Matt A. Johnson

Education

2002: B.S. in Fine Arts, Graphic Design concentration
Wayne State College, Wayne, NE
- Graduated Magna cum Laude (GPA 3.89)
1997: Associate's Degree in Desktop Publishing
Southeast Community College, Lincoln, NE
- Graduated with distinction (GPA 3.8)

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.

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

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.
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
2001: Summer Internship, Spectra Grafx Studios, Sioux City, IA
- Used Photoshop and GoLive to design, create, and update commercial web sites

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.