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Experience

Desktop Manager/Computer Graphic Artist — Diccicco Battista Communications
Horsham, PA 1998-present
Clients Include: AAA, Susquehanna Bank, Pennsylvania Hospital, Hatfield. Responsibilities: Mechanicals, Communicate with Publications, Creating High Resolution Art, Photo Retouching, Design, Web Banners (Flash), HTML E-mail (Listrak), Maintain archives for creative and ftp site, Assist IT Manager.

Sr. Artist/Electronic Pre-Press Operator — Howard Printing
Warminster, PA 1995-1997
Clients Include: Selas, Six Flags, U.S. Healthcare. Responsibilities: Graphic Design, Electronic Pre-Press, Matchprints, Mechanicals.

Art Director — Apollo Graphics, Inc.
Southampton, PA 1992-1995
Clients include: GA Insurance and Scoreboard. Responsibilities: Graphic Design, Mechanicals, Electronic Pagemake-up System, Matchprints, Computer Graphics & Retouching, Color Correction, Computer Pre-Press Preparation. Maintain archives for creative.

Jr. Graphic Designer — Display Design & Sales
Philadelphia, PA 1991
Clients include: Pittsburgh Paints and Formby’s. Responsibilities: Computer Graphics, Mechanicals, Paste up Comps.

Freelance Design/Photography

Apollo Color Graphics Cherry Hill, NJ 1996-2004
Selas Fluid Processing Corp. Blue Bell, PA 1998-1999
The Camera Shop, Inc. Langhorne, PA 1987-1992
SmithKline Diagnostics Sharon Hill, PA, 1991

Education

Moore College of Art and Design — Philadelphia, PA BFA 1992 — Major: Graphic Design
Courses included: Computers, Writing, Silk screen, Ceramics and Photography.
Partial Scholarships. Financed 75% of tuition through work.

Community College of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, PA AA 1989 — Major: Photography.
Courses included: Accounting and Design.

Montgomery County Community College — Blue Bell, PA 1998
Studied Creating Web Pages, HTML.

Computer Skills

Macintosh/PC
InDesign CS3, Quark X-Press 7, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional/Distiller 8.0, Microsoft Office, Freehand 10, PageMaker 6.0, Fetch 5.3, Streamline 4.0, FlightCheck 3.9, Fontographer 4.1, Corel Draw 4.0 (PC)

Web Programs
Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3, Image Ready CS2, Fireworks 8, HTML, basic CSS

Other Computer Skills
Help maintain art computers and ftp site. HTML email (Listrak), XEROX DocuColor 12, XEROX 240/250, Iris Digital Color Proofer,

Mechanical/Production Skills
Mechanical preparation, Preparing comps: 2-D & 3-D, 4-Color production skills, Photo Retouching, Matchprinting, Press checks, Photography, Darkroom printing, Photostat camera, Signage design, Typesetting - 45wpm, proofing.

Travel

Dominican Republic, France, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Caribbean
References upon request.