Sahara Creative

Over six years of experience in a variety of roles including Art Director, Graphic Designer, Production Artist, and Production Manager. Expertise includes layout, design, working with images (editing, cleaning, masking, and readying) for a variety of print or web specs. Scanning, file format knowledge, Mac troubleshooting, file troubleshooting, proofreading and copy editing abilities, and copywriting. Recognized for organizational skills and attention to detail, as well as leadership in supervising production.

There is a common overlapping between my design work and film-related projects and companies. I have also included some non-design projects where I worked on feature films.

program	YEARS USED	LAST USED
Adobe Indesign CS2	5	Current
Adobe Photoshop CS2	8	Current
Illustrator CS2/Freehand	3	Current
Quark Xpress	4	2005
Adobe Acrobat/Distiller	5	Current
Microsoft Office	8	Current
Dreamweaver	4	Current
Final Cut Pro	Training	Current
FTP Software	7	Current
Adobe Premiere	1.5	2005

• Design, art direction, typesetting, writing, editing, HTML.
• Have experience with Offset Printing press. (oldschool methods)
• Work on both Mac and Windows (PC) platforms.
• Multitask to expedite production and meet & surpass goals.
• Work comfortably in a collaborative environment.
• Intelligent, creative, energetic, and hard-working.
• Communicate objectives precisely and effectively.

Shoreline Community College (2005 - present)
Visual Communication Technology Program (Graphic Design). University of Utah (2003)
Print design and web classes in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash.

New York University (1997 & 2000)
Professional proofreading class for magazine style, summer film intensive program.

Fairleigh Dickinson University (2000) Bachelor of Arts Degree
Graduated Magna cum laude, Dean's list, Received academic scholarship. Accredited courses in Desktop Publishing, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator.

Production Artist | Buzzbee | Seattle, WA | 6.07 - Present
Flowing text and tweaking various documents for Microsoft

Production Artist | Jewish Federation of Seattle: JT News | Seattle, WA | 9.06 - Present
Layout and production art for semimonthly (2x/Month) tabloid-sized newspaper.

Production Artist | Mary Hutchison Design | Seattle, WA | 1.07 - Present
Set up business card template in Freehand and typeset cards. Created print and web graphics using Photoshop and Illustrator.

Graphic Designer | C ongenital Engine | Seattle, WA | 9.06 - Present
Design/layout of 40 page business plan for film “Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle,” for prospective investors.

Designer / Asst. Editor / Researcher | "Zoo" | ThinkFilm | Seattle, WA | 4.06 - 1.07
Designed investment pack, conducted extensive research on film's subjects, location scouting, fundraising, interview transcription, logged footage in Final Cut, for documentary film on Enumclaw horse incident.

Production Artist | Higgins Design/Merrill Gardens | Seattle, WA | 4.05 - Present
Creating and adapting printed materials including: flyers, direct mailers, postcards and floor plans for Merrill Gardens' national network of retirement communities. Working directly under Jane Higgins, a long-time Seattle Art Director who designed hundreds of album covers for Sub Pop Records, and who currently runs her own busy Seattle design shop.

Pre-Interviews/Field Researcher | Blitz/Welch Films | "Pick Six" | Los Angeles, CA | 3.06
Pre-interviews of possible Seattle subjects for upcoming documentary by makers of "Spellbound."

Assistant Editor | "Wally" | Sweatyboy Films | Everett, WA | 5.05 - 9.05
Consultant & Final Cut Pro editing assistant for digital documentary feature about handicapped adult.

Graphic Designer | Northwest Film Forum | Seattle, WA | 7.05 - 9.05
Designed 64-page color book honoring the ten year anniversary of the Northwest Film Forum.

Digital Photo Editor | Seattle International Film Festival | Seattle, WA | 3.04 - 5.04
Preparing and organizing hundreds of promotional film photos for use in high-resolution, full color & B&W 300 page program book, as well as the Seattle Times newspaper guide, and online film program guide.

Co-editor/Producer | "Waiting for NESARA" | UT/WA | 3.02 - 4.04
Worked closely with director through entire production of documentary feature film.

Site/Trailer/Press Kit | "Waiting for NESARA" | Documentary | UT/WA | 8.03 - 4.05
Designed website, created trailer and press kit for documentary feature "Waiting for NESARA."

Art Director | Classical Singer Magazine | SLC, UT | 10.01-08.03
Responsible for layout, design and advertisement creation for monthly music magazine.
• Worked with editorial staff to determine and achieve objectives and goals for magazine and website content.
• Completely redesigned cover logo (still in use)
• Ensured compatibility & quality of files sent by advertisers.
• Determined graphic needs, ensured compatibility and quality of files sent by advertisers.
• Worked closely with printing firm, streamlining process from conception through final printing.
• Directed daily design-related activities including:
software purchases, scanning, retouching, masking, color/image correction.
• Established higher standards of quality for ads, art, and photography accepted into the magazine.
• Moved magazine to a full-bleed glossy format, updating and refining standard layouts.
• Collaborated with advertising staff on in-house projects.
• Provided direction to advertisers in the submission of ads for publication.

Production Manager | Classical Singer Magazine | Maplewood, NJ | 6/00-9/01
Supervised flow of production process and assisted art director in layout duties.
• Production/Office Management, Technical support to website users.
• Copywriting, Copyediting, Proofreading, Page Layout, Transcription of interviews.

Forensic 391 Films | NYC | Set/Office Intern/PA | "Julien Donkey-Boy" | 1/99-5/99
Product placement, internet research, assistant to actors/extras/crew, script coverage.