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| Desired Industry: Advertising |
SpiderID: 10947 |
| Desired Job Location: chicago, Illinois |
Date Posted: 1/25/2007 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: open |
| Desired Wage: 40,000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
Advertising Graphic Designer
Experience:
•Bilingual Advertising Designer: April 2005-present
•Desktop Publishing: January-April 2005
•Graphics Desk Editor: Daily Egyptian Newspaper
•Graphic Designer: Summer 2003, promoted to
Graphics Editor Fall 2003
•Inter-Greek Council - Programs Chair: 54th
Annual
Theta Xi Variety Show
•Designed and created the cover for the 2004
Theta Xi Variety Show program book
Education:
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in
Communication Design
GPA: 3.2/4.0 cumulative
Spanish minor
Fluent in verbal and written Spanish
Affiliations:
Theta Xi Fraternity Beta Delta Chapter
Secretary 2001, 2002, Public Relations 2001,
Historian Chair 2002, Alumni Chair 2003-2004.
•In charge of handling all official chapter mailings
•Responsible for making public all chapter news
and events
•Responsible for taking pictures and updating the
chapter’s photo albums
•Led the team by designing, creating and mailing
the biannual chapter alumni newsletter
Saluki Volunteer Corps
•Accumulated over 100 hours of community
service in different community service projects
such
as: Greek Sweep, Adopt-A-Spot, AIDS walk and
Red Cross blood drives
Skills:
Macintosh OS X based Adobe Creative Suite,
including Photoshop 7.0/CS/2, Illustrator 10.0/CS/
2, Indesign 2.0/CS/2, Multi-ad Creator,
QuarkXPress, AdTracker, Microsoft Word, Excel and
Powerpoint both in Mac and Windows operating
systems.
Reference:
Rockford Register Star (Gannett News Co. Inc.)
•Bilingual Advertising Designer
•Spanish language Translator
•Develop and create advertising ideas for the
weekly Spanish newspaper Espejo
•Attend staff meetings to discuss and develop
new marketing and advertising plans for Espejo
and its advertisers
•Design visual elements to be used in the
classified section for the launch of a new
printing press
Lifetouch Publishing
•Desktop publishing
•Custom yearbook page layout
•Work with schools in order to provide best
layout solution possible
SIU Daily Egyptian Newspaper
•Newsroom Graphic Designer
•Defined roles and responsibilities to other
graphic designers in order to improve the
quality of info graphics published in the
newspaper
•Set daily info graphic guidelines and tasks to
other designers
•Attended daily board meetings to generate
ideas to be published on the newspaper
K-Mart
•Electronics Department Sales Associate
•Assisted customers in a buying decision based
on their needs and my consumer electronics
knowledge
Sears
•Electronics Department Brand Master
•Worked closely with other Brand Masters to
increase both company and personal sales goals
•Increased my confidence when talking to
customers while at the same time improving my
conversational and sales skills
Candidate Contact Information:
| Name: Franklin Solares |
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Phone: 618-303-7376 |
| City: rockford |
Fax: - |
| State: Illinois |
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| Zip: 61109 |
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