I am very interested in the Sales and Design Associate position that I saw on Craigslist.

After browsing through your website I was very impressed with the photography that you have done. I would love to be part of a team that produces such high quality photography. I have taken photography courses in school and have worked many years on Photoshop enhancing photographs.

I was employed for 14 years at High Country Media, a newspaper company in Boone, NC as a graphic designer.

My primary position was page design and layout for the papers and seasonal magazines. I took the ads, stories and photos and created the pages for the press. 

One day a week I updated the website for The Mountain Times newspaper.

The first five years that I was there I also worked part-time in the front office where I dealt with the customers that walked in and also answered phones. I took classified ads from them, answered questions, and solved problems. 

I would like to discuss my qualifications further with you and hope that I hear from you soon.

Thank you,

Donna Currie
336-905-3528
donnamcurrie@live.com

RESUME

Donna M. Currie
401 Colonial Drive
High Point, NC 27262
336-905-3528

donnamcurrie@live.com

EXPERIENCE:

• 1996-2010

• HIGH COUNTRY MEDIA (The Mountain Times and The Watauga Democrat newspapers) PO Box 1815, 474 Industrial Park Drive, Boone, North Carolina 28607

Graphic and Web Designer:

• Designed newspaper front pages, entertainment front pages and interior newspaper pages accurately while under strict deadlines and in a fast paced environment.

• Collaborated with other designers, writers, photographers, editors, sales people and press crew to produce pages for the newspaper and seasonal magazines.

• Mocked up dummies for The Mountain Times newspaper and seasonal magazines.

• Created web pages from the newspaper and updated information on the website.

• Designed magazine pages and sent to printing company. Corresponded with the printing company about the magazine until its completion. Checked for all varieties of errors in the papers and magazines before and after initial printing.

Customer Service and Classified Department:

• Greeted and interacted enthusiastically and effectively with the public selling classified ads and handling other newspaper business that needed to be addressed in a high-paced environment. Answered phones and dealt with varying questions about the business. Used general office equipment. Also handled cash, checks, debit and credit cards from customers. Worked extremely well with co-workers in a team environment.

Software:

• InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Pagemaker, Illustrator, Front Page, Adobe Acrobat, Content Manager, Vision Data, Open Office and Microsoft Office

EDUCATION:

• UNC-Greensboro:
Fine Arts major

• Guilford Technical Community College:
AA in Graphic Arts
