I was hired on as a graphic designer/production artist for Jobs and Careers newspaper in 1999 after leaving Asianweek newspaper. I came aboard making ads and to help in any of the web updates after deadline. My web day consisted of converting quark ads into eps, which was converted to jpg through Photoshop. This was also the time where I also learned to make PDF extensivly. After being employeed for a year or two, the site had looked outdated, by then, I asked my supervisor that we needed to upgrade the design of the website from the bottom up. The company gave me no incentives and no extra pay. So I decided to re-design the site to make a corporate website. The site took about 2 weeks. I wanted to have a corporate look but yet have it be playful enough where the navigation was easy to use and adding some colors to the site. Once the website was finished, our boss was pleased since it came from within the company where he saved a lot of money.

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DUTIES:
Jobs & Careers Newspaper:
• Create Ads for Jobs and Careers (a first priority)
• In contact with the CCT printers (if anything goes wrong on Deadline Fridays)
• Creating a filing system for all ads and Ads backed up onto DVD disks
• Fixing to fit and implement outside pdf files that's not in proportion to our sizes
• Double checking with admin on the Ad Manifest (M-F) and AD Report (Friday)
• Sales support on making slip sheets, flyers, business cards, calendars, Ad proposals, Ad display form, Ad Specials, Articles or editorials, display advertising contracts, full page specials, special projects (JC catalog), letterhead, fax letterhead, package specials, any and all promotional materials and any and all graphic needs.

Media Kit:
• Creating and maintaining the changes on the Individual Media Kits.
• Creating PDF and Word Documents to the sales staff after every change.

Jobs & Careers Website:
• Update Job and Careers website every Monday/Tuesday (Over 300 Html pages and over thousands of graphics I've created since 1999.
• Almost every week I change the front page, job fair flyers, calendars, featured ads, covers, back covers, archiving covers/ads, maintain website for changes and fixes and latest updates.

Jobs & Careers Job Fair:
• Create and Change All Job Fair Ads in many sizes for promoting on different newspapers
• Create and Send out Mass Emails to Applicants and Employers (Constant Contact)
• Can generate mass email stats and general website stats
• One of members of the job fair staff to greet/give and collect registration forms/set up and clean up event
• If not at job fair, I would take calls and give applicants directions/web information about the job fair from work.
• Exhibitors Kits, slip sheets, sales order invoice, contracts, and whatever the sales people need in regards to any and all graphics/word doc work.

Jobs & Careers Drivers and Distribution:
• Creating Stickers for the Job Fair Street Boxes
• Creating Driver Position ads

Jobs & Careers Friday Deadline:
• Can work overtime to get the paper out.
• Can take work with me to my home to finish the paper if there's a local blackout.

Past Management Experience:
• Managed several graphic designers in Redwood City/ San Mateo Location

Vital Contributions:
• Can work fast and problem solve under deadline pressure.
• Can be a team player but can work well alone.
• Responsive to all requests from multiple sales staff (support)

More Designs?: Logo | Covers | Job Fair Flyers | Schedual(pdf) | Media Kit(pdf) | Directory(pdf) | Ad Special(pdf)

Videos: Jobs and Careers Job Fair | Jobs and Careers Redwood City

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