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Pittsburgh Pennysaver / Trib Total Media - Pittsburgh, PA 08/04/1987 - 11/06/2009
Graphic Designer
My graphic design experience has allowed me to develop a written or verbal concept into the creation of a visual product. I am highly skilled in the print media environment. My duties included being a liaison between a satellite sales office and adservices/prepress production. I am experienced at working with sales representatives, clients, production managers and management. I feel comfortable in any creative or management environment. Working with a large variety of assignments has taught me to juggle deadlines at all stages of a project's completion.
My experience with this company has taken me from production artist for the Pittsburgh Pennysaver, designing and producing a large number of ads, to a Trib Total Media remote sales office artist. My most recent responsibilities included designing spec ads with a very high sales return, designing live direct mail advertising, menus and specialty products for up to seven sales representatives, along with in-office projects for my regional sales manager as well as company-wide projects for high level management.
I am highly skilled in the use of Adobe Photoshop, including, but not limited to editing scanned, digital or stock photography, combining photos, color enhancements and edits, background additions, deletions or edits, along with creating extensive clipping paths.

Typecraft Press - Pittsburgh, PA 11/15/1976 - 07/15/1987
Typography / Design
My duties at this company included design and Compugraphic typography for the University of Pittsburgh, large grocery and retail ads, including Giant Eagle, A&P, Kroger, Thorofare, Thrift Drug, Treasury Drug, and David Weiss catalogs. I also provided the typesetting for the Pittsburgh Pennysaver, which was produced and printed in-house.

Graphics Plus Associates - Pittsburgh, PA 06/15/1973 - 10/15/1976
Typography / Design
My duties here included typesetting and minimal design for various print projects and customers, including Picturepages with Bill Cosby and Pittsburgh Sun Times, brochures, table tents, door hangers and multi-page catalogs.