Objective To move information and ideas in a highly creative graphic design environment. With eight years in magazine, print and website experience I have my eye on the target and know how to make a project appeal to a wide audience.
Experience
2009 to present LI Sail, LLC Southampton, NY
All phases of production and management of www.lisail.com an online flipbook style magazine about sailing in Long Island waters.
- Action Photography
- Editorial Writing
- Interviews
- Photo Preperation
- Layout and Design of magazine covers as well as individual editorial and advertising pages.
- Create illustrations for editorials
- Prepare all pages for publication online.
- Design, create and maintain website
- Marketing and promotion
- Ad Sales
- Interaction with submitters, advertisers and story leads
- Prepare images for sale
2005-2009 Sheahan Communications Westhampton Beach, NY
Art Director House magazine, Builder & Remodeler and Sheahan Web Design
- Maintain the overall look of the pages of the magazines and websites.
- Create covers, ads and editorial layouts
- interact with clients.
- Interact with service bureaus and printers.
- Review costs and make suggestions as to how methods could be optimized.
- Saved Sheahan Communications approximately $150,000 per year by researching and developing new submission procedure to printer.
2003-2005 Sheahan Communications Westhampton Beach,NY
Associate Art Director House magazine and Builder & Remodeler
Art Director Sheahan Web Design
- Design and create editorial and ad page layouts for magazines and websites.
- Prepare Quark documents and convert to pdf documents prior to printing.
- Create illustrations for editorials.
- Maintain websites through monthly updates.
- Photo touch up and manipulation for printing.
- Interact with advertisers to create ads for magazine.
- Organize and maintain computer archives.
- Miscellaneous Projects including lumber yard moulding catalogue, East End Antique map and brochure, magazine reprints, post cards, trifolds and more.
- Minor computer troubleshooting.
Education
2002-2003 Long Island University Southampton, NY
Student - Graphic Design
- Received Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design.
- Maintained a perfect grade score.
- Deans List all semesters
2000-2002 Suffolk County Community College Riverhead, NY
Student- Computer Art
- Received Associates degree in Computer Art.
- Maintained a 4.0 GPA.
- Member Phi Theta Cappa.
- Deans List all semesters
Programs
Proficient on both Macintosh and PC in Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook express and more.
Interests
Sailing, Nature, Motorcycles, Carpentry, Photography and Photo Manipulation, Museums, Travel, Computer Art and more.
Portfolio http://www.starthampton.com/randy_burke/index.htm
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