Timmy C. Web & Graphics Design

OBJECTIVE:

A position which offers an opportunity to advertise or promote a product, service, or event through visual and verbal communication.

	EDUCATION:	Bachelor of Arts, May 2003 Northern Illinois University Major: Corporate/Organizational Communications Related Coursework:
		Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Macromedia Dreamweaver HTML / CSS Javascript Journalism Public Relations	Adobe Illustrator CS Macromedia Flash MX PHP / MySQL Databases Advertising Marketing Graphic Communication

	RELATED EXPERIENCE:	Inland Great Lakes Real Estate (IGL), Marketing Assistant & Graphic Designer, Oak Brook, IL, August 2004 to present. Assists in strategic marketing and planning of real estate sales and rentals. Also, designs, creates, and updates websites, sales fliers and brochures, press releases, and press kits. Programs used on a daily basis: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat (conversions to PDF) and Macromedia Dreamweaver. TimmyC. Web & Graphic Design, Web & Graphic Designer, Wheaton, IL, February 2003 to present. Designs and arranges company websites, fliers, brochures, advertisements and logos for many small businesses & organizations. Meets with clients to arrange and outline various websites and marketing plans. NetComm Technical Solutions Inc., Web & Graphic Designer, Geneva, IL, January 2004 to January 2006. Designed and created the company website for NetComm, which includes client-side web pages, customer & administrator login page and a server side MySQL database. Also designed websites for NetComm clients to create informative yet graphically inclined websites to promote their own products, services and businesses. NIU Student Housing & Dining Services, Food Service Administrator, DeKalb, IL, June 2000 to July 2004. Maintain and manage a group of 150 students and 25 adults in providing meals to more than 3,000 students each day. Designed and created logos and signs for all convenient stores on NIU Campus. Also responsible for designing fliers for all cafeterias and convenient store promotions. Constructed a web based training website for SHDS employees. Dakota Direct, Telemarketer, DeKalb, IL, May 2000 to August 2000. Presented and promoted products such as Ameritech pagers, cancer insurance, and GTE phone service through telecommunication. Northern Star, Campus Reporter, DeKalb, IL, January 1999 to February 2000. Researched and gathered information to provide 18,000 students news and information about the NIU campus. Conversed with and interviewed campus leaders, students, faculty and police officers on a daily basis. WKDI, Disc Jockey, DeKalb, IL, August 1998 to December 1999. Coordinated a well-known campus radio program consisting of music, promotions, and special guests. Promoted and advertised the show through fliers, posters, remote broadcasts and special appearances.