Experience

Taymark Inc

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer/Art Director

  • Apr 2014 - Present

  • Creative art direction for high-end school and B2B catalogs.• Responsibilities include concept and design of all catalog pages and multiple front covers, collateral pieces and concept art and design. Assisting in photo direction for product shots and models. • Other duties are logo and brand development, product development, creating graphic art for Taymark's many websites and prepress preparedness. • Creative art direction for high-end school and B2B catalogs.• Responsibilities include concept and design of all catalog pages and multiple front covers, collateral pieces and concept art and design. Assisting in photo direction for product shots and models. • Other duties are logo and brand development, product development, creating graphic art for Taymark's many websites and prepress preparedness.



St. Paul Pioneer Press

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graphic Designer/Production Artist

  • May 1999 - Feb 2014

  I create a wide-range of advertising and marketing materials while working under intense daily deadlines. I provide fast turn-around of production materials for the newspaper sales teams to help generate revenue. I re-create logos and paginate our classified products. I am the point person for outputting files correctly for our outside print vendors and online partners. I work with multiple departments to decide how many pages our daily paper will be including how the paper will configure on the press.



Oakdale Clarion

• Sports Editor

  • Jan 1998 - May 1999

  Hired as a sports editor/writer, I soon became the only employee at the newspaper other than the owner. I was responsible for all photography, writing, editing and page layout of the weekly newspaper. Along with sports coverage, I also wrote for schools, churches, and current events. Hired as a sports editor/writer, I soon became the only employee at the newspaper other than the owner. I was responsible for all photography, writing, editing and page layout of the weekly newspaper. Along with sports coverage, I also wrote for schools, churches, and current events.



Mankato Free Press

• Sports Writer

  • Jun 1997 - Jan 1998

  Worked as a sports writer at the Mankato Free Press as an internship. I wrote articles about the Mankato State Universtiy atheletic department and area high schools. I was also a stringer, a late night employee who gathered high school sports scores for the next editions paper. Worked as a sports writer at the Mankato Free Press as an internship. I wrote articles about the Mankato State Universtiy atheletic department and area high schools. I was also a stringer, a late night employee who gathered high school sports scores for the next editions paper.