SAMANTHAJACKSON

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

250 Brenyon Way #408 Scarborough ON, M1B 3G3

647-238-5655Portfolio: http://intuitivdesigns11.wix.com/sjgraphicdesigner | E: intuitivdesigns11@gmail.com

PERSONAL SUMMARY

A talented, driven and flexible graphic designer with a proven record of delivering creative and innovative design solutions. I am open minded, have great time management skills, efficient problem solving skills, good communication skills, always willing to learn and easy to work with. An ability to take a project and see it through from idea through to production and right into its final delivery. An ability to work as part of a team as well as by myself. Seeking to attain the position of “Graphic Designer” in your organization where talent, flair and passion for the art of graphic design are appreciated, and where I can utilize my creative and innovative skills in designing, thereby adding to the development of the organization.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Freelance Graphic Designer, Lexis Nexis; North York, Canada- Nov-Dec 2015-Jan 2016Freelance Graphic Designer, Lexis Nexis; Markham, Canada- 2012-2013/2014 Graphic Designer, Lexis Nexis; Markham, Canada- 2012-2013 Art/Production Intern, Lexis Nexis; Markham, Canada- 2012

Duties -Covered for Print Production Coordinator where I created typeset ads for clients, created the layout for both The ‘Ontario Reports’, and ‘The Lawyers Weekly’. I also made sure files were packaged correctly and saw to it that they were sent to the correct persons (i.e. print house, sales reps, web com) -Designed and completed layouts for various magazines through out the year-In charge of image research where I read stories and had discussions with editors about what art would complement the articles-Worked long side the Print Production Coordinator to make sure bleeds, image and file size and quality was met for print house standards -Gave a seminar on how to implement the new redesign of the ‘The Lawyers Weekly’ newspaper-Designed section fronts, as well as did layout for ‘The Lawyers Weekly’ newspaper-Downloaded and processed images for both the newspaper and magazine-Uploaded content and processed images to the website using the companies CMS-Kept track of images used in each issue of the newspaper and magazines-Sent PDFs to lawyers and writers as requested, also processed headshots as required -Created filler ads for ‘The Lawyers Weekly’ newspaper and referred to the company’s Brand Standard Guide

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Freelance Graphic Designer, Natalie Phipps; Durham, Canada- Ongoing

Duties-Created book design for an up and coming author

-Had discussions with the author about the cover and what it should look like-Created book cover concepts for approval

-Working on developing another book cover for author’s second book

Freelance Graphic Designer, Ronald Phipps; Toronto, Canada- Ongoing

Duties-Creating logos for his brand

-Creating a membership website that allows users to purchase his books as well as engage in conversation with other members-Providing 2 years technical support for the website

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Centennial College Centre of Creative Communications— Art and Design Foundations Study Certificate, 2010

Centennial College Centre of Creative Communications—Graphic Design Media- 2010-2012

COMPUTER PLATFORM & SOFTWARE SKILLS

-Adobe Illustrator CS5/6-Adobe Photoshop CS5/6

-Adobe InDesign CS5/6-Adobe Acrobat

-Adobe Muse CC-Microsoft Outlook & Word -iWorks applications-Versatile in using both Mac and PC