April Donovan - United States of America
About the artist
Member since the very beginning
Employment
Graphic Designer - Top Gun Promotions, Inc., Plano, Texas
July 2006 to current
Used Adobe CS2 to create and re-design past promotional discount cards auto shop dealers. Designed Banners, promotional cards, sales forms, & brochures. Edited photos, logos, and sales discounts. Prepress checks in Acrobat; e-mail artwork to client and printer.
Designer/Prod. Artist - Maverick Color Labs, Carrollton, Texas
July 2006 to February 2007
Used Adobe Creative Suite, Quark, and Acrobat to prepare print files. Started and cleaned printer heads. Color matched by Pantone swatches. Created layouts from client files for print. Edited and created designs: Banners, posters, flyers, ads, exhibit displays, letterheads, business cards, and logos. Assisted: laminating, sanding, cutting, mounting, & boxing.Graphic Designer -Contract- The Fowler Group, Arlington, Texas
Used Adobe InDesign & Photoshop to recreate and design lost art. Using Client�s product catalog to reference styles, then recreating Posters, hanging tags, and postcards. Used Photoshop for making supporting patterns and background images.
Head Sales Person - Foust Services, Inc., McKinney, Texas
Direct sales for home services company in North Dallas, Texas area. Top sales associate throughout this time, Developed and used effective communication and sales skills
Experience
Volunteer - A National Committee in Richmond, Virginia:
Distributed voter guides, invitations to rally, and phoned target voters, Managed VIP section, assisted Secret Service to accommodate guests, Painted rally posters for President Bush
Art Director/Designer - BYU-I Activities Committee
Directed/designed all aspects of visual content for Guitars Unplugged Event: CD and DVD cases, found photographer, used photgraphy to create screen images displaying band and song title.
Education
Bachelor in Arts, Brigham Young University Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho. Graphic Design
Skills
- Drawing
- Fine Art
- 3D Design and Crafts
- Graphic Design
- Computer Graphics
- Desktop Publishing
- Web Design
- Art Direction
