Graphic Design

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from Lyndon State College, May 2007

Proficient in Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver and Flash. Experienced in layout and pre–press. Additional skills include photography, web site design and proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel. Web sites: lesliecherrington.com, vtartnet.com, colorjunkie.com and masquepen.com

Experience

Wrote, edited and designed The Artnet Gazette, a monthly printed newsletter for members of the East Bay Artnet, an artists organization I founded in 1992. The newsletter ran between 12 and 24 pages and a minimum of 2,000 copies was printed each month.

Work experience includes extensive customer service experience, writing job descriptions, procedures and correspondence. I also co–created a company newsletter.

Employment

Employers have included:
Raphel Marketing, St. Johnsbury VT - Artist Mercantile, Stowe VT, David Ford Imports, San Rafael CA, Savoir–Faire, Novato CA and MacPherson’s, Emeryville CA

Most of my work experience is in the art materials industry in wholesale distribution. I moved to Vermont in 2001 when the company for which I was working relocated here. In 2003 I decided to go back to school to study graphic design.

Honors

Member of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society.
Emcee for the 2006 and 2007 Honor Awards ceremony.
Recipient of an Adult Learner Award at LSC.

Photography judged Best of Show at Lyndon State 2007 Annual Juried Student Art Show. Also received awards for photography and typography at previous student shows.

References available on request.