Leslie Elliott | 828.230.3317 | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
EDUCATION
2004 - 2007 Appalachian State University | Boone, North Carolina
Bachelor of Science | Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology
Minor | Business Administration
SKILLS
prepress | design
- PC and Mac proficientAdobe Design Premium CS-4: InDesign | Photoshop | Illustrator | Acrobat | Bridge | Dreamweaver | Contribute | Fireworks | Flash
HMTL | CSS Style Sheets | MySql | PHP | Joomla
XM Pie | Quark Express | Corel Graphics Suite | Macromedia Freehand
Microsoft Publisher | Microsoft Powerpoint | Microsoft Word | Microsoft Excel - Over 10 years experience in page layout and design, including:
- Spot color offset work | digital variable data projects | process color work
- Custom website design and SEO optimization
- Restored, enhanced and corrected photographs and customer artwork
- Preflight of electronic files for graphic production including offset, flexography, digital printing and sign applications
- Coordinated, designed and published a 50 client, 72 page monthly real estate magazine
- Operated and maintained high speed black and white and color copiers, CAD, wide format inkjet and copiers, VIDAR scanner, Gerber EDGE 2, GRC-61 Plotter, Xeikon digital press, Fuji Pictro Proof
customer service | sales | office management
- Sold custom printed items including full color, spot color and one color printing, business forms, envelopes, continuous forms, multi-part forms, books, booklets, pamphlets, brochures, advertising and promotional products, occasions invitations, and signs
- Worked in estimating of custom printing including design, production & bindery
- Maintained accounts receivable and accounts payable using Quickbooks and POS software
- Maintained 5,000 square foot office supply retail store, managed inventory, trained and managed employees, created POP displays, and product merchandising for in-store promotions
sign design | production
- Designed signs using vector based software programs integrating artwork and text
- Estimated signs for all mediums including sandblasting, monument signs, vehicle and digital graphics
- Produced signs by plotting, weeding and taping of vinyl; use of vinyl printing equipment and application of vinyl to various substrates
ACHIEVEMENTS
2006 PICA Award Best of Category | Digital Printing
Spring 2006 Dean’s List Appalachian State University | GPA 3.77
Fall 2006 Dean’s List Appalachian State University | GPA 3.73
EXPERIENCE
May 2007 - Present L.Elliott Designs | Marion/Asheville, North Carolina
Freelance graphic, web and sign design.
May 2007 - Present Clark Communications/Clark’s Printing | Asheville, North Carolina
Graphic Designer, High Mountain Real Estate Monthly Coordinator
January - May 2007 ASU Mountaineer Printing | Boone, North Carolina
Production Management, Prepress, Production, Bindery
July 1997- 2007 Graphics Warehouse | Marion, North Carolina
Pre-Press, Customer Service, Sales, Sign Design & Production, Print Production
2003- 2005 Precision Printing Company | Boone, North Carolina
Customer Service, Production, Bindery