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Meredith A. Whitney
Mobile: (310) 490-3225
E-mail: mwhitney@digitaldesignco.com


=====CAREER OBJECTIVE=====
Graphic/Web Designer who is outgoing, enthusiastic, hard working with extensive experience in print design, web design and multimedia presentations.

=====WORK EXPERIENCE=====
June 1999 - Present
Digital Design Company
Principal and Creative Director
• Creating and producing marketing collateral for local and national companies.
• Marketing, proposal and cost development and contract negotiation.
• Development, design and production of 4-color brochures, ad design, corporate identity, catalogs, product sheets, packaging, web sites, web graphics and animation, etc.
• Direct client relations and business development.
• Responsible for all aspects associated with collateral programs, including vendor bid proposals/assignment and press checks.

November 1995 - June 1999
Ken Crane’s Home Entertainment
Hawthorne, California
Art Director
• Development, design and production of retail “in-store” marketing programs, such as 2-color, 3-color, 4-color newspaper ad layout on a weekly basis, special events, table tents, price tags, flyers and T-shirts for Annual Warehouse Sale.
• Direct communication with printers, cost estimation and prepress production.

September 1993 - August 1994
Swiss Precision Instruments
City of Industry, California
Graphic Artist
• Development, design and production of 4-color, 24, 32, and 72 page product catalogs.

June 1991 - June 1999
Freelance
• Ad design, corporate identity including logos, brochures, product sheets, multimedia, web site development, web graphics and animation, etc.
• Other responsibilities include working with printers, client consultation and cost estimation.

=====QUALIFICATIONS=====
* Over 15 years of graphic-web design experience.
* Highly proficient with both Mac and Windows operating systems.
* Advanced technical abilities in computer design, prepress, web development and solid hands-on production skills.
* Self-sufficient, self-motivated, dedicated, deadline-oriented, driven, hard working, strong communication and presentation skills.

=====SKILLS=====
* 16 years experience with general printing practices – offset, screen, digital printing file preparations, PMS colors, 4-color process and grayscale reproduction.
* 8 years experience in planning and developing web design.
* Managed creative services department resources, objectives and budget.
* Concept to finished product-Ad design, corporate identity, brochures, menus, signage, advertisements, web site development, interactive presentations and direct mailers.
* Registered, designed, developed, managed and marketed web sites.
* Experience designing and developing on both Mac and PC.
* Expert knowledge with Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, InDesign, Pagemaker, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Macromedia Director, Multi-Ad Creator, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint and Acrobat to design and develop graphics and multimedia.
* 8 years experience with Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX, HTML, DHTML, CSS, Javascript to design and develop websites.

=====PROGRAMS=====
Photoshop CS2 • Illustrator CS2 • InDesign • Quark Xpress • Pagemaker • Fireworks 8 • Dreamweaver 8 • Microsoft Office X • Microsoft PowerPoint • HTML/DHTML • Mac OS X • Windows XP

=====EDUCATION======
Brooks College
Long Beach, California
AA Degree
1986 Graduate

Portfolio and references available on request.