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Michele Bryant
Home Phone (407) 381-1288
email: michele_b@earthlink.net

Gentlemen:
Being a professional graphic designer for over 25 years, I have had the opportunity to create corporate identities, websites, brochures, catalogs, newsletters, books, magazines (local, national & international levels), PowerPoint presentations, posters, signs & banners, billboards, real estate and attraction promotions, TV spots – all facets of advertising.

I have had management experience being a Production Manager. I have extensive experience with design teams, and customers and vendors. I am a go-getter, very people oriented, and attention to deadlines and details is unprecedented. What makes me so unique is that I’ve done “hands-on” in all the levels of the pre-press and press industry. This makes me very knowledgeable in being able to communicate and explain to the client and other team members on procedures and workflows.

My recent employment has been in the deveopmental and creation of educational books. Some of the curriculum I worked on included Math, Science, Reading/Literature, and Driving books. I also created templates, work flows, PDF standards, trouble-shooting, etc.

I have extensive knowledge of all major OSX applications including, but not limited to, Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and other font and graphic applications.

Thank you, in advance, for reviewing my qualifications.

Sincerely,

Michele Bryant

Mrs. Michele Bryant

To Review Samples, please visit:

http://www.michelesdesign.com/MicheleBryantPortfolio.html

Work History & Experience
I have gained knowledge and expertise by working in all areas of the printing industry – from secretary, to customer representative, camera & press operator, bindery, typesetting manager and with on-location photography shoots. Having worked extensively with customers, art staff and industry professionals, I have designed international, national and local magazines, 4 & 5-color work, advertisements, promotionals, newsletters, books, brochures, menu’s, annual reports, seminar and conference manuals, slide presentations, catalogs, posters, banners, billboards, trade show displays, and creative logo designs. I am able to type 75-100 wpm. I look for every opportunity to give you a competitive edge while saving you money. I can create ad campaigns to increase your sales and profits. I also effectively use today’s latest technology to create a product from start to finish.


Special Interests & Studies
I keep up-to-date with computer technology, desktop publishing techniques that I can use to improve the quality of your company’s printed material. I subscribe to many design/trade magazines, and attend workshops pertaining to my chosen field.

Greatest Achievements to Date
Loving home life as well as an appreciation for all living creatures (just ask me how many critters I have!)

Clients
My clientele have included such companies as:
Harcourt; Pearson Educational Group; McGraw-Hill, Inc.; Lucent Technologies;
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association; Seminole Property Appraiser’s Office
Martin Marietta; Walt Disney World; American Gladiators Dinner Theatre
Orlando Chamber of Commerce; Fishkind & Associates; S&S Cafeterias
Florida Choice Food & Drug; The Confectioner’s Magazine; Decorative Digest
The Florida Nurse; Joissu Toy Distributor; Budweiser, Daytona Beach
Lloyd/Flanders Industries; Florida Nurserymen & Growers; BellSouth Telephone
Conklin, Porter & Holmes Engineering; Behring International; Mazer Corp.
Quality Assurance Institute; Holiday Inn Airport; BCD Inc., Etchers
Boy & Girl Scouts of America; Orlando’s Perfect Wedding Guide
Old Town Portrait Gallery; Old Town Ice Cream Company; Florida Hospital
The Antique & Amusement Photographers International; Total Demand
The Loren Quinn Institute; Suncoast Travel; Sunrise Counseling Center
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.; Jerry’s of Tampa Bay; Government Careers
Central Florida Regional Airport, Sanford; Numerous Political Campaigns
Old Town Merchants Association; Donahue Thompson Advertising Agency
PSC, Inc. of New York; Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Oceaneering Institute of Texas; Robinson, Yesawich & Pepperdine, Inc.
Cutting-Edge Communications; Sell My TimeShare Now; Patterson-Bach Advertising

Qualifications
Artistic talent and creative imagination.
Attention to detail.
Eye for color, sense of balance and proportion.
Resourceful and aggressive.
Able to communicate with a variety of people.
Flexible, able to work under tight deadlines
Able to work independently or as part of a team.

Education
Graduated from William R. Boone High School, Orlando, Florida 1979


August 1986–Present Graphic Artist/Freelancer Mac Consultant/System Designer

As a freelancer I have undertaken major projects in which I have had complete creativity. I understand that the quality of a company is expressed thru their advertising and printed materials. I have designed a web sites; created a new identity program for Seminole County Property Appraiser’s office, which won a national Image Award; created all restaurant materials for S&S Cafeterias; coordinated & directed photography shoots with food themes for S&S Cafeterias and Jerry’s of Sanford & Tampa Bay; helped the Sheriff’s Dept. create a new drug awareness campaign; worked closely with Congressman John Mica in creating billboards and newsletters to voters; created all advertising, billboards and trade show materials for the American Gladiators Orlando Live! Dinner Theatre; created a new Florida License Plate for the Florida Agricultural Commission, and have received numerous awards for my graphic design.

Experience
Nov 2006–Sept 2007 Florida Imaging, Inc. Production

Educational text book company, whose main client was Harcourt. Was Team Lead for the Reading California 2010 program. While here, I was able to advance my skill sets in HTML, coding and work flow issues.

June 2004–March 2006 Mazer Creative Services Production Manager

I was primarily hired as a Team Lead for Mazer Creative Services. This is a full-service educational textbook company. Their main headquarters is Dayton, Ohio, where over 300 employees are employed. I successfully lead my team members on numerous educational books for the grade K thru High school levels. Management saw that I was a go-getter, going that extra mile in getting a project done, so they promoted me to Production Manager. I then traveled extensively to our other locations in Ohio, Boston, and Chicago to train personnel and to be trained in management. I was invited to speak at the Boston Book Club, where I gave a speech on the different processes of production and all the roles that are involved in getting a book done. I am a well-seasoned veteran of creating educational books. I resigned from Mazer so I could pursue my freelancing opportunities again.

May 1999–May 2004 Martini Graphic Services, Inc Production

Using the latest in Macintosh equipment and software, I help create school books for the K thru College level. Our clientele include Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, Scotts Foresman, and many others. Duties include word processing, graphic design, adherence to bookmaps, cookbooks and specs. Have created 100’s of books. I am the production leader in learning InDesign, as this will be the next wave in desktop publishing software, and have already created over 1,000 pages in this new software.


Applications & Hardware

Macintosh: have both operating systems: OS X and Classic.
Own an iMac G5 w/1 gig of Memory
180 gig hard drive
Back up device: 1 terabyte
Have a scanner and color correction experience
QuarkXpress (versions 4.11 thru 7)
InDesign CS2
Acrobat 6.0 Professional (and distiller) Able to create finalized PDFs for printers, etc.
Adobe Bridge
Adobe GoLive CS (web application)
Adobe Illustrator CS
Adobe Photoshop CS (and younger versions)
Fetch and Transmit for uploading files to FTP
Extensis Suitcase X1 (font management)
Dreamweaver MX 2004 (still in the process of learning)
Flash MX (still learning)
Microsoft Office X (Excel; PowerPoint and Word)
Stuffit Deluxe 8 & 10 and ZipIt!

Cable internet access

Plus experience with many, many more applications to achieve the desired result

Able to get price quotes, meet deadlines, talk to Vendors, Customers, Management & even the man on the moon!