Education

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University / Boston, MA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, May 2008
Magna Cum Laude · Work featured in 2009 AIB catalog

Related Experience

Hypertherm, Inc. / Hanover, NH
Temporary Desktop Publisher, September - October 2009
Produced print-ready PDF files of product manuals and brochures in QuarkXPress and Acrobat · Carried files through pre-flight and prepress procedures · Used Documentum to manage files and locate missing components

Jessica LaPatta Graphic Design / Bellows Falls, VT
Freelance Graphic and Web Designer, June 2008 - Present
Clients include Connecticut River Transit, Bleu Sky Creative, Pensarwolf Creative Group, Gravity Design Studio, Bach & Bach Web Solutions · Work includes bus wrap design, website design and coding, logos, brochures, posters, apparel design

Mediumbold, Inc. / Boston, MA
Interactive Design Intern, January - April 2008
Conceptualized website designs for Massachusetts Port Authority and Vermont Law School · Worked with design team to make CSS edits, image selections, and produce web advertisements

Peter Harris and Associates / Saxtons River, VT
Packaging Production Artist, June - August 2006
Applied branding concepts to various series of dining-ware packaging for client Boston Warehouse · Designed new branding concepts for the packaging of product series · Proofread files during Quality Control · Prepared files for sending to printer

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University / Boston, MA
Computer Lab Monitor, September 2005 - May 2008
Oversaw computer labs · Assisted students with technical issues regarding lab equipment and software · Prepared students’ image files for large-format Epson printing using ColorBurst RIP software · Signed out equipment

Other Experience

The Vermont Country Store / Rockingham, VT
Part Time Sales Clerk, July 2009 - Present
Ring up orders · Respond to customers’ questions and needs · Replenish products

Lesley University / Cambridge, MA
Telefund Caller, October 2004 - May 2005
Phone alums for monetary donations to university, using both scripted and intuitive communication · “Most Successful Caller” of school year, soliciting more numbers of donations from alums than any other caller on the team

Skills

Mac OS X
Windows Vista
Adobe CS3/4
   Illustrator
   InDesign
   Photoshop
   Dreamweaver
Acrobat Professional
QuarkXPress
MS Office
Typing Speed: 60 WPM
Basecamp
Fetch
FontExplorer
ColorBurst
Documentum
Digital photography
Basic XHTML and CSS
Basic Joomla

Affiliation

AIGA NH/VT Student Graduate Member