I am a creative, lifelong self-learner. I have always loved keeping up with current trends. I always work to achieve company goals. I have collaborated easily with co-workers, clients, and engineers. I am an honest industrious worker. An expert with the entire Adobe platform, including InDesign, Photoshop, and Premiere. Over 30 web development certificates from Linked-In Learning. Fluent in WordPress, HTML, HTML5, CSS. Elite performer known for the ability to build a dedicated top-performing team, bring essential functions in-house, save costs, and deliver high-quality graphic products. Savvy with a broad range of technologies.
I refreshed both company websites with a new design, new images, copy, and spec sheets.
Reset specification sheets, part lists, and manuals, I added QR codes and fillable forms.
Updated the two pricing catalogs for commercial and residential and handled three price changes with outside companies using Indesign and Excel.
I designed Rep training presentations with PowerPoint.
Replaced all image assets on all printed material and the two websites, I created print ads, banners, and brochures.
WordPress Webmaster, utilizing several apps.
American Range was purchased by Hatco Corp in 2022.
I was laid off In January 2024, Hatco closed the plant in North Las Vegas and moved everything to the Pacoima plant.
• As well as the duties of the printed weekly newspaper and website for GamingToday, I was the production manager for a parlay card print shop. We printed millions of parlay cards a week.
• Production manager for 32 years, in charge of a team of three to four people, delivering all projects under extremely tight deadlines.
• Webmaster for GamingToday, a digital publication averaging 100,000 users a month. Worked
• Managed search engine optimization, website updates, and Google analytics.
• Achieved a consistent open rate of 17% and a click rate of 20% on a weekly email blast, created with Constant Contact.
• Designed and created responsive HTML5 landing pages using WordPress.
• Created fillable PDF forms with Acrobat.
• Created an inventory, delivery and billing system using Excel.
• Administrator for website advertising system.Administrator for website advertising system.
Education
My Google Analytics certificates
These are a few skills and programs I have learned over the years.
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
All Apps in Adobe Creative Suite
Newspaper and Magazine Layout
for digital and print
I earned my GED before my class graduated and then self-taught with 35 years of experience as a Graphic Designer using InDesign, Photoshop, and a custom CMS. Over that period, I often took classes online. During the COVID-19 break, I finished these 39 courses at Linked-in Learning.
Succeeding in Web Development
Full Stack and Front End