Leslie Elliott | 828.230.3317 | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

OBJECTIVE
Seeking a graphic design position in a fast paced company where I can use my technical and creative skills to produce a quality product.

EDUCATION
2004 - 2007              Appalachian State University             Boone, North Carolina
Bachelor of Science     Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology
Minor    Business Administration

Portfolio
Electronic Portfolio of Work available at: www.lelliottdesigns.com
Full portfolio of printed samples available upon request.

SKILLS
prepress | design

• PC and Mac proficient; Software:
  Adobe Design Premium CS-CS4:
  InDesign | Photoshop | Illustrator | Acrobat | Bridge | Dreamweaver | Contribute | Fireworks | Flash
  Other Software & Technologies:
  HTML | 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 and process color offset work | digital variable data projects | flexography
• Custom website design and seo | signage and billboards | branding and marketing campaigns
• Created and maintained websites using content management systems, giving customers the ability to maintain and edit their own websites.
• Managed multiple web and graphic design jobs as both a professional graphic designer and a freelance web designer.
• Worked with marketing and branding for various businesses to create unified marketing campaigns.
• Restored, enhanced and corrected photographs and customer artwork.
• Preflight of electronic files for graphic production including offset, digital printing and sign applications.
• Coordinated, designed and published a 50 client, 72 page monthly real estate magazine.

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
• 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

• 2009 PICA Award Best of Category: Full Color Publication in a Series    High Mountain Real Estate Monthly
• 2006 PICA Award Best of Category: Digital Printing    Appalachian State University Calendar
• Spring 2006 Dean’s List Appalachian State University    GPA 3.77
• Fall 2006 Dean’s List Appalachian State University    GPA 3.73
• Spring 2007 Dean’s List Appalachian State University    GPA 3.97