Matt A. Johnson
matt@mattaj.com
Education
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2002: B.S. in Fine Arts, Graphic Design concentration
Wayne State College, Wayne, NE
- Graduated Magna cum Laude (GPA 3.89)
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1997: Associate's Degree in Desktop Publishing
Southeast Community College, Lincoln, NE
- Graduated with distinction (GPA 3.8)
Experience
- 2004-present: Marketing Manager, Land and
Sky Manufacturing / theNaturalBedStore.com, Lincoln, NE
- Responsible for all the company's marketing needs,
including designing point-of-purchase and promotional
materials, organizing
tradeshows, managing the company's different
brands, working with vendors, and writing copy for press
releases.
- Responsible for developing the company's first
business-to-consumer website, which earned the company $1
million in its first year.
- 2002-present: Freelance Graphic Designer, www.mattaj.com,
Lincoln, NE
- Designed web sites for clients on a freelance
basis.
- Helped set up shopping cart and blog software with
custom graphic templates to create unified layout
designs.
- Created software icons
and toolbar buttons for
a number of software programs
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2002-2004: Graphic Designer, Capitol Graphics, Lincoln,
NE
- Responsible for the design and layout of various
printed materials for clients, performed pre-press
operations and saw projects through from thumbnails to the
printing plate.
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1999-2002: Graphic Design Peer Tutor, Wayne State College
Learning Center, Wayne, NE
- Taught students to use popular graphic design software,
such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress.
- Gave class demonstrations and created instructional
handouts
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2001: Summer Internship, Spectra Grafx Studios, Sioux
City, IA
- Used Photoshop and GoLive to design, create, and update
commercial web sites
Skills
- Education: Taught college students the fundamentals of
graphic design and web design software through instructional
handouts, classroom presentations, and working with them
one-on-one.
- Software: Experience with the Macintosh platform and
popular design software including Dreamweaver, Photoshop,
Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and InDesign.
- Programming: Experience in hand-coding HTML and CSS. Also
able to "play with" JavaScript, ASP, and PHP, install fun
gadgets on web pages, and installing software using PHPMySQL
and FTP.
- Pre-press: Worked with designs from conception to
publication with involvement in every step along the way, including
photography, color correction, trapping, and producing film and
printing plates.
References