breast 2004).
  • Managed projects and performed efficiently in a deadline driven environment 

Auto Body Panels, Inc.
ABP is a wholesale distributor of aftermarket and refurbished automobile parts and accessories since 1986.
Desktop Publishing/Graphic Design (08/30/1999-07/16/2003)
  • Created and designed all print material including yearly catalog, supplement catalogs, flyers, forms, post cards, company stationery, second website, business cards and updated color scheme on logo.
  • Created all layouts and images for all printed matter including newsletters, Yellow Page directories, local magazine advertisements, car show advertisements, web site and promotional items.
  • Generated entire computer file for assigned projects, manage projects and performed efficiently in a deadline driven environment
  • Tracked status of each project and ensured projects went to print error-free and met management specifications
  • Research of competitors’ products, web sites and advertising strategies
  • Assisted co-workers with software applications (MS Office, email and Adobe Acrobat)
  • Copyrighting and Trademarking of business documents and logos. 

Miami University (OHIO)
Help Desk Technician/hiring manager/trainer (10/1995-08/1999)
  • Assist students and staff with computer, printer, software or hardware related issues.
  • Computer software and hardware installations and upgrades.
  • Create mini-newsletter for freshmen and new transfer students on Computer facilities usages.
  • Hire and train new student technicians for computer labs.

Before I started at Miami University as a help desk technician,here is a list of other environments I have worked for - in-house, contract, internships:

  • Butler County Environmental Services - Clerical
  • Cincinnati Financial Corporation - Intern (Supervisor - Russ Heil)
  • Intercoastal Transpotation Systems (1992-1997) as a part-time Paraprofessional & Dispatcher.
  • Retail:
    • JC Penney
    • Sears
    • Mervyn's
    • Meijer

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