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SKILLS SUMMARY

Languages: ActionScript 3.0, XML, JavaScript, PHP 5, HTML, CSS, W3C standards, Java


Software: Adobe Flash CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4,
Adobe ImageReady CS4, Adobe Acrobat Pro CS4 and Microsoft Office 2007

Operating System: Windows 2007, Mac OS X

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Motors Corporation, Milford, MI 9/2009-Current
Technical Editor, Engineer 4

  • Edit calibration and validation procedures for Powertrain engineering.
  • Bookmark, hyperlink, convert to PDF and upload to server validation procedures

Environment: Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat

MRM Worldwide, Birmingham, MI 12/14/2009-12/17/2009
Freelace Actionscript 3.0 Web Developer

  • Created and updated Flash animation for use in advertisements and email banners
  • Enhanced existing storyboard
  • Team collaboration on deploying websites and email banners
  • Decipher legacy files
  • Designed and maintained websites for General Motors on a contract basis

Environment: (X)HTML coding, W3C standards, CSS, JavaScript. PHP, MySQL, Adobe Flash CS4, ActionScript 3.0, Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Aobe Illustrator CS4

General Motors Corporation, Romulus, MI 6/26/2006-2/27/2009
Documentation, Publisher and Planner/Web Developer

  • Showed supervisors the need to upgrade software, the results were producivity increased over 40 percent in three months
  • Developed high-end illlustrations
  • Administer the creative direction of documentation deliverables
  • Develooped interactive issue's database that stored problems to be resolved and problems that were solved
  • Oversee that replicator produced, encrypt and shipped deliverables accurately and on time

Environment: Adobe InDesign CS4, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Adobe Photshop CS4, Adobe ImageReady CS4, Adobe Acrobat Pro CS4 and Microsoft Office

TRW Automotive, Livonia, MI 12/071998-06/26/2006
Graphic Designer/Desktop Publisher

  • Designed posters and multi-page brochures for company events using Adobe Creative Suite CS4
  • Layout articles and photographs for "Automotive Dynamics" a bi-quarterly, four-color employee magazine consisting of 20 pages. This magazine layout was also designed for the TRW Automotive website.

Environment: Adobe InDesign CS2, Adobe Dreamweaver CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe ImageReady CS2, Adobe Acrobat CS2, Flash MX, HTML, CSS and Microsoft Office.

North American Graphics, Inc., Detroit, MI 08/171998-10/29/1998
Typsetter/Graphic Designer

  • Designed and layout commercial ads for weekly construction magazine
  • Worked on special projects such as: Wayne County Directory, product labels Flexographic Platemaking, brochures and theater program booklets
  • Operated scanners and Linotype Imagesetters on a daily basis

Environment: Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator 9, Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office

Trader Publishing, Livonia, MI 04/171998-10/29/1998
Production Artist/Proofreader

  • Scanned photo prints and film. Keylined proofread advertising display
  • Trained and supervised keyling staff that included 16 individuals, where productity 50 percent within eight months
  • Responsible for building and completing build of a weekly automoble book