Jocelyn Ellis's E-Profile

JOCELYN ELLIS

Home: (609) 387-7645

Cell: (609) 694-9151

jocelynellis@comcast.net

SUMMARY

Graphic Designer with extensive experience in layout and production. Designed for an advertising specialties and promotional products firm, Highly regarded for originality and innovation. Currently seeking a position with a company that can benefit from my experience and growing web design skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

HTML MS Word, MS Excel

CSS
Dreamweaver
Flash
Adobe Creative Suite Versions CS, CS2, CS3, and CS4, emphasis on Illustrator, PhotoShop, Dreamweaver and Flash

Actionscript AutoCAD

Windows XP, Vista, and 7 Extensis Suitcase

Mac OS 9, X, Leopard, etc. FontBook

CorelDraw FileMaker Pro

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Created a catalog proposal for sales Vice President to present to KYW which was instrumental in winning the account.
Implemented a template with a system of layers and views which significantly reduced production time.
Devised and taught to co-workers time saving procedures.

EXPERIENCE

SPECTRUM MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Cherry Hill, NJ

Senior Layout and Production Artist 2005-2009

In addition to the previous, created templates for items and for general layouts.

Tracked project progress with a dedicated database. Created in-house promotional material for Spectrum. Translated client supplied art into file formats required by vendors. Trained new artists.

Entry Level Layout and Production Artist 2000-2004

Created layouts from customer ideas, sketches, and original designs, with revisions as needed.

Produced camera-ready final art including color separations for screen printing, pad printing, four-color process, digital full-color printing, and embroidery. Prepared files for output to vendors in AI, EPS, TIF, JPEG, and PDF formats. In addition to promotional products, assignments included Logo design, business cards and collateral, brochures, postcards, flyers, catalogs and some web graphics.

EDUCATION

Camden County College

Specialization: Web Design and Development

In progress

Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Associate in Arts

Specialization: Graphic Design

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

Earned Academic Recognition Three Times

Earned Best of Quarter

ACTIVITIES

Drawing, Painting, Photography, Gardening, Spending time in the open labs at CCC mastering Dreamweaver and Flash.

Recommendations

HTML	MS Word, MS Excel
CSS Dreamweaver Flash	Adobe Creative Suite Versions CS, CS2, CS3, and CS4, emphasis on Illustrator, PhotoShop, Dreamweaver and Flash
Actionscript	AutoCAD
Windows XP, Vista, and 7	Extensis Suitcase
Mac OS 9, X, Leopard, etc.	FontBook
CorelDraw	FileMaker Pro