Aimee Charbeneau
14511 Highland Hills Place
Tampa, FL 33625
Phone 813-975-9018 Cell, 941-713-7373
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Web: grafixasap.com

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OBJECTIVE:
Graphic Artist

EMPLOYMENT:

Mid 2007 to present
GrafixASAP.com
Cyberspace
Salary: $35.00hr
*Owner, Graphic Artist
• Home web based freelance graphic art company. 24/7 Emergency Graphics Available
• Mac & PC compatible. All work customized to the clients needs.
• Back up designer for print, tee shirt and sign shops.
• Art covering several types of media, including digital, fine arts, murals and photography.

August 1997 - Present
Cruisin’ Style Magazine, Inc.
Palmetto, FL
Salary: $17.00 hr
*Graphic Artist
• Responsibilities include layout, pagination and cover design.
• Produce layouts of ads and articles for this publication- a full color monthly magazine.
• Create spec ads for sales staff to increase sales.
• Additional internal freelance work and presenting the company booth at shows.

August 2008 to March 2009
AutoTrader.com
Clearwater, FL
Salary: $41k yearly
*Graphic Artist
• Automotive buy sell magazine. Responsible for layout of editorial pages in core books.
• Occasionally allowed to assist with high-end Milestones titles.
• Responsible to pick up the slack and push for deadline

June 2008 to August 2008
Matrix Sports
Safety Harbor, FL 
Salary: $35k yearly
*Graphic Artist
• Catalog Production. Mainly responsible for working with Joyce Orloff to produce Sweet and Powerful
• Occasionally assisted Rick Colina,Matrix’s resident graphics guru, with layouts to expedite his work
• Responsibilities included apparel design

2002-2004
Traci Keychain Advertising Specialties, Inc.
Palmetto, FL 
Salary $12.00 hr
*Graphic Artist/Office Manager
• Created unique graphics and logos for advertising specialties.
• Created and implemented a system for tracking customer orders from factory to delivery.
• Assisted owner in office responsibilities

ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Strong knowledge of the following software (Fluent in both Mac and PC operating systems):
Corel Draw, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Distiller, Adobe Bridge, Quark Express, Multi-ad Creator, Graphic Converter, Claris, Write Now, Excel, Microsoft Word, Pagemaker, Publisher

Working Knowledge of:
Printshop, Bryce, Lotus word, Microsoft Publisher, Macromedia Freehand, Macromedia Flash MX. PDF Creator, Adobe GoLive

REFERENCES
References include:
• Jaclyn Tredway, client of GrafixASAP.com
(941) 228-1742
• Laurie Zimmerman, client of GrafixASAP.com
(941) 773-9960
• Traci Kanaan, owner of Traci Keychain
(941) 228-0230
• Gene or Janet Gobzynski, owners of The Printery
(941) 758-5734
• Ray Martino, Publisher of Cruisin’ Style Magazine
(941) 729-6669
• Rick Colina, co-worker at Matrix Sports
(727) 799-7500
• Matt Alexander, owner of Signs 4R Times
(941) 722-8888