Education ::
Bachelor of Arts, BDIC-Marketing, Communications & Graphic Design, 2/2004
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Experience ::
Graphic Designer/Graphic Arts Technician/Digital Supervisor, 2/2004 - Present
Print Services, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Develop and design print marketing materials including flyers, advertisements, posters and
direct mail to promote university functions. Collaborate with directors, and student committees
to develop-design identities and marketing materials for campus-wide events. Works include designs for both offset and digital printing.
• Design 1, 2 and 4 color booklets, brochures, flyers, invitations, logos, posters, postcards,
and posters.
• Create graphics for custom screen-printed paraphernalia ( t-shirts, towels, pencils).
• Typeset brochures, invitations, posters, stationery, and in some cases, reworked designs.
• Assess trapping, color management and preflight print jobs.
• Supervise prepress department; assist and train new members of prepress department.
• Responsible for overseeing the preparation of customers digital files for output on digital,
color and b&w xerox printers and offset presses.
• Assist in prepress/print-production job management. Responsible for work flow of the
prepress department & digital equipment.
• Meet with supervisors & managers monthly to discuss work environment, work flow,
problems and updates.
• Manage & consult with customers to establish design and printing needs.
• Other duties include establishing stationary templates, overseeing direct mail compliance
designs and variable data printing.


Graphic Design Intern, 8/2003- 2/2004
Nutrition Education Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Assistant to in-house graphic designer. Designed projects such as flyers, logos,
newsletters, programs, brochures,and promotional materials.
• Updated layouts and typeset various forms and designs.
• Developed logo for “Nutrition Landscape” conference and designed innovated promotional
accessory for related postcard.
• Designed large format display board.


Graphic Design Intern, 8/2003- 2/2004
Health Services, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst,MA
Assisted in-house graphic designer. Designed and edited numerous health related layouts including pamphlets and health services forms.
• Updated, redesigned, and typeset brochures, flyers, posters, and forms.
• Prepared files for outsourcing to printer

SKILLS::
QuarkXpress, Expert
Adobe Acrobat, Expert
Adobe Illustrator 10, Expert
Adobe PageMaker 7, Expert
Adobe Photoshop 7, Intermediate
InDesign, Beginner
Flash, Beginner
Publisher 2000, Intermediate
Dreamweaver, Beginner

LANGUAGES ::
Conversational Spanish.