PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

West Design Elkins Park, PA Self-employed Graphic Designer Executed diverse projects, from newsletters, annual reports, brochures,

corporate identity and ads to book design and production. Clients have included:

COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS GROUPTEMPLE UNIVERSITY’S UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE OFPHILADELPHIA (UCCP) MANNA – METROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCECENTER FOR CLIMATE STRATEGIESPERKIOMEN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTLOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICTHARCUM COLLEGEZANY BRAINYFAMILY CIRCLE/MCCALL’S BOOKS

Skills include concepts, art direction, illustration, design, copywriting,editing, proofreading and digital production, utilizing InDesign,Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark Xpress, PowerPoint, Word, and Wordpress.

Winning entry in PRINT’S REGIONAL DESIGN ANNUAL; stationery included in PRINT’S BEST LETTERHEADS & BUSINESS CARDS 3.

Received PenSPRA Excellence in Communications Awards for Council Rock School District, Lower Merion School District, and Spring-Ford Area School District newsletters.

IN-HOUSE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

MBS+K Philadelphia, PA Associate Art DirectorResponsible for varied design projects, from direct mail kits to

brochures and collateral pieces for financial, industrial, insurance and publishing clients. Extensive client and vendor contact.

Designed and produced cookbooks for FAMILY CIRCLE BOOKS;interacted daily with editors and coordinated scheduling offreelance artists; supervised mechanical production.

Glenn/Horn Group Philadelphia, PA Artist/DesignerProduced design through finished art for print ads, brochures,

billboards, direct mail pieces. Rendered illustrations in many styles, including pencil, line and wash, colored pencil and airbrush.

Developed a highly successful holiday ad campaign for a retail fashion client, utilizing B&W line and wash illustrations.

Supervised instruction of several artist trainees.

EDUCATIONWEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY, West Chester, PA

B.A. in Art, concentration in Graphic Design; graduated cum laude

PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, PAMajored in Fine Art, completed Foundation Program

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fort Washington, PA andTYLER SCHOOL OF ART, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

Multiple courses in computer and web graphics.

Liz West 114 Windsor Avenue Elkins Park, PA 19027 215.635.2722 phone and fax west.design@verizon.net e-mail

http://designwest.wordpress.com blog

GRAPHIC DESIGN

and a mean bowl o' chili

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