PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dudek Design & Multimedia - Traverse City, MI
(1999 - present) Extensive experience with Graphic Design, Photography, and Website Development. My largest responsibility at this time is the bimonthly production of the Healing Garden Journal, Michigan's premier holistic magazine.

Taylor Graphics, Inc. - Traverse City, MI
(2001-2003) Graphic Design, working directly with all varieties of print media (brochures, booklets, custom letterhead, logo design, stickers, mousepads, etc.).

The Writing Center - Traverse City, MI
(1999) Worked with students to improve their writing skills.

State YMCA of Michigan - Central Lake, MI
(1998) Worked with children at Camp Hayo-Went-Ha on Torch Lake. Was solely responsible for planning hiking excursions to the Porcupine Mountains in the upper peninsula, as well as canoe trips to the Wenebegon River in Ontario, Canada.

Kelly Services, Ltd. - Edinburgh, Scotland
(1997 - 1998) Managed accounts for the Performing Rights Society and worked with a field agent to maintain music licenses in rural Scotland.

Kelly Services, Ltd. - Dublin, Ireland
(1997) Designed operations manuals for Irish Ferries and input trades for the Chase Manhattan Bank in Dublin.


VOLUNTEER WORK

WNMC, 90.7fm - Traverse City, MI
(1999 - 2003) Assist in fundraising, training new volunteers, reviewing new music as the Director of Local Music, and broadcast DJ for several shows. Also designed the new station logo, new web site, and promotional campaign.

NMC Magazine - Traverse City, MI
(1999 - 2000) As the Editor, was in charge of every aspect of the magazine, including but certainly not limited to distribution, advertisement, promotion, as well as the recruitment and management of the entire staff. Edited all written material for publication and was instrumental in the layout of the overall magazine. Oversaw design, printing, and selected the judges for the art and literary contests.

American Cancer Society - Lansing, MI
(1994) Responsible for the design of pamphlets, brochures, certificates, etc.


EDUCATION

Northwestern Michigan College - Traverse City, MI
(1998 - 2000) Graphic Design, Website Development

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
(1993 - 1997) B.A., English; B.A., Creative Writing


TECHNICAL SKILLS

Communications & Operating Systems
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP; Mac through OS X; Microsoft Office Package (Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, etc.)

Graphics Programs
Adobe InDesign 2.0; Adobe PageMaker 6.5; Adobe Photoshop 7.0; Adobe Illustrator 10.0; Adobe Acrobat & Distiller 5.0; Macromedia Freehand MX 11.0.1; QuarkXPress 5.0;

Web Development Programs
Adobe GoLive CS; Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 & Macromedia UltraDev 4.0; Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004; Macromedia Flash MX 2004; Allaire Homesite 4.5; Microsoft Frontpage;

Utilities
Various E-Mail Clients (Outlook, Messenger, Mac's Mail, et al.); Various FTP Clients (CuteFTP, Fetch, etc.); Various Font Managers (Adobe Type Manager, Font Reserve, etc.); Extensive experience troubleshooting web pages across the various browsers and on various operating systems (Internet Explorer through 6.0; Netscape Navigator through 7.1 on both IBM and MacIntosh systems); Safari for OS X

Code
HTML 4.0; JavaScript; JScript; VBScript, Perl/CGI & ASP;

Virus & Worm Troubleshooting
Have worked with safeguarding against viruses and worms, including Norton AntiVirus 2000 & McAfee VirusScan 3.1.6;

Networking Skills
DNS; E-Mail (SMTP); TCP/IP; Hardware Configuration;