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Mark Hinton SuggsPost Office Box 2583 EXPERIENCESeptember 2007 to present Training Specialist August 2006 to September 2007 Office Manager – Graphic Designer August 2006 to May 2007 Substitute Teacher August 2006 to May 2007 Instructor, English (Business Writing) December 1988 to present Owner – Designer – Editor December 1994 to February 2006 Marketing Assistant – Technical Writer – Instructor – Software Designer 1995 to 2000 Independent Instructor Academic Year 1996-97 Basic Computer Skills Instructor (grades 6-8) January 1988 to May 1989 Publications Design and Production Director July 1987 to January 1988 Publications Director / Editor October 1983 to July 1987 Graphic Designer / Typesetter August 1981 to December 1982 Advertising Staff Layout Artist; Ad Production Manager December 1978 through August 1981 Pre-Press Artist / Designer (part-time) EDUCATIONAugust 1993 to December 1994 Graduate classes towards an MA in English Literature December 1992 Graduate Record Exam scores: Verbal 700; Quantitative 640; Analytical 660 August 1993 Bachelor of Arts, graduated cum laude June 1980 Diploma, graduated with honors SKILLED EXPERIENCE
DETAILThe following is a detailed description of my career experience. I have been in the graphics business since 1978, in the Boone area since 1981. As an undergraduate I worked on the advertising staff of The Appalachian, the student newspaper of Appalachian State University. Initially hired as a production staff member, I was promoted to Production Staff Manager. In 1983 I was employed by a local print shop, Precision Printing. Hired to handle all graphics work (typesetting, design, layout, camera work, platemaking) for the business, I maintained all the prepress operations for more than 3 years before training an assistant in each of the tasks mentioned above. The shop's specialty was 2- and 3-color printing. In 1987 I was hired by Alpine Ski Center, a ski equipment retailer, to manage the publications for its marketing department. The headquarters for the four-store company, located in Banner Elk, produced an annual magazine and four newspaper tabloids with editorial content, advertising (both in-house and vendor), and information directed to the Southern alpine skier. Primary responsibilities included copy writing and editing for the publications as well as production management. In the six-month position with this company I earned nine hours internship credit toward completing a bachelor's degree in English at Appalachian State University. (Alpine Ski Center had become a standing client of my graphics business.) In January 1988 I was recruited to establish and manage an in-house publications department for Chetola Resort at Blowing Rock. I set up the department to design and produce all the resort's printing needs including: writing and production of the resort's quarterly newsletter; all in-house forms, marketing materials, and signs; newspaper and magazine ads; rate sheets, flyers, one-, two-, and four-color brochures. I was responsible for obtaining quotes and ordering all printed material, a 1988 calendar year total of $42,700. For much of the printing I determined the resort's consumption and quantities ordered. On December 1, 1988, I opened my own graphics and typesetting business under the name of abiGRAPHICS while I continued to work for the resort part time. By May 1989 I moved to Boone where I set up to run my business full time, leasing my own equipment and office space. A large part of my work includes designing print ads, brochures, newsletters, and logos. I have had a good exposure to the high-end output side of DTP (desktop publishing) having worked closely with several service bureaus. I have been closely involved with some as they muddled through the setup process. At times, my work served as guinea pig jobs as I pushed my own software and their hardware to the graphic limits. I'm very excited about what the DTP industry has opened up for the experienced designer as new developments in technology continue to unfold. In 1994 the president of ECR Software Corporation, which had been a regular client of abiGRAPHICS, approached me to join the emerging company as the graphics designer and marketing assistant to the president. Since the company was relatively small, my first duties included handling technical support calls. With this on-the-job-training approach I was soon very familiar with the software products and began updating and rewriting the technical manuals as well as the marketing and distribution materials. After six months with the Company, I took on the role of Training Director for classes held across the country for the dealers and technicians who sold and supported our software installations. As my knowledge of the industry increased, I became involved in providing solutions for the software users through the design of custom applications for the existing software products. This experience laid a strong foundation for my role in the design of a completely new, groundbreaking Windows NT-based retail enterprise automation program: Catapult. The design team spent a year in preparation before the development team began the immense project. My role as designer peaked during the following two years as the function designs and Use Cases were translated into screen designs. Another role that developed out of my hands-on work with the software product is Solutions Consultant working directly with end users at retail sites. Throughout my 12 years with ECR Software Corporation I have thoroughly enjoyed the variety of roles and the challenging tasks involved, which have included:
MAJOR EDITING PROJECTSThese specific publication projects are in addition to the
editing, proofing, and copy writing of newsletters and publications for
a number of abiGRAPHICS clients including The
Blowing Rock Stage Company (newsletters, season programs, brochures),
Boone Crisis Pregnancy Center (newsletter), Logos Healthcare
(brochures, advertising), as well as complete documentation of five
major software product manuals and a technical reference and
troubleshooting Windows Help file to support the nationwide dealers and
technicians. The Journal of College Student Development American College Personnel Association, Washington, DC January 1995 to December 2003. As Layout and Copy Editor, I work directly with authors throughout the world standardizing their submitted word processing files into final layout design for production of the 100-page bimonthly journal with a circulation of more than 8,000. The Journal of College Student Development American College Personnel Association, Washington, DC Bill Breichner, journals publisher January 2004 to present. Hired by the publisher to continue position as Layout Editor. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education, and Action The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine September 2006 to present. Layout Editor for newly established journal. Parkways, Greenways, Riverways: The Way More Beautiful Appalachian Consortium Press, Boone, North Carolina; Mike Epley, project director Finished paperback is 304 pages. Content includes 36 academic papers in the fields of landscaping, planning, and park management with photographs, diagrams, and tables. As editorial assistant and designer, I functioned as continuity editor, correcting errors and style to maintain consistency throughout the book. Layout and typesetting design, cover design, logo design for conference. The Subtle Slant: A Cross-Linguistic Discourse
Analysis Model for Evaluating Interethnic Conflict in the Press Parkway Publishers, Boone, North Carolina; Rao Aluri, project director 1994. Finished book is 194 pages. Content includes academic discourse in the field of linguistics, diagrams and tables, appendices (texts in Swahili), bibliography, and index. Heavy editing of a doctoral dissertation into textbook style. Layout and typesetting of manuscript into camera-ready pages for publisher. Editing and revision of author's index. A Change of Heart: Restoring Hope in Marriage Raven's Ridge Books, Still Point Press, Boone, North Carolina; Stephen Griffith, project director 1993. Finished book is 191 pages. Content includes Christian counseling on marriage with case studies. Heavy editing, layout and typesetting design furnished on disk for printer. When the One You Love Wants to Leave Raven's Ridge Books, Still Point Press, Boone, North Carolina; Stephen Griffith, project director 1993. Finished book is 224 pages. Content includes Christian counseling on marriage with case studies. Light editing of a previous edition with addition of study questions for each chapter. Layout and typesetting design furnished on disk. The Lions' Den: Facing Yours Awakenings Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Preston Parrish, project director 1992. Finished paperback is 84 pages. Content includes self help encouragement discourse. Very light editing, layout and typesetting design into camera-ready pages for printer. The Examined Life: Family, Community, Work in
American Literature Appalachian Consortium Press, Boone, North Carolina; Karen Lohr, editor and project coordinator 1989. Finished paperback is 90 pages. Content includes course planning and projects for the teaching of literature with bibliographies. Light editing (error correction), layout and typesetting design, cover design.
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