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joanne@grfxDesignShop.com |
Work Experience
grfxDesignShop (1999 to present)
grfxDesignShop is my sole-proprietorship, providing print, web, and multimedia graphics design and production for small businesses.
General Manager/Project Coordinator
- Assessing and fulfilling the needs of clients
- Providing cost estimates and managing job budgets
- Accounting and book-keeping
Website design, production, and maintenance
- Happy Tails (kajashappytails.com)
- Annie Fink Designs (anniefink.com)
- 4G Consulting, LLC (4gconsulting.net)
- iYoga Studio, 2007 site (grfxdesignshop.com/iyoga/index.html)
- Earth Odyssey for Youth, 2003 site (grfxdesignshop.com/eofy/frameset.html)
Graphic design and production
- Creating corporate identities—logos for print and animation, name plates, business cards, templates
- Creating promotional and incentive gifts for businesses
- Producing marketing, advertising, and display materials
Design and production of technical reports
- Digital illustration, layout, and production of technical reports in the environmental and cultural resource management industry
Selected Clients
Twin Cities Division, National Model Railroad Association
- Current Assistant Editor for the organization's newsletter, The Crossing Gate
- Producing issues for print and electronic media on a quarterly basis
- Re-designed all graphic elements and created a new template in QuarkXpress
Qwest Business Partners Program
- Designed invitations for corporate events
- Designed holiday greeting cards for internal use
Vail Dunlap & Associates
- Designed marketing materials
- Adapted corporate logos for use on promotional and incentive gifts
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
- Designed visual display materials and handouts for 2002 Archaeology Day event
- Logo and stationary design for the Red Wing Publication Project
Dane Stauffer– Performing Artist
- Designed and produced a multi-page promotional packet and video reel cover
engineering-environmental Management, Inc (e2M)
- Transformed technical maps and drawings into illustrations
- Prepared and produced printed technical reports
- Designed printed and Flash-based marketing materials for sales presentations
4G Consulting, LLC (2002 to present)
4G Consulting is a Women-Owned, HUBZone-Certified, Small Business concern providing archaeological research and consultation. We have provided $1.9 million dollars of contract work for mostly governmental agencies, such as the National Park Service and the Army Corps of Engineers. I am now the President and majority owner.
Overseeing all graphics-related needs for print and web
- Optimizing all 35mm and digital photographs for use in technical reports
- Transforming technical maps and drawings into illustrations
- Laying out and printing all technical reports
- Designing and producing all marketing materials for print and web
Project Coordinator
- Hiring and supervising technical specialists, research teams, and field crews
- Supporting personnel in providing contract deliverables on schedule
- Assuring quality and compliance of deliverable items
Contracting Officer
- Overseeing submission of proposals in response to Requests for Quotes (RFQs) and Proposals (RFPs), including editing, printing, and laying out of text and graphics
- Negotiating and administering awarded contracts
Office Manager
- Maintenance of PC/Mac computer network and business equipment
- Company accounting, including invoicing and book-keeping
Previous Related Experience
Ballet of the Dolls, Minneapolis, MN (1988 to 1993)
Founding member and performer
- Involved in all aspects of performance, stage production, and marketing for the company's first five seasons
Sight and Sound Productions, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (1990 to 1992)
Staff Production Coordinator
- Hired and managed contractors for commercial and industrial TV/Video productions
- Rented and maintained equipment for television and video productions
Commercial production of video, film, and photography (1985 to 1990)
Independent Contractor in Twin Cities (MN) area
- Production Coordinator, Production Manager, Production Assistant
- Set construction, demolition, and styling
- Prop, food, makeup, and wardrobe styling
- Location scouting
Children’s Theater Company and School, Minneapolis, MN (1983 to 1985)
Staff Stage Manager
- Coordinated set, prop, and costume production departments
- Supervised union and non-union stage crews
- Managed large casts during pre-production and performance schedules
Software Experience (Mac and PC)
- Adobe CS3 products: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat
- Additional Adobe products: ImageReady, Premiere, AfterEffects, Type Manager
- Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access
- QuarkXpress Passport
- Intuit products: QuickBooks, Quicken
- Additional tools: Audacity for sound editing; AceHTML and BBEdit for hand-coding HTML and CSS; CuteFTP for file transfer; LogMeIn for remote file access and providing computer support
Education
University of California, Riverside — BA in Dance (1977)
Platt College, San Diego, CA — AA in Multimedia Graphic Design (2000)
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