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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER West Design Elkins Park, PA Self-employed Graphic Designer Executed diverse projects, from newsletters, annual reports, brochures, corporate identity and ads to book design and production. Clients have included: COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS GROUP TEMPLE UNIVERSITYS UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE OF PHILADELPHIA (UCCP) MANNA METROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE CENTER FOR CLIMATE STRATEGIES PERKIOMEN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT LOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICT HARCUM COLLEGE ZANY BRAINY FAMILY CIRCLE/MCCALLS BOOKS Skills include concepts, art direction, illustration, design, copywriting, editing, proofreading and digital production, utilizing InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark Xpress, PowerPoint, Word, and Wordpress. Winning entry in PRINTS REGIONAL DESIGN ANNUAL; stationery included in PRINTS BEST LETTERHEADS & BUSINESS CARDS 3. Received PenSPRA Excellence in Communications Awards for Council Rock School District, Lower Merion School District, and Spring-Ford Area School District newsletters. IN-HOUSE GRAPHIC DESIGNER MBS+K Philadelphia, PA Associate Art Director Responsible for varied design projects, from direct mail kits to brochures and collateral pieces for financial, industrial, insurance and publishing clients. Extensive client and vendor contact. Designed and produced cookbooks for FAMILY CIRCLE BOOKS; interacted daily with editors and coordinated scheduling of freelance artists; supervised mechanical production. Glenn/Horn Group Philadelphia, PA Artist/Designer Produced design through finished art for print ads, brochures, billboards, direct mail pieces. Rendered illustrations in many styles, including pencil, line and wash, colored pencil and airbrush. Developed a highly successful holiday ad campaign for a retail fashion client, utilizing B&W line and wash illustrations. Supervised instruction of several artist trainees.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

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EDUCATION
WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY, West Chester, PA B.A. in Art, concentration in Graphic Design; graduated cum laude PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, PA Majored in Fine Art, completed Foundation Program TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fort Washington, PA and TYLER SCHOOL OF ART, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Multiple courses in computer and web graphics.

Liz West M 114 Windsor Avenue M Elkins Park, PA 19027


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