Education
2009 Completed Digital Graphics Communications Diploma Program
SAIT Polytechnic
Skills
Very friendly with excellent communication skills
Very experienced with programs such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and DreamWeaver, as well as Quark XPress and PageMaker
Knowledge of proper typography, PDF creation, preflight and
imposition techniques
Extremely creative
Motivated
Well organized
Great with computers (both PC and Mac platforms)
Experience running Heidelberg presses
Experience in bindery and finishing projects
Experience with EXCEL and Microsoft Word
Employment History
2008 (seasonal) Gift Shop Coordinator – Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, Creston BC
Shipping/receiving, daily opening and closing duties, sales, taking inventory, cashier duties, front desk duties, providing information to tourists about the Creston Valley, assisting with the set up and hosting of government meetings and school presentations, general customer service
2006 – 2007 Front Desk – Columbia Bottle Recycling, Creston BC
Cashier, daily opening and closing duties, counting and sorting recyclables
2006 Bottle Sorter – Columbia Bottle Recycling, Creston BC
Sorting bottles, counting bottles, stacking bottles for shipping
2005 – 2006 Waitress/chef – Broaster House Restaurant, Creston BC
Cooking, food preparation, serving, dish washing, busing tables
Volunteer Experience
2002 – 2007 Prince Charles Secondary Yearbook Club member
Photographer, proofreader, page layout artist
2005 – 2007 Prince Charles Secondary Yearbook Club editor
Editing, delegating jobs, overseeing production, assisting with page layout, hosting frequent meetings
2005 Technician – Kootenay Heritage Fair
2002 – 2005 Accumulated over 250 hours of planning and execution of various fund raisers – Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society
2002 – 2005 Web site creation and updating – Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society
2004 (seasonal) Office Duties – Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society
Special Achievements
2009 To compete in the 2009 Alberta Skills Competition – Edmonton, AB
Voted by SAIT instructors as most likely to succeed in the Alberta Skills Competition’s Graphic Design competition
2005 – 2007 Yearbook editor – Prince Charles Secondary
2006 & 2007 Service award – Prince Charles Secondary
2007 Grade 12 art student award – Prince Charles Secondary
2002 – 2007 Honor Roll student every school term – Prince
Charles Secondary
2004, 2006 & 2007 Yearbook club award – Prince Charles Secondary
2004 & 2006 Attended Friesen’s “Blue Prints” three-day yearbook typesetting and Photoshop course in Vancouver, BC and Red Deer, AB
2004 Volunteer recognition award for the town of Creston, BC
Presented by former Mayor Joe Snopek
I'm a graphic designer from British Columbia's Kootenay region. I will be completing my diploma in Digital Graphics Communications at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, AB in April of 2009.