Chicagoray

New to this forum thanks to the present condition of the world economy, but not the industry, armed with 20 + years of success and accomplishments in all phases of the Graphic Arts industry from bindery to design to manufacturing and sales to mid level management to present self employment. * Ability to effectively communicate with clients, superiors, and my peers, thereby fostering productive relationships throughout the firm that help accomplish all our mutual objectives. * Skill to perform all prepress functions with speed and accuracy utilizing all digital workflow, conventional camerawork and table stripping then throughout the production process. * In addition, the capability to operate a plethora of offset printing presses, encompassing everything from the letterpress to the most technologically advanced sheet fed machines in use today. Computer Experience I am trained and certified to produce press, office, and web ready collateral using both Macintosh and PC platforms implementing most all software programs utilized today within the Graphic Arts industry. * QUARK EXPRESS * ADOBE PAGEMAKER, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CERTIFIED A.C.E., 2001-through present * ADOBE FRAMEMAKER * COREL DRAW & COREL PHOTO PAINT * ALL MICROSOFT SOFTWARE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: Windows XP,NT, VISTA, 7, Access, Office,OFFICE EXPRESS, PowerPoint, Front Page, Publisher, WEB EXPRESS etc.) * MAC OSX THROUGH THE MOST CURRENT OPERATING SYSTEMS * MACROMEDIA FLASH, DREAMWEAVER, FIREWORKS & FREEHAND * Full understanding of Google ad words ad sense implementation * 7 years [2003 thru present time] experience blogging writing and designing on all known platforms including but not limited to Wordpress, Blogger, Joomla, etc. HTML as well as full command of all WYSIWYG editors online. HTML AUTHORING