Holmes Graphics

William Holmes Resume

Contact me at: holmes6561@roadrunner.com

OBJECTIVE
My objective is to utilize my 15 plus years of graphic design and advertising production skills. I am willing to relocate. Previous samples of my graphic design is available online at: http://www.mediafire.com/i/?mxv0a2ogtvm

EDUCATION
August 1975 - May 1979: Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Major in Advertising Design; Minor in Package Design

SKILLS: QuarkXPress, Adobe CS Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat Exchange, Distiller, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Corel, PageMaker, Scanning & Retouch Skills, Macintosh & PC Platforms

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Copy Editor – Paginator Operator August 2010 – September 30, 2011 – Heartland Publications; The Portsmouth Times, Portsmouth, Ohio
Layout and assembly of editorial for weeknight copy editor/paginator for three newspapers, the Gallipolis Tribune, Pomeroy Sentinel and Point Pleasant Register working with Heartland Publications' Portsmouth Daily Times facility. Corporate made decision to relocate production.

Production Artist and Graphic Design July 1997 - January 2010 - Vertis Communications
Advertising Production Services Division; on-site client in Dayton, Ohio
Advertising and PR Services; Graphic Design of banners, brochures and flyers for newspaper publications, mailers, ads. Contract with the on-site client ended January 6, 2010.

Graphic Design May 1994 - July 1997 - BSPressworks, Plain City, OH
Printing and Publishing; Graphic design and prepress for brochures, annual reports, magazines.

Freelance Graphic Design May 1990 - May 1994- Sunburst Advertising Agency, Port St. Lucie, FL, Healthwatch magazine, Ashland, KY, Columbus Alive newspaper, Columbus, OH
Graphic design for catalogs, brochures, magazines, newspapers and ads.

Previous graphic design of publications: The Thoroughbred Record, Lexington Times Newspaper Tabloid, Lifestyle Apartment Guide, Bluegrass Woman and Bluegrass Feature Magazine

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ACHIEVEMENTS
Idaho Potato award for grocery ad in 2006. Merit award from the Braun Packaging Corporation 1978. Award from the Liquid-Box Corporation 1978 for Christmas card. Poster and booklet graphic design selected for The National Epilepsy Foundation, Columbus, Ohio 1978.