Design Resume - Sandra Neill Smith

GRAPHIC DESIGN RESUME

QUALIFICATIONS

Over twenty one years experience as a graphic designer
Seven years teaching experience in graphic design and multimedia
Project manager for ten years
Naturalist classes/travel in Colorado to enhance Zoology/Botany degree
Life-long love of learning in a wide variety of areas
Organized professional who thrives in leadership positions

WORK HISTORY

President, Graphic Designer and Trainer 1994-Present
Sandcastle Design, Inc.

Created a CD-ROM entitled A Naturalist’s Journal of Colorado which included my wildflower paintings, photography, video, animation, narration and written content based on twelve years of field observations.
Designed a touch screen kiosk on mammography for St. Luke’s Hospital in Montana.
Created four CD-ROM catalogs for North Face.
Produced the Aquilegia newsletter for the Colorado Native Plant Society.
Trained production artists in QuarkXPress, Photoshop and Illustrator for newspaper layout at the Denver Post and Loveland Herald.
Currently teach painting and naturalist’s journal classes at Rocky Mountain National Park, Foothills Art Center, Park Hill Art Club and Crested Butte Wildflower Festival.

Multimedia Designer 2001-2003
Klein Buendel, Inc. & AMC Cancer Research Center
Note: the creative team from AMC formed Klein Buendel and the Health Communication Department formed The Cooper Institute of Denver in June of 2002.

Produced animation, navigation and sound editing for three CD-ROMs on sun safety for grades K-5. Acted as the voice talent for "Ella Umbrella" and "Grandma Ida".
Edited the video on a project studying junior high students’ response to non-smoking commercials. Designed the questions and response screens in Director. Project was placed on 30 laptop computers.
Produced a large test web site for the presentation of the 5 a Day fruits and vegetables program to selected residents of the Upper Rio Grande Valley. Web master responsible for monthly updates. Site is over 550 pages.
Led a creative team of content writers, programmers and web designers to create three web sites on sun safety for children.
Created a Flash animation to demonstrate the sun safety curriculum. Included narration and sound effects.
Programmed tailored newsletters using QuarkXPress and Xdata extension.

Adjunct Multimedia Instructor 1994-2000
Red Rocks Community College
Arapahoe Community College
The Art Institute of Colorado

Taught multimedia and CIS software. Software taught: Director, Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, Painter, QuarkXPress, DOS and Advanced DOS.
Developed instructional materials for a wide range of computer software using step by step processes and screen captures to address multiple learning styles.

Signage Coordinator and Graphic Designer 1990-1994
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Supervised and trained staff and volunteers in production of signage and exhibit panels resulting in increased demand for services within the Museum.
Implemented a work flow with two shifts and weekend staff to efficiently use limited equipment.
Designed the graphics and programmed the navigation for a touch screen interactive kiosk on ecology using a DOS based authoring program.
Designed all graphic content for the Do You Know Where Your Trash Is? exhibit.
Designed the taxonomy panel for a permanent exhibit on insects.
Worked as exhibit designer for the Art and the Animal exhibit. Designed the floor plan for placement of all paintings and sculptures.
Created a variety of “cart” exhibits for the Hall of Life.
Designed a variety of self-contained “suitcase” exhibits for the WOW van.
Produced way finding signage and show announcements for the Museum, Planetarium and IMAX.
Created slides of upcoming Museum exhibits for projection on the IMAX screen.
Coordinated exhibits for the Jason project with groups of 5th-12th grade students.

Graphic Designer 1988-1989
Terrasciences

Designed four computer software manuals using Ventura Publisher and Word for DOS.
Designed and produced marketing brochures, trade show graphics and newsletters.

EDUCATION

AA, Graphic Design - The Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, CO

BA, Zoology - University of Colorado at Boulder/University of California at Los Angeles

Sound Design for Multimedia - Red Rocks Community College

Advanced Flash 5 Seminar, Action Script - Trivi Media

Advanced Dreamweaver, Active Server Pages (ASP) - CompuSkills

Statistics, Drawing 1, 2 and 3; Design 1, 2 and 3; Introduction to Watercolor Painting - Arapahoe Community College

COMPUTER EXPERTISE

Macromedia: Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand
Adobe: Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat
MS Office: Word, Excel, Entourage
Other: Final Cut Pro, Peak, Deck, Inspiration, Painter, QuarkXPress, QuickBooks
Windows and Mac platforms