Mary S. Smith
1060 Continentals Way #314
Belmont, CA 94002
email:
msdesign@attbi.com
Portfolio:http://www.dnai.com/~morgen/marysmith/

Objective
Full time, part time or contract web / print production and design, animation or illustration.

Relevant Skills
Flash 5 (Actionscript), Photoshop 6, Illustrator 10, Dreamweaver 4, Fireworks 4, HTML, Quark 4, Corel, Excel, Word, Freehand illustration, Digital imaging.

Relevant Experience
Freelance Web / Graphic Designer

December 2000 - Present. Projects include:
Ambient Media - Redesigned web site and logo, designed CD packaging, banner ads and marketing collateral
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Norbert Scanlan - Conceptualized and designed web site, photographed and optimized images.
Love Fest - Designed and maintain image heavy personal web site.

Graphic Design Coordinator / Manager
Papa Murphy's Inc. - May 1998 - November 2000
Graphics Design Coordinator. Conceptualized, designed, and preflight POP, advertisements, logos, and illustration. Successfully managed high volume workflow for California graphics department. Praised by Franchisees for "... saving the day.... creating great looking ads during last minute time crunches..." Implemented use of ftp servers for file transfer resulting in lower department spending and higher productivity. Department peers often consulted me for Mac OS / software troubleshooting support. Achievements resulted in promotion to Graphic Design Manager. Supervised workflow through the four existing graphics departments. Hired, trained and developed Graphic Design Coordinators. Initiated creation and use of template ads in graphics departments resulting in national ad consistency and more effective marketing campaigns. Designed corporate identity packages for 1999 and 2000 conventions. Maintained outstanding rating in annual job performance reviews.

Graphics Production
Institution for Reading Development - January - April 1998.
Produced direct mail marketing and flyers. Prepped for output. Adjusted logo files. Created and maintained client file database.

Freelance Illustrator
Create portrait, landscape, and abstract paintings and illustrations, signs, posters, flyers, and sculptures using classical and digital mediums.

Education
East Stroudsburg University, PA
, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concentration in Art.
Magna Cum Laude. Areas of study included Media Graphics and Design, Advertising Graphics, Desktop Publishing, Drawing, Painting, Sculpting, Photography.