Jerome M. Griffith
Baltimore, MD USA
Tel: 443-414-7491
pinevergreenstudio@gmail.com

"theEye" photo by Brandon Severn 2002
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SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS
Highly
motivated and detail-oriented Graphic/Web Designer with strong creative,
conceptual and technical skills to complete projects with positive results.
Proficient with both Macintosh and IBM systems with expert working knowledge
in the following software applications: Quark Xpress, InDesign, PhotoShop,
Illustrator, Freehand, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, HTML, Flash, CorelDraw,
MS Word, PageMaker and Power Point. Skilled in Oracle 9i (SQL, PL/SQL,
Forms, Reports) and Web application development (Java, JavaScript, CSS,
XML, HTML, JSP, Java Beans).
Background
includes 8 years of extensive experience in the following graphic media:
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Desktop Publishing
- Packaging
and Label Designs
- Corporate Design Packages
- Color Separations
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- Printing
- Advertisements
- Brochures
- Posters
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- Web Creation
- Web Publishing
- Web Maintenance
- Photography
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- Aesthetic eye
for details and ability to visualize ideas and concepts into completed
graphic resolutions for final presentation and camera ready output.
- Complete projects
and meet company, client or marketing goals. In a team environment or
independently.
- Prioritize / manage
multiple projects and meet deadlines while organizing electronic files
/ hard copy storage.
- Would like to
integrate graphic design with new E-Commerce application developer skills.
- Interested in
the growing field of animation, multimedia and story boards.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: T.
ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES Owings
Mills, MD, ---04/2006 - Present
Production Specialist
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Update and prepare
corporate documents for pre-press and printing production in
Electronic Publishing department.
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Create and update Fund pages, Fund reports, Plan pages, Performance Pages, Decision Letters, Power Point presentations, Interactive PDFs. Brochures, Booklets, Posters, Mailers.
- Software: Quark Xpress, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Reader, MS Word, Word Perfect 10, Word Perfect Macros, Power Point, Outlook, XHTML, Internet Explorer, Safari, Filemaker, Flightcheck, Pit Stop, Web Content Manager (WCM).
SOLO CUP COMPANY, Owings Mills MD,--- 05/2005 - 04/2006
Graphic Designer
- Design and prepare
electronic artwork for plate making and printing on cups and other packages
in Corparate Graphics Department.
- Build vector
art on templates, print color separations, composites and job forms.
- Extensive use
of tools and commands in Adobe Illustrator CS, Freehand, Photoshop,
Adobe Acrobat Reader and Presstouch on Mac OS X system.
GRAPHIC
DESIGNER / PHOTOGRAPHER (Contractor)
Social
Security Administration (Contracted by Apex Systems) Woodlawn,
Maryland
05/2004 - 05/2005
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Produced Corporate
Design Packages, Posters, Signs, Flyers, Brochures, Booklets, Name
tags, bookmarks, Logos and Identity marks. Used Quark Xpress, Illustrator,
Photoshop, Acrobat, Indesign, MS Word and MS Powerpoint for these
projects.
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Used Nikon D-100
digital Camera to shoot in-house events and various subjects for stock
photography. Print digital photos and burn images to CDs for clients
and archives.
GENERAL
PACKAGING LTD. Arima, Trinidad W.I. 1996- 1998
Computer Graphic Artist
- Commended for
exceptional work by management, colleagues and clients.
- Contributed to
the establishment of Graphic Arts Department in initial stages which
saved the company thousands of dollars in pre-production cost monthly.
- Used CorelDraw,
Corel Photopaint, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
- Demonstrated an
eye for minute detail in rendering Package designs, Label designs, Photo-
Retouching, Original Artwork and Newspaper ads. Proof read and ensured
designs were free of errors and ready for color separations and plate
making.
- Developed Corporate
Designs including Logos, Letterheads, Business cards, Envelopes, Signs,
Flyers & Brochures.
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Cultivated productive working relationships with various clients and companies
in Trinidad, Baltimore, Maryland and New York City, USA. Used graphic software,
design and technical skills to complete a diversity of projects on IBM and
Mac platforms.
Freelance Graphic Designer:
- Purusha Jackson-Cox, Authur. , Baltimore, MD USA .-- 2009
- Graham
Communications, Inc., Baltimore, MD USA .-- 2002 - 2004
- JP Enterprises
Inc.: Baltimore, MD. -- 2001 -2002
- Thomas
Larry Productions. Trinidad, W.I. 1996- 2000
Web
Designer/Publisher:
- The Art of Jerry Prettyman - www.prettymangallery.com: Baltimore,
MD, 2008 to present
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Interpretation of Love, Inc. - www.interpretationoflove.com:
Baltimore, MD, 2008
- Family Vision Entertainment Group - www.familyvisionent.com
Baltimore, MD, 2009 to present
- Click
here for more web design projects
EDUCATION
ROCKWELL UNIVERSITY Calverton, MD USA. -- April 2004
- March 2005
- Certificate Oracle
9i Developer
- Certificate in
E-Commerce (JAVA) Application Developer
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE of BALTIMORE COUNTY (CCBC) Catonsville, MD. USA.
2001
AAS degree in Interactive Design. (Deans List)
DUNROSS ADVERTISING COMPANY LIMITED Port of Spain,
Trinidad, West Indies. 1996
Certificate of Achievement..
JOHN
S. DONALDSON'S TECHNICAL INSTITUTE Port of Spain, Trinidad,
(W.I.). 1995
Typography • Photography • Visualizing for Graphic Communication
• Portfolio.
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
- SSA “The
Key” Award for Outstanding Individual Effort and Contribution
(2005)
- Phi Theta Kappa
Honor Society (2001)
- Award for Cultural
Affairs (2000)
PORTFOLIO
You are looking at it;
Portfolio and Web site online:
www.pinevergreen.com
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