Job Experience
8/06 to 1/07 - Interim Church Secretary for Christ Church in Cary, NC.
Designing weekly bulletins, handling email correspondence and updating the church website as needed.

9/05 to 11/05 - Graphic Design position with Valo LLC designing Christmas Ornaments, using Photoshop to manipulate images to fit on the round ornaments.

1/99 to Present - Owner of Purple Line Design. A desktop publishing and graphic design company run from my home, with print, DVD, graphics and web design clients.

Past and Present Work:

• Graduation, Special Occasions and Burial Programs
  
• Creation and design of Logos
  
• Creation, design and maintenance of multi-level Websites for Churches, Weddings, Businesses and person sites.
  
• Designed Monthly and Quarterly Newsletters
  
• Designed Promotional Posters and T-shirt
  
• Designed Tape Album Cover for 4 Cassette Tapes
  
• Miscellaneous desktop publishing/graphic design needs for my clients
  
• DVD Production - multi-menu DVDs, with pictures, combined with music for DVD or VHS presentations.
  
• Photo manipulations and corrections in Photoshop (www.trozzort.com/gallery)
  
• Also, managed contract jobs for the Elkins Group and World Newspaper Publishing.
  

1/97 to Present - Miscellaneous Benevolent Work

• Updated, hosted and creative consultant for Christ Church of Cary's website.
  
• Designed multiple brochures for Life Pregnancy Care Center, as well as their website.
  
• Designed and created bulletins and newsletters for Bible Presbyterian Church, as well as their website.
  
• Developed Catechism memory crafts for Children's Sunday School
  
• Created Logo, Member Directory, Graduation DVD and website for Cabarrus County Home School Association.
  
• Established a soccer roster for local Private School.
  

5/01 to 7/01 - Interim Layout & Design Artist and Web Layout & Design for The Raleigh World and The Triad World Weekly Newspapers.

8/98 to 6/02 - Contract Employee for UpLift Balloons
Responsibilities Included: Delivery of balloons, creation and design of balloon bouquets, on-site job creation and working at the retail location.

6/97 to 12/99 - Editor and Publisher of MACC News
Monthly newsletter for Macintosh Association of Cabarrus County User Group

5/96 to 12/98 - Apprenticeship in Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design under Paul English, (then) Managing Editor and Graphics Specialist at The Charlotte World.

Responsibilities Included:

• Design and layout of a 32-40 page monthly newspaper
  
• Designing advertisements for clients
  
• Webpage design, layout and maintenance with HTML
  
• Maintaining database for newspaper circulation
  
• Office management (including administrative and clerical work)
  
• Training and implementing new Apprentices
  
• Assisting in Computer Consulting
  
• Also gained extensive knowledge of the print process and production.
  

Education:
7/06 - Adobe/Aquent Creative Suite 2 Seminar
2/04 - Adobe Creative Suite Seminar
5/03 - Advanced Adobe Photoshop Tricks and Tips
8/02 - Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop Seminar
8/00 to 5/01 - Graphic Arts and Music Student at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
3/98 - Taz Tally Seminar: Advanced Quark Xpress 4.0
3/98 - Taz Tally Seminar: Mastering Quark Xpress 4.0
3/98 - Taz Tally Seminar: Advanced Photoshop
3/98 - Taz Tally Seminar: Tricks and Techniques for Photoshop
9/96 to 11/96 - EXCEL (Excellence in Character, Education and Leadership) with ATI/IBLP
8/89 to 5/97 - Homeschooled at Candlelight Christian Homeschool
8/84 to 6/89 - Gospel Light Christian School and Calvary Baptist Day School

Life Experience
2/03 to 2/04 - Volunteer Counselor at LIFE Pregnancy Care Center
7/02 to 7/04 - Volunteer Counselor for Christian Worldview Student Conference
7/01 to 2/05 - Board Member of LIFE Pregnancy Care Center
1999 to 2003 - Contract work with Uplift Balloons - running the store front, creating balloon arrangements and delivery.
7/98 - Missions trip to Merida, Mexico with Bible Presbyterian Church
6/94 to 7/97 - 12 Week-long Children's Institutes (around the country) with Advanced Training Institute (ATI)

Relevant Skills
Systems:
Apple Macintosh, IBM (prefer Macintosh)
Proficient HTML programmer and Web designer (non-flash)

Software:
Adobe Creative Suite Professional (Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator), Quark Xpress 3.3-6.5, Macromedia Freehand, Filemaker Pro, Fetch, BBEdit, FaxSTF Pro, QuickTime, Mac OS 7 through OSX 10.3.9, Windows 3.31-XP

Samples and Referrences
References are available upon request. You can view samples of my work on www.purplelinedesign.com.