901.461.3460
donna@donnadonalddesign.com
www.donnadonalddesign.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
graphic designer, At Home Tennessee Magazine
June 2009 - Present
Responsible for the design and layout of the
by Invitation social pages in At Home Tennessee.
art director, VIP Memphis Magazine
May 2007 to October 2009
Responsible for the design and layout of
sixty pages which
includes managing other
designers and photographers.
Work with customers on design of their ads,
responsible for the
upload and management of
online photo sells and supporting the
VIP City magazine webmaster.
All print files were uploaded to and printed
at Toof Printing. The folks at Toof could
tell you about my files and my dedication to
getting press ready files there by deadline.
art director/webmaster, By Invitation Kansas City Magazine,
Nov 2008 to March 2009
Responsible for the sixty page layout and design
and working with various customers on advertisements.
Also coordinate with writers and editors to design
the editorial content.
In addition to preparing the
magazine to print also responsible to upload photos
for online sale and design. Maintain the
By Invitation Kansas City website.
prepress specialist/designer, Baberweb Inc.
March 2005 to July 2008
Responsible for designing newsletters, magazines,
brochures, letterhead, business cards, postcards
and lots more. All files had to go thru a computer
to plate system. Files had to be made press ready.
I did imposition and made printing plates. I made
mock ups for customer proofs. Ran a digital printer.
art director, RSVP Magazine
December 1999 to March 2005
Responsible for the design and layout of seventy pages
which includes managaing photographers. Provide
collateral materials for sales staff. Work with customers
on design of their ads. Did mailings and other office
administrative duties. I worked with Democrat Printing
out of Little Rock on this publication. Democrat Printing can
tell you about my problem-solving skills as
well as my ability to meet deadlines.
prepress specialist/designer, Paulsen Printing,
September 1998 to November 1999
Responsible for designing newsletters, brochures,
letterhead, business cards, postcards and lots more.
Files had to be made press ready. I made mock-ups
for customer proofs.
prepress specialist/designer, Alphagraphics,
August 1997 to November 1998
Responsible for designing newsletters, brochures,
letterhead, business cards, postcards and lots more.
Files had to be made press ready. We had a
2 color
press and two 4c digital printers. I made mock ups
for customer proofs. Ran a digital printer.
pre-press/typesetter, Cecile Printing,
May 1996 to July 1997
Responsible for typesetting letterhead,
business cards and postcards.
I sent files to an imagesetter, developed the film
in a darkroom, stripped one and two color film.
SKILLS
graphic designer
12 years experience in print
including projects from
design to prepress
multimedia designer
webmaster and interactive multimedia developer
software
Quark Xpress, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Dreamweaver, Flash and Microsoft Office
developer
html, asp, css, java script, email marketing
and social media
administrative and clerical
data entry,
office manager,
receptionist
photography
photography/management of photo database and sales
EDUCATION
Hernando High School
State Technical Institute Memphis - May 1997 - GPA 3.8
Southwest Tennessee Community College 2008
Link to recent projects
References on request.
