Education

Northwestern University
Bachelor of Art

Work Experience

Freelance Graphic Artist, May 2006 - present

Al Kaly Shriners: lay out a monthly 24-28 page newsletter, design ads and graphics, edit and manipulate photos, proofread and edit articles.
Create logos, business cards, postcards, illustrations, websites, and other designs as requested.

Technical Illustrator/Writer, Ingersoll-Rand, September 2008 – February 2009

Created technical illustrations for product guides, wrote and edited service manuals.

Ad Designer, various publications, June 2008 – September 2008

Re-designed and created new ads in the fast-paced environment of the Colorado Springs Gazette and other publications.

Publication Coordinator, HDR, Inc., January 2008 – May 2008

Assisted in development and creation of layout templates for use in guides, booklets, book covers and other publication materials; used templates to lay out manuals and books.
Graphic design: created graphics for use in layout designs, edited photographs and images.
Editing: proofread publications, formatted text to fit allotted space.

Graphic Artist, Signal Graphics, March 2007 – December 2007

Design: created logos, business cards, flyers, brochures, posters, and other materials on an as-needed basis.
Preflight and print production: Learned to use digital printers, large format printers, cutting tools, and book binding.
Desktop publishing: created camera-ready digital files of clients’ artwork, checked pre-production work on existing files, sent files to printing companies and followed up on orders.
Helped new business owners maintain client base by providing quality design work in a timely manner, as well as offering consistently good customer service to clients.
Interacted with clients to discuss clients’ graphic needs, kept clients up-to-date on progress and provided finished product before deadlines, followed up with clients when job was finished.

Lead Designer, The Korea Daily, May 2006 – February 2007

Designed unique advertisements for each client; created graphics and oversaw production of two publications while meeting printers’ deadlines; delegated workload to assistant designers.
Layout design: mastered a new layout design program within a week to release the daily newspaper on schedule, performed layout design for designated sections of the newspaper.
Interacted with clients regularly as an accomplished customer service representative; discussed and executed new designs in a timely manner according to clients’ specifications.

Newspaper News Editor, Crescenta Valley High School, September 1998 – June 2000

Layout design: created innovative layout designs for the newspaper using Quark Xpress.
Photo editing: used Photoshop to scan and manipulate images for publication.
Wrote and edited articles.

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Professional), Quark Xpress, Microsoft Office; familiar with Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash
Languages: fluent in English and Korean (written and spoken)
Excellent communication and typing skills (85 wpm)
Knowledge of traditional and digital art