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    Andrea Kellie179 Cedar Knoll RoadCoatesville, PA, [email protected]

    Work ExperienceGraphic DesignerThe Vanguard Group, Malvern, PA 2/2001 - 6/20101. eLearning Designer: 6/2002 - 6/2010Created professional eLearning courses for Vanguard staff using Photoshop, Flash, Word and XML templates, PowerPoint, Articulate, and Illustrator. Consulted with instructional designers and internal business clients during the design and storyboard phases. Brainstormed ideas and concepts for course interface designs, pagelayouts, graphics, and interactivity. Implemented and communicated new Vanguardbrand templates for eLearning. Presented new templates in brown bag sessions todesign management and instructional designers.Built course components including:client/staff phone call scenarios, drag and drop exercises, multiple choice questions, animated graphics and charts, true/false questions and static pages in Flash and PowerPoint. Recorded and edited audio for courses in Audition. Elevatedcourses to production server. Documented and designed standards for our courses. Ensured project deliverables remained on track.

    Planned Developing Consulting Skills workshop for team. Presented program details, learning objectives, and Strategy to upper management. Co-created scenario-based exercises around different consulting opportunities. Conducted training sessions on Word and XML templates for instructional designers and new team members.Taught basic design and layout principles and color theory to instructional designers in brown bag sessions.

    Co-led bulletin board campaign promoting our capabilities. Designed poster displayed on board. Led our team's Six Sigma initiative. This included identifying broken windows in our design and workflow processes. Enabled team to generate solutions. Presented solutions and next steps to Vanguard University managementand staff. Created new statement of work document for all future projects. This

    document defined and tracked project scope.

    Volunteered as a United Way campaigner and as a member of the Sponsor a Child donation program.

    2. Intranet Graphic Designer: 2/2001 - 6/2002Redesigned Vanguard's intranet site using Photoshop and Illustrator. Created Flash movies for company initiatives. Envisioned and implemented future portals forthe intranet. Completed and updated the intranet's visual design standards. Designed interactive stock market chart to display up-to-date market information onthe site's portal page. Developed icons used within the intranet and business sub sites in Illustrator. Assisted with conducting focus groups for future strategies.

    Graphic DesignerCB Technologies, West Chester, PA 11/1999 - 11/2000Interacted with software developers and salespeople to create web site designs for a diversified clientele using Photoshop and Illustrator. Created layout and graphics for our intranet site. Redesigned our recruiting site.Composed multimedia proposals using PowerPoint to familiarize clients with our services and products.

    Promotion Coordinator

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    Cahners Business Information, Radnor, PA 2/1999 - 11/1999Coordinated with Director of Marketing and publishers to create printed promotional materials for Product Design and Development (PD&D), Industrial Maintenanceand Plant Operation (IMPO), Manufactura and Plant Engineering trade magazines using Quark Xpress, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Planned and implemented our Year 2000 campaign for PD&D and IMPO magazines' media kit books. Determined concepts and themes for flyers, graphs, bookmarks, brochures, and labels. Produced four-color mailer cards highlighting upcoming feature articles.

    Graphic DesignerEnviron Products, Inc. / Interon Corp., Exton, PA 1/1998 - 1/1999Interacted with CEO, Vice President, and engineers to design printed promotionalmaterials using Quark Xpress, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Produced company's new cd-rom design. Developed and prepared tradeshow materials. Composed flyers andillustrations for new products. Designed new logos for products. Designed owner's manual for technical products.

    Graphic DesignerMain Line Times, Ardmore, PA 8/1996 - 1/1998Created retail and classified advertisements with Quark Xpress and Photoshop. Consulted with salespeople and pressmen to build advertisements for various clients. Designed full-page spreads for fashion tabloid inserts. Re-drew and enhancedclip art and photographs used in advertisements.

    EducationLynda.com 4/2010 - PresentCoursework: Flash CS4 Professional Essentials Training, ActionScript 3.0 in Flash CS4 Professional for Designers, Photoshop CS5 Top 5, and Photoshop CS5 New Features.

    Sessions.edu 6/2010Coursework: Information Design.

    Springhouse, Exton, PA 3/2010Coursework: Adobe InDesign CS4 Level 1.

    Millersville University, Millersville, PA 8/1992 - 5/1996

    Bachelor of Arts degree. GPA: 3.24. Dean's list: Fall 1994, Fall 1995, and Spring 1996.Recipient of Robert G. Hustead award in Art History.